Tottenham host London rivals, Fulham in a huge Premier League encounter.
Victory will lift Tottenham up to fifth if Chelsea loses elsewhere, whilst Fulham can climb to seventh with a win if Villa fail to win elsewhere.
Team News
Will Lankshear is available for Tottenham after he was suspended for their 2-2 draw against Roma in the Europa League.
Rodrigo Bentancur is once again suspended due to his ban only applying to domestic matches, meaning that he misses Spurs’ next three games.
Guglielmo Vicario (ankle), Mikey Moore (illness), Cristian Romero (toe), Mickey van de Ven, Wilson Odobert and Richarlison (both hamstring) are sidelined.
Fulham will again miss Harrison Reed due to a knee injury, which saw the midfielder miss their 4-1 loss at home to Wolves.
Sander Berge, Jorge Cuenca (both knock) and Joachim Andersen (calf) remain absent.
When is Kick-Off?
Tottenham host Fulham at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday 1 December at 1:30pm GMT, untelevised live in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Tottenham have lost one of their last five league meetings against Fulham (W4, L1).
- Fulham are winless in their last five league trips to Tottenham (D1, L4).
- Spurs are looking to avoid suffering consecutive defeats to Fulham for the first time since 2004.
- Tottenham are yet to keep a clean sheet at home in London derbies this season (W2, L1).
- Fulham won their only previous away London derby this season (W1), which came in their last away trip at Crystal Palace earlier this month by 2-0 result.
Prediction
Having twice been pegged back in their 2-2 draw against Roma through sloppy defending amidst strong periods of dominance, Tottenham now need to just tighten up but continue with their exciting attacking play.
Fulham meanwhile were just outclassed by Wolves with little end product and sloppy marking but with a week to regroup, I do expect a strong response because they are a tough team when allowed to play their expansive attacking style.
Spurs though are just as good in their wide play so this should be a good game and their quality might be the difference.
Prediction: Tottenham 2-1 Fulham
Result: Tottenham 1-1 Fulham
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