Two of the form sides in the Premier League go head-to-head in the live Sunday afternoon kick off as Newcastle and Tottenham meet at St James Park. Tottenham start as marginal favourites at odds of 7/5, but Newcastle (9/5) have a decent record against Spurs and we fancy the draw could be the way to go at industry best priced odds of 5/2 with William Hill.

Newcastle have been something of a surprise package this season as many were tipping them for a struggle following the departures of Andy Carroll, Kevin Nolan and Joey Barton during the past year or so but theyve proven the doubters wrongthus far.

The Magpies are unbeaten in their last ten matches in the Premier League and are up to fourth in the league. While it may be asking a little much for them to be challenging for a Champions League place come the end of the season, they look well set to continue their fine recent form.

Alan Pardews summer signing of Demba Ba looks a particularly shrewd move as the striker now has eleven goals in fourteen league starts, including four in his last two, and he looks great value at odds of 7/1 to be first goalscorer on Sunday. Ba is expected to be fit for the clash, as are Alan Smith and Shola Ameobi, although Mike Williamson remains out.

Newcastle have won four and lost none of the last five Newcastle v Tottenham fixtures, although they do come up against a Tottenham outfit that are in very decent form themselves.

Spurs have won four in a row in the league and have really picked up after a tricky start to the season. They are sixth in the league, having played a game less than everyone else and they will be keen to enhance their own Champions League aspirations.

William Hill have opened a specials market for Gareth Bale to score anytime and Spurs to win the match at odds of 7/1, which looks very tempting when you consider that the Welsh midfielder has scored three goals in his last four appearances for club and country.

Spurs have scored exactly one goal on each of their last six visits to St James Park andWilliamHill.com offer 8/5 that Tottenham score exactly one on Sunday.

The concern for Tottenham though is the injury doubts surrounding Emmanuel Adebayor and Rafael van der Vaart. The former Arsenal striker has scored three goals in four matches since his loan move from Man City and he would be a huge loss, while the loss of van der Vaart would also be a massive blow.

With Niko Kranjkar and Vedran Corluka also injury doubts, Harry Redknapp might be pleased with a point from the match, with the correct score of 1-1 available at 6/1. Newcastle are unbeaten in seven league matches at home to London sides and they have drawn five of those so it could be worth taking advantage ofHills industry best price of 5/2 for the draw this weekend.

Check the seasons statistics for both Newcastle and Tottenham, plus the odds ahead of Sundays match.

Newcastle Stats |Tottenham Stats

Match to finish as a draw @ 5/2 with WilliamHill.comDemba Bato score first @ 7/1 with WilliamHill.comTottenham to score exactly one goal @ 8/5 with WilliamHill.com

9/5 Newcastle5/2 Draw7/5 Tottenham

9/1 Newcastle 1-014/1 Newcastle 2-09/1 Newcastle 2-111/1 Draw 0-06/1 Draw 1-114/1 Draw 2-28/1 Tottenham 1-012/1 Tottenham 2-08/1 Tottenham 2-1

11/2 Emmanuel Adebayor6/1 Jermain Defoe13/2 Rafael van der Vaart7/1 Demba Ba15/2 No Goalscorer15/2 Leon Best15/2 Roman Pavlyuchenko8/1 Shola Ameobi8/1 Giovani8/1 Gareth Bale10/1 Peter Lovenkrands

Odds supplied by WilliamHill.com, who will provide a variety of betting markets, including live betting in-running, for all the weekends Premier League matches.

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