In the four o’clock kick-off next Sunday, Newcastle United play host to Tottenham Hotspur at St James’ Park. The winner in this encounter is tricky to predict because both teams have been in superb form of late. Spurs are fresh off of the back of a victory against their North London rivals Arsenal last Sunday and Harry Redknapp’s men have gone from strength to strength so far this season. The return of Raphael Van der Vaart from injury and the signing of Emanuel Adebayour on loan from Real Madrid for the season means that they have more than enough firepower to not have to worry about the recently departed Peter Crouch – Jermaine Defoe and Roman Pavlyuchenko are both also currently sitting on the bench, chomping at the bit. This is because Van der Vaart and Adebayour have already developed such a telepathic understanding playing together up front. The Dutchman’s volleyed opener against Arsenal was thanks to a delicious little chipped pass from Adebayour, while they also cut through the Liverpool defence together like a knife through hot butter the week before.
