Pundit tears into 'unconvincing' Spurs and makes Newcastle United scoreline prediction

The Magpies head into their game fresh off the back of a demoralising defeat to relegation candidates Watford, while Spurs defeated their arch-rivals Arsenal in the north London derby last time out.

Writing his regular predictions piece for BBC Sport, Mark Lawrenson has opted for a 2-0 Spurs win.

As well as justifying his pick, Lawro offered some words of criticism for Mourinho's side, and claimed: "Newcastle have lost their past two games, against Manchester City and Watford, and they are safe in mid-table with not a great deal to play for.

“Tottenham won the north London derby at the weekend, but to say it was an unconvincing victory is probably the fairest way of summing it up. Spurs have got a lot of work to do if they want to get nearer the top two next season, but with Harry Kane in their side, they always carry a goal threat.”

He continued: "The worry there is that someone might come in for Kane and say to him 'look, come and play for a team who try to win games' because I don't imagine playing up front for Spurs is too much fun at the moment - he is being fed off scraps."

Meanwhile, Lawro's opponent for the week, DJ and Aston Villa fan Nathan Dawe, tipped a 1-1 draw.