Won Spurs Vs Fulham

REFEREE:
Stuart Attwell ???????

Team Form
Spurs – WDWWD ------- Fulham - DWLLW

We will seek an immediate return to winning ways in the Premier League when Fulham visit us on Saturday. We were held to a 1-1 draw by West Ham United in midweek, while the Cottagers got the better of Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1.

We thought we had been awarded a penalty when the ball struck Creswell’s on the arm in the first half, but referee Peter Bankes overturned the decision when he was sent to look at the monitor, which prompted a lengthy tirade from Conte after the game.

We cannot deny that West Ham were presented with the best chances to take maximum points on the night, but with our 11-point haul is currently good enough for 3rd place behind champions Manchester City
and our North London rivals Arsenal.

We can close the gap on the perfect Gunners to just one point before they face Manchester United on Sunday afternoon. But there is the small matter of our Champions League opener with Marseille to take into account next Wednesday.

We can take confidence in the fact that we have now strung together an 11-game unbeaten streak in the Premier League, as well as winning each of our last five top-flight matches on home soil, but Fulham are taking to life back in the top flight with professionalism and aplomb.

Trying to end Arsenal's perfect start to the new season was a step too far for Fulham, but handing Brighton their first defeat of the 2022-23 campaign was on the agenda for Fulham, who continue to make waves in the top division.
Mitrovic’s fifth goal of the season and Dunk’s own goal put Fulham two up before Alex MacAllister managed to restore parity from the penalty spot, but there was to be no dramatic late comeback for the Seagulls at Craven Cottage.

Fulham are still waiting for their first away win in any competition this season after also going down 2-0 to Crawley Town in an EFL Cup giant killing, and they also failed to win any of their last three Championship games on the road last term. Fulham managed to hold us to a 1-1 draw at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium during the 2020-21 Premier League season, but we ran out 1-0 winners at Craven Cottage and are unbeaten in seven against them
since 2013.

We had Skipp back on the bench for the draw with West Ham after he recovered from a small fracture in his heel, and there is also hope that Cuti and Bentancur will be back in the squad this weekend too.

Neither Gil nor Moura were available for the showdown with West Ham, and the latter is facing an unspecified period of time out with a tendon issue, but Richarlison is ahead of him in the pecking order anyway.

Conte may consider handing a start to the ex-Everton man with rotation in mind this week, which could also benefit Sessegnon’s chances of displacing Perisic on the left-hand side.

As for Fulham, Silva is still without long-term absentees Harry Wilson and Manor Solomon, but Shane Duffy will be back in the fold after being ineligible to face parent club Brighton.

However, Silva has no reason to alter a winning formula as Tim Ream and Tosin Adarabioyo once again protect Bernd Leno, who has seemingly demoted Marak Rodak to the bench for good.

Nathaniel Chalobah and Tom Cairney can expect to provide impetus as substitutes here, with Harrison Reed, Andreas Pereira and Joao Palhinha occupying the spaces in the middle of the park.

We first played each other on the 5th December 1908 where we beat them 2-3 at their ground. We have gone on to play each other 86 times, where we have won 46, they have won 13 and 27 have been drawn games.

League: - We have won 38, they have won 11 and 25 have been drawn games

FA Cup :- We have won 6, they have won 1 and 2 have been drawn games

League Cup :- We have won 2, they have won 1 and there have been no draws