Tottenham Hotspur 0–2 Newcastle United — Match Stats & Analysis

Premier League · 2026Sat, 29 Aug 2026, 16:30 UTC

Tottenham Hotspur

0–2Full-time analysis

Newcastle United

This page describes the completed match context. The result is not presented as a prior forecast.

Match at a glance

Newcastle United won 0–2.

Shots: 1711
Shots on target: 62
Expected goals: 1.040.75
Possession: 58%42%

Full time

What the match recorded

Newcastle United beat Tottenham Hotspur 2–0. Recorded in this match (Tottenham Hotspur – Newcastle United): shots 17–11, shots on target 6–2, expected goals 1.04–0.75, possession 58%–42%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

This match

Match statistics

Shots17 shots11 shotsTottenham Hotspur 17 shots, Newcastle United 11 shots
Shots on target6 shots2 shotsTottenham Hotspur 6 shots, Newcastle United 2 shots
Expected goals1.04 xG0.75 xGTottenham Hotspur 1.04 xG, Newcastle United 0.75 xG
Possession58%42%Tottenham Hotspur 58%, Newcastle United 42%
Corners9 corners7 cornersTottenham Hotspur 9 corners, Newcastle United 7 corners
Fouls15 fouls9 foulsTottenham Hotspur 15 fouls, Newcastle United 9 fouls
Yellow cards1 card2 cardsTottenham Hotspur 1 card, Newcastle United 2 cards
Passes491 passes368 passesTottenham Hotspur 491 passes, Newcastle United 368 passes
Pass accuracy88.6%85.1%Tottenham Hotspur 88.6%, Newcastle United 85.1%
Shots inside box10 shots7 shotsTottenham Hotspur 10 shots, Newcastle United 7 shots
Blocked shots3 blocks2 blocksTottenham Hotspur 3 blocks, Newcastle United 2 blocks
Goalkeeper saves0 saves4 savesTottenham Hotspur 0 saves, Newcastle United 4 saves
Offsides2 offsides1 offsideTottenham Hotspur 2 offsides, Newcastle United 1 offside

As it happened

Key moments

3′Micky van de VenYellow card · Tottenham Hotspur
13′Nico GonzálezYellow card · Newcastle United
Half-time
62′Anthony ElangaGoal · Newcastle United
72′Yoane WissaGoal · Newcastle United
79′Sven BotmanYellow card · Newcastle United
Full time

Player changes · 9grouped by team and minute

68′Tottenham Hotspur · 3 player changesMohammed Kudus · Destiny Udogie · Mikey Moore
71′Newcastle United · 2 player changesNick Woltemade · Sean Steur
75′Tottenham Hotspur · 1 player changeDominic Solanke
82′Newcastle United · 2 player changesJacob Murphy · Jacob Ramsey
90′Newcastle United · 1 player changeBazoumana Touré

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

0Tottenham Hotspur

1Draws

4Newcastle United

10 Feb 2026Tottenham Hotspur — Newcastle United · Premier League1–2

2 Dec 2025Newcastle United — Tottenham Hotspur · Premier League2–2

4 Jan 2025Tottenham Hotspur — Newcastle United · Premier League1–2

1 Sept 2024Newcastle United — Tottenham Hotspur · Premier League2–1

13 Apr 2024Newcastle United — Tottenham Hotspur · Premier League4–0

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Matches in previous 14 days · Both teams: 1 match

7 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/16.04 days

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade C · Limited evidenceLimited evidence — limited

Season samples2 / 2home / away teams

Recent samples2 / 2last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.
Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: goals_for, goals_against, xg_for, xg_against, shots, shots_on_target, possession, corners, cards, fouls.
The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.

Analysis cutoff: Sat, 29 Aug 2026, 20:30 UTC · analysis-v4