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After their midweek Carabao Cup drama, Newcastle United are back on Premier League duty today when they get their first serious test of their credentials.

While Bournemouth is certainly a tough place to go, Tottenham will provide a good barometer of where Eddie Howe's squad is right now, with the transfer window firmly shut. United have enjoyed two thumping wins over Spurs at St James' Park in recent seasons, but there is little to suggest a repeat of the 6-1 and 4-0 scorelines of the last two terms.

Newcastle have struggled for rythym in the early part of the season, but will be fired up in front of another capacity ground today, with Sandro Tonali set for his first Premier League appearance since the 4-0 win over Crystal Palace on Octobner 21, 2023. Here's all you need to know.

When is Newcastle United vs Spurs?

The game takes place today, Sunday, September 1, 2024 and gets under way at 1.30pm at St James' Park. It is one of three Premier League fixtures today.

Is Newcastle United vs Spurs on TV?

Yes, this game has been selected for live TV coverage, with Sky Sports showing the match. Coverage on Sky Sports Premier League begins at 12.30pm.

How else can I follow Newcastle United vs Spurs?

We will provide live updates from St James' Park this afternoon in our matchday live blog, with all the build-up, team news, action and reaction. You can also listen to the game on BBC Radio Newcastle.

Early Newcastle United team news

Eddie Howe welcomes Sandro Tonali back to his squad for the first time in the Premier League since last October, following his start against Nottingham Forest in the Carabao Cup in midweek. The Italian will compete with Sean Longstaff for a starting spot, with Joe Willock ruled out with a thigh injury.

Fabian Schar serves the final game of his three-match ban so Emil Krafth will continue to deputise alongside Dan Burn at the centre of defence. Howe has a decision to make at full-back, with Kieran Trippier and Tino Livramento pressing to start, while Lewis Hall and Lloyd Kelly have so far alternated at left-back.

Up front, Harvey Barnes will be hoping to keep his place, with Anthony Gordon set to return to the starting line-up

Newcastle United vs Spurs referee

Robert Jones is the man in the middle for today's Premier League game., fresh from Europa Conference League action on Thursday night. He officiated several Newcastle games last season, with mixed results. He was in charge for the Carabao Cup and Premier League wins over Manchester Unted - plus the 3-2 defeat at Old Trafford, as well as the remarkable 4-3 win over West Ham which saw Anthony Gordon pick up a red card. He was also in charge of the 1-0 defeat to Manchester City in August 2023.

Newcastle United vs Spurs odds

Newcastle win 6/4

Draw 3/1

Spurs win 6/4

Today's Premier League fixtures

Newcastle United vs Tottenham (1.30pm)

Chelsea vs Crystal Palace (1.30pm)

Manchester United vs Liverpool (4pm)

Newcastle United will open up a new revenue stream when the club's fan zone opens on Thursday.

Newcastle CEO Darren Eales previously revealed that the Magpies were thinking of ways that the club 'can be smart to try to grow our revenue streams' and this is a prime example. The 3,000-capacity fan zone, which is a collaboration between Newcastle and STACK, will be open from 10am to midnight every day of the week as the club look to boost non-match day income.

There is a sizable gap to bridge in that respect. Spurs, for instance, have turned the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium into a thriving multi-use venue. Beyonce's five-night run last summer was the highest-grossing concert ever staged by a female artist at the time; the arena is the official home of the NFL in the UK; the stadium plays host to the world's first F1 branded electric karting experience; and the club are even building a 180-room hotel to support their conference and events business.

Spurs have since been granted planning permission so that up to 30 major non-football events can be hosted at the stadium per calendar year, including concerts, rugby matches, boxing bouts and NFL games. This will naturally lead to an increase in operating costs, but there is a huge pay-off and Spurs state that these events create 'additional recurring sources of revenue for the club to reinvest in its football activities', which is a key part of the club's financial model.

In fact, Spurs' commercial revenues from sponsorship, merchandising and other revenues such as third-party events, visitor attractions and conference and events increased to £227.7m in 2022-23. This figure helped Spurs post a club-record turnover of £549.6m and, while UEFA prize money contributed to the overall sum, chairman Daniel Levy confirmed that this had also been driven by 'increased stadium revenues from both football and non-football events and additional revenue streams'.

"This is the impact of our multi-use stadium and what our board has been focused on delivering in order to invest in our football in a financially sustainable manner," he said.

Spurs, of course, also boast the second biggest stadium in the Premier League and Newcastle are looking at 'all the options' when it comes to the future of St James' Park as supporters await the findings of the final report from the club's feasibility study.

Daniel Levy has always maintained that Spurs would look at any offers that would take the club to 'another level' - and former Newcastle United owner Amanda Staveley may be about to test that stance.

Staveley and partner Mehrdad Ghodoussi only left the club last week after selling their minority stake and CEO Darren Eales, who was previously the director of football administration at Spurs, said he was excited to see what these 'forces of nature' were going to do next. Well, Bloomberg have reported that Staveley is looking at a number of clubs, including Spurs, after raising around £500m through her investment fund and the financier has even reportedly held initial talks to buy a minority stake with Rothschild & Co, who are an adviser to the club.

Spurs have had offers from the Far East, the Middle East and the U.S. over the years, but nothing was put on the table that the board felt was in the interests of shareholders. However, that does not mean that any fresh proposals would not be considered.

"My answer has always been the same for 23 years," Levy previously told Bloomberg. "We have 30,000 shareholders who own approximately 13.5%. We run this club as if it's a public company. If anyone wants to make serious propositions to the board of Tottenham, we will consider it along with our advisers.

"If we felt it was in the interests of the club, we would be open to anything. Over the years, many people have made offers but there's never been an offer that's been [sufficient]....if someone came along and we felt they could take us to another level, we would look at it."

Spurs would find it 'incredibly hard' to build their stadium for £1.2bn today - which highlights the rise in construction costs that Newcastle United would face with any redevelopment of St James' Park.

That is according to Jonathan Turner, who is a non-executive director at Spurs, after the club started out with a £250m stadium design and plan that ended up coming in at a figure nearly five times that amount. The result? Spurs now boast the second biggest stadium in the Premier League, which is almost twice the capacity of the old White Hart Lane, and the Londoners have made the most of it. In fact, in 2022/23, Spurs brought in £117.6m in match income.

It is worth pointing out that the most affordable adult season ticket at Spurs has since risen to an eye-watering £856, but the club do offer some of the best stadium facilities in the country, including Europe's longest bar and an on-site microbrewery. A typical fan, as a result, will spend around £16 per game as opposed to just under £2 at White Hart Lane.

Spurs have also turned the stadium into a multi-use venue: Beyonce's five-night run last summer was the highest-grossing concert ever staged by a female artist at the time; the arena is the official home of the NFL in the UK and plays host to the world's first F1 branded electric karting experience; and the club are even building a 180-room hotel to support their conference and events business.

No wonder Turner said that the stadium is one of Spurs' 'central pieces' when it comes to 'competing with clubs with more capital' in a PSR world and that is the challenge Newcastle are now facing. Newcastle generated £37.9m in match income in the club's most recently published accounts and CEO Darren Eales has spoken about the need to be 'smart to try to grow our revenue streams'.

Newcastle, who are in the process of building a new seven-day-a-week fan zone, would ideally like to stay put at St James' and the Magpies have tasked world-leading architects to look at what could be possible on the complicated city centre site. Eales previously insisted that 'no conclusions' had been reached ahead of the club's full stadium feasibility report potentially being completed this summer.

It goes without saying that an expansion would be costly in today's climate - let alone a full rebuild - but Newcastle have the owners with the means to potentially bankroll such a project if it comes off whereas Spurs executive director Donna-Maria Cullen previously revealed that the Londoners did it on 'limited finances'. Turner elaborated further on that point.

"The stadium was financed through internally generated cash flow and also through debt," he told the Business of Sport. "The debt is on a very long-term basis.

"A lot of it is held by pension funds and other institutions who are comfortable holding long-term debt. The stadium was built in a low-interest rate environment. That may be lucky. We have a fixed rate on the vast majority of that. The service cost of the debt and the long-term nature of debt was an incredible financing package that would not be available today.

"It would be incredibly hard to build the stadium today for the cost that it was built....if you were going to do it today, construction costs are higher. Inflation is higher. The cost of interest is higher. It was pretty hard to do in the first place, but I think it would be a harder exercise."

After standing firm to get the deal they wanted regarding Dan Ashworth's departure to Manchester United, Newcastle United moved swiftly to confirm the appointment of Paul Mitchell as the club's new sporting director. Mitchell arrives with a strong reputation across the game, and was even a target for Man Utd at one stage having most recently worked as a sporting director at AS Monaco following a spell as technical director at Red Bull's global football division.

For football fans in this country, Mitchell will be best known for his time spent at Southampton and Tottenham Hotspur. The 42-year-old was involved in Tottenham's transfer strategy when Kieran Trippier, Dele Alli, Son Heung-min and Toby Alderweireld were brought to north London, but clashed with chairman Daniel Levy and like Ashworth, found himself on gardening leave before eventually leaving the club.

So, what can we learn from his time at Spurs and how was Mitchell viewed by the fans in North London? We spoke to Alasdair Gold from our sister title football.london, to get the lowdown on Newcastle's new man.

Ali Gold verdict on Mitchell

"Paul Mitchell's stay at Tottenham was a short and initially sweet one before it all went rather sour. Mauricio Pochettino had a close relationship with the head of recruitment at Southampton, which is why he was poached as a 33-year-old a couple of months after the Argentine's arrival in 2014.

"He would last less than two years though with transfer successes in Son Heung-min eventually and Toby Alderweireld, as well as Dele Alli, although the latter was pushed by former manager David Pleat, while Victor Wanyama was a good signing until injuries took hold of his time at Spurs.

"There were also plenty of flops like Vincent Janssen, Clinton Njie and Georges Kevin-Nkoudou, although reports when Mitchell resigned in August 106 suggested that he struggled to work with Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy and that a failed move for Michy Batshuayi was the straw that broke the camel's back.

"Mitchell then served six months of a 16-month notice period before being placed on gardening leave. His time at Spurs is often looked back on fondly as it coincided with Pochettino's prime years, but the transfer record on reflection was mixed. He may well suggest that is skewed because he was unable to sign the players he wanted."

Morgan Gibbs-White should ignore interest from Tottenham Hotspur and join a Newcastle midfield that will 'compliment' his talents.

That is the verdict of former Newcastle and Tottenham star Chris Waddle who feels he would fit perfectly into the Magpies' XI alongside Joelinton.and Joelinton.

Newcastle have long been linked with a move for the Nottingham Forest midfielder but Forest would want to see a profit on the £25million they paid to sign him from Wolves two years ago.

He has since established himself as one of Forest's most important players and Waddle feels Gibbs-White would only improve if he made the move to St James' Park.

"I’ve watched Morgan Gibbs-White quite a lot over the last few years, and I like what I’ve seen of him," Waddle told Genting Casino.

"Nottingham Forest paid a lot of money to take him from Wolves after he wasn’t really playing, but the potential has always been there.

"When he was on loan at Sheffield United, I spoke to a couple of guys at the club who only had positive things to say about him. They said he was a very good pro and was very confident, which is something you don’t always get from younger players.

"The potential is definitely there. I would love to see what he could do playing for a top six or seven club, no disrespect to Nottingham Forest. If you put Gibbs-White into a team with better players, then he’s only going to improve. At times, he’s carried the burden of a poor Forest team, and that can take its toll.

"If he had to choose between Newcastle United and Tottenham, then I think Newcastle would be a better fit for him. He primarily plays in that number ten role or supporting the strikers, and I think he would compliment Newcastle’s midfield of Bruno Guimaraes and Joelinton.

"With Maddison at Tottenham, I can’t see him playing in the role that he would want. Do Tottenham see Gibbs-White as more of a squad player or someone that can play in a number of positions?

"I can’t see him sitting on the bench at his next club, and there’s a danger that would happen if he joined Spurs. For me, he wouldn’t get into the team over James Maddison."

Richarlison has described claims that he was included in a cash-plus-player offer for Newcastle United star Alexander Isak as 'fake'.

Isak has been linked with both Spurs and Chelsea this week, but Newcastle have no plans to sell their record signing, who still has four years left to run on his current deal. Isak, for his part, has repeatedly stressed that he is happy at St James' Park and the Sweden international could not have been any clearer last month when he said he 'did not want to entertain these types of questions and rumours'.

That has not quelled the speculation elsewhere, however. Reports in Italy suggested that Newcastle had rejected a cash-plus-player offer from Spurs for Isak, which would have seen Richarlison move the other way. Richarlison, who scored twice against Newcastle last season, felt moved to respond on Instagram and simply commented: "Fake."

Newcastle are planning for next season with Isak in the side and losing their star striker would set the club back considerably given the rebuild that would be required. While there will be departures this summer, holding onto prized assets like Isak feels important for Eddie Howe's team to prove they can continue to match the 24-year-old's ambitions - even with financial restrictions.

"When you're in the position that he's in and he's scoring goals, you get used to people talking about you and possibly creating rumours that maybe are true, aren't true, I've got no idea," the Newcastle boss added last month. "For us, we're just focusing on our future with Alex. We're focusing on trying to build our team with him in it.

"We signed him knowing he was young and he wanted to develop his talents and give him an opportunity to showcase what he could do. For me, that was a long-term thing that we started with him, a long-term journey hopefully.

"I've just seen him flourish this year. He's enjoyed the environment. He's enjoyed the team that he's played in and hopefully he does that for many years to come."

Newcastle United striker Alexander Isak has been touted as a possible transfer target for Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur ahead of the summer window

Newcastle United will take on Ange Postecoglou's Tottenham Hotspur in Melbourne on May 22

Newcastle United will take on Ange Postecoglou's Tottenham Hotspur in Melbourne on May 22