After our first clear midweek since November - a spell of 15 games in 51 days - we return to action with a trip to Craven Cottage to take on Fulham in the Premier League on Sunday (4pm).
The Cottagers made a managerial switch in November with Claudio Ranieri taking over from Slavisa Jokanovic. However, they remain in the bottom three with two wins in 10 so far under Ranieri.
Here’s all you need to know about Fulham...
Team news
Claudio Ranieri could hand a debut to new signing Ryan Babel after the Dutch international swapped Istanbul for London this week. Defender Alfie Mawson, however, remains unavailable as he continues to recover from a knee injury.
One to watch
World Cup winner Andre Schurrle has scored six goals in 20 appearances for Fulham in the first of a two-season loan from Borussia Dortmund. Now 28, the forward shone at Mainz and Bayer Leverkusen before joining Chelsea in 2013. He won the Premier League with the Blues in 2014/15 but was soon on the move back to Germany, impressing at Wolfsburg before switching to Borussia Dortmund. He has 57 caps and 22 goals for Germany and provided the assist for Mario Gotze's winner in the 2014 World Cup Final. A world-class performer on his day, capable of scoring goals out of nothing - illustrated by his wonderful strike last time out at Burnley - Schurrle could prove key to Fulham's survival bid.
Last five meetings
18 August, 2018 - Spurs 3-1 Fulham - Premier League
19 February, 2017 - Fulham 0-3 Spurs - FA Cup, fifth round
19 April, 2014 - Spurs 3-1 Fulham - Premier League
4 December, 2013 - Fulham 1-2 Spurs - Premier League
17 March, 2013 - Spurs 0-1 Fulham - Premier League
Previous clash
Kieran Trippier summoned some World Cup magic to help us topple Fulham 3-1 at Wembley back in August. Lucas Moura had opened the scoring with a beauty in the first half but Fulham responded to level through Aleksandar Mitrovic on 52 minutes. Trippier reproduced his free-kick from the World Cup semi-final against Croatia to put us back in front on 74 minutes and Harry Kane wrapped up the points three minutes later.
Fulham's form
A run of five successive defeats - including losses to Huddersfield and Cardiff - prompted a change of manager for Fulham in November as Claudio Ranieri returned to the Premier League having guided Leicester City to the title in 2015/16. The Italian won his first game against Southampton but has just one more win under his belt in his 10 games in charge so far. Draws against Newcastle and Wolves and a huge win against Huddersfield suggested the tide was turning but defeats against Arsenal and Burnley have left the Cottagers 19th of 20 going into this weekend.
Magic moment
Signed from Schalke in January, 2013, Lewis Holtby only scored one Premier League goal in his 18-month stint at Spurs - but it was one to remember. We travelled to Fulham on 4 December, 2013 on a four-match winless run with a 6-0 loss at City still fresh in the memory. It was end-to-end stuff at Craven Cottage before Ashkan Dejagah fired the home side ahead at the start of the second half. Vlad Chiriches levelled with a bolt from the blue and then Holtby, off the bench at half-time, took matters into his own hands. Picking up a pass from Kyle Walker 25 yards out, Holtby shifted onto his left foot before hitting a piledriver into the top corner. A real character around the squad, Holtby played 42 times for us in all competitions and had a short stint on loan at Fulham before moving back to Germany and Hamburg in 2014.
Played for both
Clint Dempsey started his career in English football at Craven Cottage and enjoyed five successful years in West London, as he became Fulham's record Premier League goalscorer. In the summer of 2012, the Texan swapped west for north to join us at White Hart Lane and he made an instant impact, scoring the winner in our 3-2 win over Manchester United at Old Trafford - our first win there in 23 years. That was one of several important goals Dempsey bagged for us, including two against Manchester City in what was ultimately his only season at the Lane. At the end of the campaign, the USA talisman signed for the Seattle Sounders before announcing his retirement in August, 2018 with the MLS Cup (2016), 57 goals in 141 caps and three CONCACAF Gold Cups in the bag.
What they're saying
Fulham boss Claudio Ranieri spoke to the media on Friday ahead of Sunday's encounter.
“There isn’t Son or Harry Kane, but Tottenham have other champions, and can change their system to play how (Mauricio) Pochettino wants,” Ranieri explained. “It’ll be a tough match, but we are ready. I hope, sooner or later, our luck will turn. I’ve prepared the team to improve our mistakes and play our football.
“Of course, against Spurs, we have to be very awake because every situation is a dangerous situation, but we’re also dangerous on the counter-attack. We’re very concentrated on doing our job. A win will give us a boost to do something good, but one bird doesn’t make a summer.
“We need to continue to fight because luck hasn’t arrived here yet. We have to fight, be ambitious and try to do our best."