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Tottenham will be looking to end their dismal form in the Premier League when they host Newcastle this weekend, live on talk SPORT.   Spurs have only won one of their last seven in the league and following a draw against Wolves last time out, they’re sitting 11th in the table. Ange Postecoglou’s side are winless in their last five top-flight home games too, which is their longest run since between March and October 2008.   They will be desperate to end that streak and move up the table but there’s hardly a tougher task than facing Newcastle right now.   The Toon have won four straight games without conceding, scoring 13 goals in the process and saw off Manchester United at Old Trafford last time out. Alexander Isak is closing in on the record of a Newcastle icon.   The Swedish striker just can’t stop scoring, finding the net in six straight Premier League games.   He’s scored eight and assisted two in that time as well, taking his goal tally for the season up to 12 in 17 appearances.   Isak’s form this campaign has seen him become Newcastle’s fourth all-time top goalscorer in the Premier League and he’s now eyeing third.   Toon legend Peter Beardsley scored 46 in the competition and Isak sits on 43, meaning he’s likely to jump above Beardsley in the record books soon.   Callum Wilson is second in the club’s standings with 47, so the 25-year-old looks set to climb up to second in the records for Newcastle.   All-time top scorer Alan Shearer’s tally is uncatchable though, with his 148 goals leaving him in the clear.   Spurs continue to be dealt injury blows as Destiny Udogie is reportedly set to miss a couple of months of action. Udogie was substituted against Wolves and looked to have picked up a hamstring problem.   It means he joins Cristian Romero, Micky van de Ven, Djed Spence and Ben Davies on the sidelines as Spurs’ defence is decimated.   Guglielmo Vicario is out too, so Fraser Forster will continue in goal and in front of a makeshift back four of Pedro Porro, Archie Gray, Radu Dragusin and Sergio Reguilon.   In midfield, Pape Matar Sarr could replace Yves Bissouma next to Rodrigo Bentancur while James Maddison will be fighting for a start.   Despite being in decent form, Maddison has been benched in the last two games and he may stay there against Newcastle.   Brennan Johnson is likely to be preferred after scoring last time out, while Dejan Kulusevski and Heung-min Son sit in behind Dominic Solanke too.   As for Newcastle, they’re expected to make two changes to their in-form team.   The first will be Valentino Livramento replacing Kieran Trippier as he’s now back fit following an illness over the Christmas period.   Livramento is likely to be at right-back next to Dan Burn and Lewis Hall, while Fabian Schar is suspended.   Schar was booked for the fifth time this season against United and Lloyd Kelly should come in to replace him.   The midfield three of captain Bruno Guimaraes, Sandro Tonali and Joelinton have become first-choice and they should keep their places.   Anthony Gordon and Isak remain the key men for the Magpies and they will be looking to keep up their impressive form.   Jacob Murphy has been starring too, but his place is more of a rotation risk, with Harvey Barnes, Joe Willock and Miguel Almiron waiting in the wings.   Postecoglou is hoping that his side can turn a corner soon, with Tottenham struggling and dealing with injuries.   “It’s still fairly tight, " he said. "I just feel that at some point we’ll get a relatively healthy squad and when we do that, we’ll be able to perform at a high level consistently.   “We’ve already shown this year we can beat anyone. There’s a chance there you can go on a run, but at the moment that’s secondary to the first bit.   “I can see how hard they’re trying and if we were at our sharpest, we would have got that third goal and maybe a fourth [against Wolves]. “I mean we were inches away at times from getting the goal we needed and I think we’re just lacking a little bit of that dynamic movement that we need.   “A lot of these guys, they’re finding some form of energy to still be out there trying, but you know we’re certainly not as sharp as we can be. ” This Premier League clash will take place on Saturday, January 4.   Kick-off at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is scheduled for 12: 30pm.   talk SPORT will have EXCLUSIVE live coverage of the game presented by Reshmin Chowdhury.   Commentary will come from Sam Matterface and former England captain Stuart Pearce.   To tune in to talk SPORT or talk SPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream.   You can also listen via the talk SPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM. © 2024 talk SPORT Limited

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