Newcastle finally picked up their first league win last week, grabbing the only goal at home to Leicester, but bookies don’t believe the Magpies will kick on as a result.

They’re Paddy Power’s 4/1 outsiders to make it back-to-back victories as they head to White Hart Lane to face a strong Tottenham side.

The hosts are Stan James’s 8/11 favourites but as United have recorded four stalemates in their last four fixtures, some might expect the teams to cancel each other out and draw, an outcome Ladbrokes chalk up at 14/5.

BetVictor quote a score draw at 4/1, it’s 13/2 at Winner.com to finish 1-1 and bet365 mark 13/10 against the sides heading at half-time level.

Betway price Newcastle at 23/20 in the handicaps, where they receive a goal start and for travelling fans feeling a little bolder, Skybet’s ‘Draw No Bet’ market has Alan Pardew’s troops available at 11/4.

Optimists, however, noting that the Magpies edged last season’s corresponding fixture 1-0, might prefer bet365’s 16/1 about United again grabbing the only goal and Papiss Cisse is tasty 7/1 via BetVictor to notch first.

Sunderland are refunding supporters that made the trip to Southampton for last week’s embarrassing 8-0 drubbing, but the best compensation would be a success against Arsenal at the Stadium of Light.

Sadly, however, bookies are giving the Gunners the nod, Stan James installing them as 4/6 favourites to inflict more misery on the beleaguered Black Cats and bet365 classing Gus Poyet’s charges as 9/2 underdogs.

Mercifully, William Hill deem another 8-0 reverse far-fetched at odds of 500/1 and a case can be made for a stalemate at 14/5 with Paddy Power, given that five of the opening eight fixtures - for both sides - have finished all square.

All of those matches have featured goals, strengthening the argument for a score draw at 17/4 via BetVictor and in a contest that’s just 4/5 (Stan James) to generate three or more goals, bet365 offer 16/1 about a 2-2 scoreline.

In Skybet’s ‘Draw No Bet’ market, Sunderland are a 3/1 shot but Poyet’s troops are unbeaten on their own patch, which could encourage confident home fans.

BetVictor chalk the hosts up at 16/1 to card a 2-1 triumph, they’re 11/1 (bet365) to shade it despite an even first period and Steven Fletcher is an 8/1 shot at betway to break the deadlock.

Despite a 2-0 midweek defeat at Wolves, Middlesbrough remain in third spot but they face a huge test of their promotion mettle today as they entertain second-placed Watford.

Aitor Karanka’s men are Ladbrokes’s 11/10 favourites while the Hornets are BetVictor’s 3/1 underdogs and it’s 13/5 courtesy of bet365 to finish all square, a wager that will prove popular in the circumstances.

It’s odds-on at 4/5 (Stan James) for both sides to find the net so a score draw will also be well backed at 7/2 via Ladbrokes and the same can be said of BetVictor’s 13/2, chalked against a 1-1 scoreline.

Home advantage however, might prove crucial and for those in agreement, Boro are 15/2 (William Hill) to shade it 2-1 and 14/5 at Winner.com to come out on top by one at the Riverside, where bet365 offer 7/1 about a Lee Tomlin opener.

In League Two, back-to-back defeats for Hartlepool mean they’re Stan James’s 4/1 outsiders ahead of the trip to Cambridge and betway rate the visitors at 5/2 to snare a point.

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