Tottenham proceed their battle to keep away from relegation in opposition to a Fulham aspect which have loved a succession of excellent outcomes in opposition to them of late. BBC Sport takes a take a look at the important thing themes forward of the London derby at Craven Cottage.
Tottenham have had per week to recover from struggling a second 4-1 defeat of the season to arch-rivals Arsenal. That chastening loss was a baptism of fireplace for brand new interim boss Igor Tudor, who admitted on Thursday that his job at hand is tougher than he anticipated.
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Whereas little blame could be connected to Tudor for that defeat, Tottenham’s despondent followers have been left to stew on the Gunners securing their greatest away win at Spurs since 1978 and successful each north London league derbies in a season by three or extra objectives for less than the second time after the 1934-35 marketing campaign.
Tottenham are the one aspect within the top-flight with no league victory in 2026 with their winless run now standing at 9 matches.
Solely throughout the chaotic reign of Ossie Ardiles in early 1994 have they gone 10 Premier League fixtures with no win.
Tudor opted for a 3-5-2 formation in opposition to Arsenal that proved to be extremely unsuccessful for his predecessor Thomas Frank. Spurs have received simply one in all their final 10 league video games when taking part in with three centre-backs and none of their final six.
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The Croat will likely be determined to keep away from changing into solely the second Tottenham boss to lose his first two video games in cost after Martin Jol, whereas it’s unthinkable to Spurs supporters that he might develop into the primary supervisor in Premier League historical past to concede 4 or extra objectives in his opening two matches.
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Issues are much more serene down by the Thames for Fulham. Their wonderful 3-1 victory at Sunderland ended a three-match dropping run in model and reignited their bid for European qualification.
Marco Silva’s aspect head into Sunday’s match stuffed with confidence particularly in mild of their latest file in opposition to Tottenham. Three wins of their final 4 league conferences is as many as they managed of their earlier 26 versus Spurs.
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March has not been a contented looking floor of late for the west Londoners with simply 4 wins of their final 18 league video games within the third month of the yr. Nonetheless, two of these victories have come of their final two dwelling video games with Tottenham.
Ought to they win, it could mark solely their second ever league double over Spurs following the 2003-04 Premier League marketing campaign.
Veteran striker Raul Jimenez took his top-flight tally for the season to eight objectives with a brace on the Stadium of Gentle that encompassed a trademark header. Since arriving within the Premier League firstly of the 2018-19 season solely three gamers have scored extra top-flight objectives with their head than the Mexican’s 18.
His second got here by way of a spot-kick, preserving his standing of getting the very best 100% file within the Premier League of gamers to take 10 or extra penalties with an ideal 13 from 13.
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