Newcastle vs Tottenham LIVE!

Alexander Isak scored the winner for Newcastle United with a simple tap-in as they weathered a storm from visiting Tottenham Hotspur to secure a 2-1 Premier League win in an entertaining game at St James' Park on Sunday.

Harvey Barnes' first-half opener for Newcastle was cancelled out by a Dan Burn own goal after the break as Spurs dominated the chances in the second period but spurned numerous openings and were beaten by a lightning-quick break from the hosts.

Joelinto's defence-splitting pass was perfect for Jacob Murphy who, after drawing out keeper Guglielmo Vicario, laid the ball on a plate for Isak to secure the three points for manager Eddie Howe's side, who remain unbeaten at home since January.

Adding to Newcastle's delight, their Italian midfielder Sandro Tonali made his first league appearance since being handed a 10-month ban for a breach of betting rules and received a rapturous reception from the home supporters.

Newcastle vs Tottenham latest updates

• GOAL! Isak sucker-punch for Spurs

• GOAL! Burn own goal levels it up

• GOAL! Barnes slots home the opener

Full-time

15:30 , Alex Young

96min: That’s it! Spurs only have themselves to blame.

15:27 , Alex Young

94min: Another chance as Kulusevski opts to find Werner in the area rather than Johnson in space on the right.

15:25 , Alex Young

93min: Again Johnson not on the same wavelength as his team-mates as he drills a fantastic low cross across the face of goal but not a light blue shirt in sight.

15:23 , Alex Young

91min: Five minutes added on.

15:22 , Alex Young

89min: Great sliding challenge on Werner to deny the Spurs forward inside the area.

15:20 , Alex Young

88min: Newcastle running down the clock now. Spurs out of sorts.

15:17 , Alex Young

84min: Bentancur gets booked immediately for a clumsy foul.

15:15 , Alex Young

82min: Maddison replaced by Bergvall as Bentancur replaces Bissouma.

Dan Kilpatrick reports

15:13 , Alex Young

A grim sucker-punch for Spurs to take but a result of Newcastle exploting their high line far too easily. Udogie has faded in the second half and looked so leggy as he tried to catch Jacob Murphy.

GOAL!

15:12 , Alex Young

78min: Isak slots home and the hosts are back in front, again completely against the run of play!

Spurs only have themselves to blame.

15:08 , Alex Young

76min: Another corner, Porro again involved as his hit falls to Johnson who cannot direct it on target.

That’s a miss.

SAVE!

15:07 , Alex Young

75min: Maddison curls one from the edge of the save, which Pope does very well to tip over.

Corner comes in, Porro has a pop and Pope pops over.

15:06 , Alex Young

74min: Werner is on for Odobert.

15:05 , Alex Young

73min: Spurs simply must take one of these chances. Johnson has all the time in the world to find Son at the back post but Newcastle intercept inside the area.

15:03 , Alex Young

71min: Dragusin free header at the back post, but can’t direct it on goal.

15:03 , Alex Young

70min: Spurs are racking up chances, this time Burn just passes the ball to Odobert but the young winger is quickly closed down and sees this shot deflect wide for a corner.

15:02 , Alex Young

69min: Tonali comes on for Newcastle, along with Hall.

Longstaff and Kelly make way.

15:00 , Alex Young

68min: Maddison with a reckless foul on Bruno to pick up a deserved booking.

SAVE!

14:59 , Alex Young

66min: Huge, huge stop from Vicario to deny Murphy at the near post after a smart disguised pass from Gordon in the area.

What did I just say about posing a threat?

14:58 , Alex Young

65min: Johnson has made a real impact since coming on and almost puts it on a plate for Son to tuck home at the near post.

Spurs fully on top, but Newcastle also pose a threat.

14:54 , Alex Young

62min: Jacob Murphy replaces Barnes in Newcastle’s first change.

14:52 , Alex Young

60min: After a long delay, Porro has a pop which sails over.

14:51 , Alex Young

58min: Maddison fouled on the edge of the area.

GOAL!

14:49 , Alex Young

55min: It’s been coming!

A series of mistakes from Newcastle as Pope fails to deal with Maddison’s shot, Son’s follow up bobbles over him and Burn inexplicably fires into the roof of his own net.

All square!

14:46 , Alex Young

54min: Should be 1-1!

Odobert finally makes the run at the back post but goes for the volley rather than his head... and sends his effort wide.

14:44 , Alex Young

51min: Tonali is keeping warm on the touchlines.

14:40 , Alex Young

48min: Incredible challenge from Dragusin to deny Isak inside the area, and a certain goal.

Up the other end, Porro does superbly to drill the ball across the face of goal and there is no Spurs player to tap into an empty net!

14:39 , Alex Young

47min: Almost an immediate opening for Spurs as Kulusevski takes the ball on the turn inside the area but is quickly crowded out.

Second half!

14:38 , Alex Young

46min: Back underway. Son through the middle as Kulusevski moves to a deeper role.

14:36 , Alex Young

Johnson is warming up, he’ll be coming on for Pape Sarr so that’s a change of formation.

14:28 , Alex Young

It looked like it could be a case of how many for Newcastle in the opening stages of the first half, until the linesman picked up a knock and halted their momentum.

Spurs were then on top for much of the rest of the half, as Barnes scored against the run of play with a lovely, controlled finish.

Ange Postecoglou will know another Newcastle goal will settle this.

Half-time!

14:22 , Alex Young

51min: That’s it for the first half. Very even, but Barnes’ goal is the difference.

14:20 , Alex Young

49min: Vicario does well to pluck the ball out of the air as Isak goes to meet it in the air.

14:18 , Alex Young

47min: Joelinton gets booked for a tough challenge on Dragusin, minutes after fouling Odobert.

14:17 , Alex Young

45min: Five minutes added on. Spurs on the ball but Newcastle holding their shape well.

Dan Kilpatrick reports

14:14 , Alex Young

Spurs have clearly been working on attacking set pieces in training, coming up with a couple of inventive routines so far.

They have continued to look shaky at defending dead balls, however.

14:14 , Alex Young

42min: Maddison plays it short to Kulusevski, who fails to properly control the ball.

14:12 , Alex Young

41min: Longstaff gets booked for a trip from behind on Udogie. This is in a good spot for Maddison.

Dan Kilpatrick reports

14:11 , Alex Young

It's a very smart finish from Barnes but Spurs switched off from a Newcastle throw-in, with Kelly able to get the wrong side of Maddison and no one picking up the goalscorer.

The goal was against the run of play, and Ange Postecoglou will be deeply frustrated.

GOAL!

14:09

37min: Breakthrough!

Spurs have been in control but have no answer for Kelly’s cutback which is slotted home by Barnes.

14:05 , Alex Young

34min: First booking for Spurs as Sarr goes in late on Kelly.

14:04 , Alex Young

32min: End to end, this. Now it’s Spurs’ corner, which is nearly played to the edge of the area for Porro to shoot... but it’s closed down.

14:02 , Alex Young

31min: Up the other end, Newcastle win a corner after some slack Spurs defending.

It’s at Vicario, who punches it away and allows Spurs to clear.

14:00 , Alex Young

29min: Maddison drills in a free kick, hoping for a touch but Newcastle clear.

13:59

28min: Another Spurs corner which Kulusevski whips in brilliantly and Dragusin is inches away from connecting.

Kelly picks up a booking for a foul on Son.

Dan Kilpatrick reports

13:57 , Alex Young

A promising glimpse of Spurs at their best there. They are growing into this game and having most of the ball, but do not look wholly assured defensively, particularly at set-pieces.

13:56 , Alex Young

26min: Better from Spurs as they play the ball across the face of the area until Bissouma has a crack from 25 yards, which Pope parries.

13:55 , Alex Young

24min: That’s frustrating from Odobert. Spurs do brilliantly to pass their way out of the Newcastle press as Maddison releases the winger down the right. He drives into the area but ignores his team-mates and goes for goal, flashing a shot over.

13:52 , Alex Young

22min: Back up and running with a Spurs goal kick.

13:52 , Alex Young

21min: The new guy is in, and he’s warming up. Should be back up and running shortly.

13:51 , Alex Young

19min: Assistant ref has picked up an injury apparently. Thought it was a technical issue with his headset at first, but no. A knock.

13:49 , Alex Young

17min: A pause in play as there is an issue with one of the assistant referees.

Dan Kilpatrick reports

13:48 , Alex Young

There's so much pace in that Newcastle front three to potentially exploit van de Ven's absence but Dragusin has made a solid start, dispossessing Barnes with a well-timed challenge.

It's been a lively and open start, with both sides full of attacking intent.

13:46 , Alex Young

14min: Better from Spurs, in the sense that they are actually getting a foot on the ball now. Not doing a whole lot with it yet as Son’s hopeful cross from the left finds no one.

NO GOAL!

13:43 , Alex Young

12min: Spurs briefly think they have taken the lead against the run of play, but Romero is about three yards offside as he heads home inside the area.

13:40 , Alex Young

9min: A great break from Newcastle as Gordon slips in Barnes, who cuts inside and curls an effort inches wide of the far post.

13:39 , Alex Young

7min: Newcastle on top in these early stages. Spurs need to calm the home crowd down.

WOODWORK!

13:37 , Alex Young

5min: Wow! Isak picks Son’s pocket after a corner, turns on a sixpence and goes to chip Vicario from the tightest of angles... and hits the far corner of post and bar.

13:36 , Alex Young

4min: Dragusin does brilliantly to slide in and halt a scrambling Barnes to concede a corner.

Dan Kilpatrick reports

13:34 , Alex Young

Son has started the game on the left, with Kulusevski through the middle as a false 9.

The Swede was at No8 last weekend against Everton and has played most of his career on the wing. His versatility is becoming a real asset for Postecoglou.

13:32 , Alex Young

2min: Newcastle are on the longest run of scoring at home in the top flight, and this fixture has never produced a 0-0 draw in the Premier League.

Goals are the order of the day.

Kick-off!

13:31 , Alex Young

1min: Here we go!

13:26 , Alex Young

Celebrating or commiserating, we’ll know in two hours.

13:18

The players are back in the dressing rooms. Not long to go now.

Eddie Howe to Sky Sports

13:12 , Alex Young

"There is a temptation [for Tonali to start] as he is a top-quality player. I am always thinking about what the team needs, Sandro needs a period to build up his fitness. He is ready to play, but for how long that's a different question.

"We had two contrasting games against Tottenham last season. A new match today we start from zero and we have got to earn everything."

Alexander Isak likes this fixtures

13:03 , Alex Young

Alexander Isak is yet to open his account this season, but will fancy his chances today.

Last season he scored twice in a thumping home win over Tottenham and a year earlier he scored twice in a thumping home win over Tottenham.

Going for a three-peat today.

Dan Kilpatrick reports

12:51 , Alex Young

Micky van de Ven had his worst game in a Tottenham shirt in their last visit to St.James’ Park, when he was run ragged by Alexander Isak in a 4-0 defeat. But his absence is undoubtedly a blow to Spurs this afternoon, given his remarkable pace and ability to bring the ball out of defence.

Radu Dragusin, though, finished last season well and was impressive for Romania at the Euros.

Ange Postecoglou on team news

12:48 , Alex Young

"Van de Ven was close, he's trained this week, but he's not 100 per cent. Part of me was keen to give Radu a run out, particularly at this venue. It's nothing serious [for Van de Ven].

"Sarr gives us more running power in midfield, and energy."

"We're a threat going forward, for sure, they can change positions. Newcastle give you a challenge, they are very aggressive without the ball, so we need our creative players to get on the ball."

12:43 , Alex Young

Micky van de Ven was reportedly close to being fit for the game, but Ange Postecoglou was unwilling to risk the defender with Radu Dragusin available.

Expected to be back after the international break, along with Dominic Solanke and Richarlison.

Changes apiece

12:31 , Alex Young

It's one change for Newcastle as Harvey Barnes comes in for Jacob Murphy. Sandro Tonali is on the bench after serving a 10-month ban for breaching betting regulations.

Tottenham make two changes as Radu Dragusin comes in for the injured Micky van de Ven and Pape Sarr replaces Brennan Johnson as Dejan Kulusevski moves onto the wing.

Dominic Solanke and Richarlison are both out through injury.

Team news in full

12:25 , Alex Young

Newcastle United XI: Pope; Livramento, Krafth, Burn, Kelly; Longstaff, Bruno Guimaraes, Joelinton; Barnes, Isak, Gordon

Subs: Dubravka, Trippier, Tonali, Targett, Osula, Hall, J.Murphy, Almiron, A.Murphy

Tottenham XI: Vicario; Pedro Porro, Romero, Dragusin, Udogie; Sarr, Bissouma, Maddison; Kulusevski, Son, Odobert

Subs: Forster, Spence, Davies, Devine, Gray, Bentancur, Bergvall, Johnson, Werner

Newcastle XI

12:17 , Alex Young

Here’s how the hosts look.

Tottenham XI

12:16 , Alex Young

Micky van de Ven is not in the squad.

12:11 , Alex Young

Team news is imminent.

12:08 , Alex Young

Sandro Tonali is in the building.

Eddie Howe: 'Past results count for nothing'

12:01 , Alex Young

As mentioned, recent games between today’s have produced goals - 16 in the last three - and have been decidedly one-sided with the Magpies winning 6-1 and 4-0 on Tyneside either side of a 4-1 defeat at Spurs.

Asked about his memories of those two home games, Howe said: "They were two great days for us. Last year, they were contrasting games against Tottenham. You had the away game that was really disappointing, and then the home game which was equally as good the other way.

"We've got to make sure that we get on top of the details and we have the same mindset that we did last season, where our commitment to what we were trying to do was excellent. We were really ruthless and efficient on the day with the chances that came.

"But of course, that counts for nothing in this one."

Eddie Howe admits players are struggling with fitness

11:54 , Alex Young

Eddie Howe has admitted some of his Newcastle players are yet to return to the "optimum" fitness levels they need to play his high-intensity brand of football.

The Magpies have rather laboured through the opening weeks of the new campaign, scrapping their way to a 1-0 home win over Southampton with 10 men before escaping from Bournemouth with a 1-1 draw and then progressing in the Carabao Cup by virtue of a penalty shoot-out at Nottingham Forest in midweek.

Several of Howe's biggest names have looked decidedly rusty, in part the result of a truncated pre-season during which the club, who had travelled to Australia at the end of last season, headed for Japan.

Asked about the intensity needed to play the high-pressing game, he said: "It's something you have to protect and work towards every single day because the players can't just turn up and perform that way in isolation, it's something we hone and work on continuously.

"It is related, of course, to our fitness. We have to be really, really super-fit to deliver that style of play for 90 minutes.

"That's something, I think, we're working towards. It's no secret that we've got a group of players that probably aren't at their absolute optimum fitness-wise. But very quickly, we've got to find our best physical levels to produce that style of play."

Ange Postecoglou happy with summer of squad change

11:44 , Alex Young

Ange Postecoglou has declared himself happy with his current Tottenham squad and believes it has been a positive transfer window for the club.

Spurs had quiet deadline day after a summer where Archie Gray, Lucas Bergvall, Wilson Odobert and Dominic Solanke have arrived.

"Unless something surprising jumps out at us in the last 11 hours or whatever it is, that's it for us," the Spurs boss said. "If nothing else happens, there's a couple probably moving out, I think it's been another positive window.

"You want to go into every window and come out the other side of it in a stronger sense and I certainly feel that. The players we've brought in are already making a short-term impact and even in the longer term, I think they're going to be really good contributors for us.

"I certainly think we've got a more well-rounded squad to deal with Europe, the extra games and whatever injuries we have. So yeah, I think it's been a real positive window. I'm very happy. We've done a hell of a lot of work in 12 months, three windows. No doubts the squad's changed.

"The demographic of the squad has changed, the suitability to the football I want to play, we're much better equipped for that. There's growth in the team, absolutely. We needed to do some fairly major work 12 months ago and since then we've gone a long way to getting the team to where we want to.

"There's still more work to be done. It was never going to happen quickly. I don't think it should happen quickly. When it does happen quickly, you're more fraught to getting it wrong. So I think we're in a good place."

Score prediction

11:38 , Alex Young

Newcastle have not looked at their best so far this season and Spurs have the attacking tools to hurt them.

Tottenham to win, 2-1.

Predicted lineups

11:30 , Alex Young

Predicted Newcastle XI: Pope; Livramento, Krafth, Burn, Kelly; Tonali, Guimaraes, Joelinton; Murphy, Isak, Gordon

Predicted Tottenham XI: Vicario; Porro, Romero, Dragusin, Udogie; Bissouma, Sarr, Maddison; Johnson, Kuluseski, Son

Tottenham team news

11:22 , Alex Young

Tottenham will be without centre-forwards Dominic Solanke and Richarlison, while Micky van de Ven is a doubt.

Solanke remains sidelined with an ankle injury picked up in the 1-1 draw at Leicester on the opening weekend, while Richarlison pulled up in training with a muscle injury.

Tottenham captain Heung-min Son is set to continue through the middle after scoring twice in last weekend's thrashing of the Toffees.

Van de Ven is a doubt after appearing to jar his knee against Everton. If ruled out, Radu Dragusin will come in.

Rodrigo Bentancur is available again after a concussion kept him out of last weekend's 4-0 win over Everton.

Postecoglou, though, faces a decision over whether to keep Dejan Kulusevski at No8, drop him to the bench or move him to the front three.

Wilson Odobert and Brennan Johnson are jostling for positions in attack, while Pape Matar Sarr or Bentancur could come into the midfield.

Newcastle team news

11:13 , Alex Young

Newcastle are juggling a number of injuries.

Dan Burn and Emil Krafth will again likely make up a makeshift centre-back pairing with Fabian Schar suspended and both Sven Botman and Jamaal Lascelles long-term injury absentees.

Callum Wilson, Lewis Miley and Joe Willock are all out, but Sandro Tonali returned to the pitch for Newcastle against Nottingham Forest in midweek, after his months-long ban for gambling, and could start again today.

Otherwise, Alexander Isak and Anthony Gordon will again be relied upon to produce the goods up top.

Where to watch Newcastle vs Tottenham

11:04 , Alex Young

TV channel: The game will be broadcast on Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Sports Ultra HDR. Coverage starts at 12.30pm BST ahead of a 1.30pm kick-off.

Live stream: Subscribers will be able to watch on a live stream via the Sky Go app.

Welcome

10:58 , Alex Young

Good morning and welcome to the Standard’s LIVE coverage of the Premier League clash between Newcastle and Tottenham at St James’ Park.

This fixture has recently promised goals, with thumpings for either team over the last few seasons.

Newcastle will have to improve to produce another goal-fest, having started the season slightly sluggishly. Spurs, meanwhile, are depleted in attack. More on that shortly.

Kick-off is at 1.30pm. Stick with us.