Newcastle's final nine fixtures compared to top-four rivals Man Utd and Spurs
12 months on from battling relegation, Newcastle United now head into the final six weeks of the season in pole position to bring Champions League football back to St James' Park.
In this piece, we've compared our remaining fixtures to top-four rivals Manchester United and Spurs; our biggest competition now Liverpool (12 points behind) and Brighton (10 behind) lost further ground over the weekend.
Here's the remaining fixtures for all three (keep in mind we have a game in hand on Spurs), followed by the current Premier League table:
Newcastle United - 3rd (56pts: +27 GD)
- Aston Villa (A) - April 15
- Tottenham (H) - April 23
- Everton (A) - April 27
- Southampton (H) - April 30
- Arsenal (H) - May 7
- Leeds United (A) - May 13
- Leicester City (H) - May 20
- Chelsea (A) - May 28
- Brighton (H) - TBC
Manchester United - 4th (56pts: +7 GD)
- Nottingham Forest (A) - April 16
- Tottenham (A) - April 27
- Aston Villa (H) - April 30
- Brighton (A) - May 4
- West Ham (A) - May 7
- Wolves (H) - May 13
- Bournemouth (A) - May 20
- Fulham (H) - May 28
- Chelsea (H) - TBC
Tottenham - 5th (53pts: +13 GD)
- Bournemouth (H) - April 15
- Newcastle (A) - April 23
- Man Utd (H) - April 27
- Liverpool (A) - April 30
- Crystal Palace (H) - May 6
- Aston Villa (A) - May 13
- Brentford (H) - May 20
- Leeds Utd (A) - May 28
We have a game in hand on Spurs AND them to play at St James' Park, giving us a big advantage on a side who had VAR to thank for their 2-1 win over Brighton on Saturday.
Five of our remaining 10 games are against bottom half sides (four if you don't count Chelsea), but there'll be no easy games with so many fighting to stay up over the final few weeks of the season.
