Beneath-fire Tottenham boss Thomas Frank mentioned his workforce want their supporters behind them forward of Tuesday’s journey to Newcastle United, having accused people who booed Guglielmo Vicario on Saturday of not being “true” followers.
Spurs slid to a different demoralising house end result final outing, shedding 2-1 to Fulham after conceding twice within the first six minutes.
Vicario was roundly booed by his personal followers after being at fault for Harry Wilson’s objective, having been caught in no man’s land after racing out of his space and miscuing a clearance.
Frank mentioned people who jeered the Italian didn’t have the groups’ greatest pursuits at coronary heart, however he rowed again on these feedback on Monday, forward of the journey to Tyneside.
“As I mentioned after the sport, I fully perceive the frustration, when you don’t win there’ll at all times be frustration. That’s regular, it’s a part of it,” Frank mentioned.
“Particularly as we haven’t gained as a lot as we’d have needed to at house, not solely this 12 months however within the final interval, possibly for years, possibly extra.
“So, the frustration grows slightly bit extra. That’s comprehensible. It’s my job to do what I can to verify we’re calm and take a look at the issues in a manner the place we break up issues up when it comes to efficiency, what’s impacting it, and the way we attempt to construct the workforce.
“We’re nothing with out the followers. No membership is something with out the followers. Tottenham Hotspur is nothing with out our improbable followers, nothing. We want one another.
“There’s nothing we wish greater than making them comfortable in each manner and my level was that in matches, that’s the place we’d like one another.
“If you wish to create a fortress, it could actually solely be carried out collectively. Followers, workforce, me. My job is to verify we do every part we will to carry out however we should try this collectively. That’s the place you create a tough place to play.”
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Newcastle are stage with Spurs on 18 factors within the Premier League desk, having thrashed Everton 4-1 at Hill Dickinson Stadium on Saturday.
Eddie Howe is now on the lookout for his workforce to seek out stability after an up-and-down begin to the marketing campaign, saying: “It’s vitally vital we discover the consistency we’re trying to find.
“It looks as if we’re going between the Champions League and Premier League and never fairly discovering that candy spot we’ve been trying to find. Hopefully that is the turning level.
“Each opponent we face within the Premier League is so tough and now we face Tottenham, who’re an excellent workforce with their very own strengths.”
PLAYERS TO WATCH
Newcastle United – Bruno Guimaraes
Newcastle captain Guimaraes has been concerned in 11 targets in his final 19 house Premier League video games, scoring seven targets and helping 4.
He has scored (two) or assisted (as soon as) in every of his final three at St James’ Park, his greatest ever run within the competitors.
Tottenham – Richarlison
Richarlison has been concerned in six targets in 10 Premier League appearances in opposition to Newcastle (4 targets, two assists), solely having extra mixed targets and assists within the competitors in opposition to Liverpool (4 targets, three assists).
On the Brazilian’s final look in opposition to Newcastle, in December 2023, he helped himself to a brace in a 4-1 house win for Tottenham.
MATCH PREDICTION – NEWCASTLE UNITED WIN
Having gained simply two of their 11 Premier League house video games in opposition to Tottenham between 2010-11 and 2021-22 (D3 L6), Newcastle have now gained their final three in opposition to them by an combination rating of 12-2.
That is additionally the primary time Spurs have misplaced suffered three straight defeats on this fixture – house and away – since a six-game shedding streak between April 2006 and December 2008.
A visit to St James’ Park is subsequent
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— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) December 1, 2025
Newcastle are additionally unbeaten of their final 10 house Premier League video games to be performed on a Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday night (W7 D3).
And Tottenham have solely gained certainly one of their final 13 midweek video games within the competitors (D2 L10), shedding every of their final seven whereas solely scoring one objective within the course of.
Newcastle have gained 11 of their 16 house Premier League matches in 2025 (69%), which represents their fifth-best house win ratio in a calendar 12 months within the competitors, with two of these 5 highest figures coming below Howe (additionally 70% in 2023, gained 14/20).
Howe has additionally gained six of his earlier eight Premier League conferences with Frank, all of which got here in opposition to the Dane’s Brentford workforce (D1 L1).
OPTA WIN PROBABILITY
Newcastle United – 54.7%
Tottenham – 22%
Draw – 23.3%
