Tottenham Hotspur will welcome Hull City to the White Hart Lane as they look to maintain their unbeaten home run this season. They have only lost twice this season with the losses coming away from home at Chelsea and Manchester United. Mauricio Pochettino found the going tough initially but to his and his players’ credit, even when they were failing to click as a team, they did not lose any game. And hence despite finding their rhythm only recently, they are very much in the mix at the top.
Hull City, on the other hand, have found the going tough upon their return to the Premier League. The lack of top-flight quality and depth in squad is visible and without major additions in the transfer windows, it will be very difficult for the Tigers to mount any sort of an attempt to claw back up the table.
TRIVIA
Spurs are unbeaten in their last seven Premier League games against Hull, winning five of those matches (D2).
Hull haven’t beaten Tottenham Hotspur since their first Premier League game against them (1-0 in October 2008) and have never scored more than once in their eight Premier League games vs Spurs.
Hull City are on a run of five successive defeats away from home in the Premier League and they haven’t scored in the last three of these.
The last time that the Tigers lost six in a row on the road in the competition was in April 2010.
Robert Snodgrass has had a hand in seven Premier League goals this season (five goals, two assists) – no other Hull City player has been involved in more than two.
Hull City have failed to score in 11 of their last 16 Premier League games away in London.
Harry Kane has scored five goals in his last three Premier League appearances at White Hart Lane.
Spurs have won 12 successive Premier League meetings with newly-promoted sides at White Hart Lane. The last time that they lost against a promoted team at home in the competition was a 1-2 defeat to Norwich in April 2012.
Hull’s Michael Dawson made 236 Premier League appearances for Tottenham between April 2005 and May 2014. Only seven players have made more for the club in the Premier League.
TEAM NEWS
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
Tottenham midfielder Mousa Dembele is ruled out with a foot injury sustained against Manchester United.
Vincent Janssen remains out with an ankle problem but Toby Alderweireld is expected to keep his place having made his injury return against the Reds.
HULL CITY
Hull have no fresh injury concerns with their side set to include a number of former Spurs players including captain Michael Dawson.
Will Keane and Abel Hernandez are long-term absentees.
PREDICTED LINE-UPS
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR (4-2-3-1)
Lloris; Walker, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Rose; Wanyama, Dier; Eriksen, Alli, Sissoko; Kane
HULL CITY (3-5-2)
Marshall; Maguire, Davies, Dawson; Elmohamady, Livermore, Huddlestone, Clucas, Robertson; Snodgrass, Diomande
BETTING ODDS
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR- 2/9
DRAW- 6/1
HULL CITY- 14/1
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