Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Newcastle United: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 13 December 2015

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Newcastle United

Premier League · Sunday 13 December 2015, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Newcastle United: match report

Tottenham Hotspur were beaten by Newcastle United 1-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 13 December 2015. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Eric Dier opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goal came from Eric Dier (39'). Newcastle United scored through Aleksandar Mitrović (74') and Ayoze Pérez (90+3').

Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received 2 yellow cards; Newcastle United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 5th on 26 points from 15 and Newcastle United 18th on 12 points from 15. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 2nd with 72 points, and Newcastle United 18th with 37.

Tottenham Hotspur lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Newcastle United in a 4-4-1-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 2 draws and 3 for Newcastle United.

Going into the match Tottenham Hotspur's last five read D-D-W-D-W and Newcastle United's W-L-L-W-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Yellow card · Jack ColbackNewcastle United
  • 39'Goal · Eric DierTottenham Hotspur · 1-0
  • 68'Yellow card · Tom CarrollTottenham Hotspur
  • 73'Yellow card · Danny RoseTottenham Hotspur
  • 74'Goal · Aleksandar MitrovićNewcastle United · 1-1
  • 80'Yellow card · Ayoze PérezNewcastle United
  • 90+3'Goal · Ayoze PérezNewcastle United · 1-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 5, draws 2, Newcastle United 3.

Team news

Tottenham Hotspur expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Hugo Lloris, Toby Alderweireld, Eric Dier, Jan Vertonghen, Kieran Trippier, Ben Davies, Christian Eriksen, Ryan Mason, Heung-min Son

Newcastle United expected line-up (4-4-1-1)

Robert Elliot, Chancel Mbemba, Daryl Janmaat, Fabricio Coloccini, Paul Dummett, Georginio Wijnaldum, Moussa Sissoko, Vurnon Anita, Jack Colback