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Preview: Spurs entertain Fulham on Saturday night

Preview: Spurs entertain Fulham on Saturday night

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With storm clouds starting to form over The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium again, Spurs’ home match against Fulham on Saturday evening has taken on an air of greater importance than it might otherwise have had.

By Ian King

 Recent form makes this a must-win game for Spurs 

November may have been disrupted by another international break, but it was still a bad month for Tottenham Hotspur. They haven’t won in the league since 26 October, were eliminated from the Carabao Cup by Newcastle United, and recorded their only win of the last four weeks in the Champions League against FC København back at the start of the month. 

Most troublingly of all, they haven’t won a home Premier League game since the opening weekend of the season. As such, a familiar feeling of panic is starting to swell at The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, meaning that this Saturday evening match against Fulham is now more of a must-win game than it would otherwise have been.

Three wins in their last four in all competitions have eased concerns that 2025-26 could turn into a slog Fulham and have eased the pressure on Marco Silva after four straight defeats dropped them perilously close to the relegation places.

Spurs have struggled against Fulham over the last couple of years

Spurs had an excellent record against Fulham from 2013 to 2023, but they’ve failed to win any of their last three games against them, with last season’s matches ending in a 1-1 draw at The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and a 2-0 Fulham win at Craven Cottage. This was the first time that the Cottagers had gone more than one game unbeaten against them since 2009.

Recent H2H results

Spurs need to start winning midfield battles again

Wednesday night’s 5-3 defeat in Paris was another disappointing evening for Thomas Frank, but one of the positives of the evening was the performance of Rodrigo Bentancur, who put in a reasonably accomplished midfield performance following a string of underwhelming ones. Spurs need to start winning a few more of their midfield battles, and Bentancur did at least manage this on Wednesday night. 

For Fulham, Raúl Jiménez scored the winner against Sunderland last week. It was only his second league goal of the season, and a return to form from him could be key to them rising higher in the Premier League table over the final weeks of the year. 

Spurs are starting to welcome players back from their extensive injury list

Spurs are starting to welcome players back from injury. Randal Kolo Muani started in Paris and scored twice, while Archie Gray and Lucas Bergvall also started and Mohammed Kudus came off the bench, albeit to little significant effect. James Maddison, Dejan Kulusevski, Dominic Solanke, Ben Davies, Radu Drăgușin, Yves Bissouma, and Kota Takai all remain injured. Brennan Johnson was suspended for the PSG game and should return. 

Rodrigo Muniz and Antonee Robinson are injured for Fulham and will miss this one, but Saša Lukić should return after missing the Sunderland game suspended after picking up five yellow cards.

Spurs’ home and away form this season

Everybody already knows how the atmosphere will turn should Spurs not start this match on the front foot

After a promising start to the season, it’s clear that the pressure is starting to build under Thomas Frank, and there’s been a rather too familiar nerviness about Spurs again in recent weeks. 

For a club with ambitions of making Champions League qualification a regular occurrence again, matches such as this are the sort that should be routine wins, but that hasn’t been happening of late and there are no guarantees that this one will be, either. 

Fulham have turned a bit of a corner in recent games following a poor run, and will be approaching this game with confidence following their win against Sunderland. 

This should be a comfortable home win for Spurs, but they’ve not won a home Premier League game in three and a half months and the atmosphere will turn skittish very quickly should they not start on the front foot. They need a home win, and I’ll back them to get one 2-1, but it’s extremely difficult to say that with much confidence at the moment. 

(Cover image from IMAGO)

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Preview: Spurs entertain Fulham on Saturday night

With storm clouds starting to form over The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium again, Spurs’ home match against Fulham on Saturday evening has taken on an air of greater importance than it might otherwise have had.

By Ian King

 Recent form makes this a must-win game for Spurs 

November may have been disrupted by another international break, but it was still a bad month for Tottenham Hotspur. They haven’t won in the league since 26 October, were eliminated from the Carabao Cup by Newcastle United, and recorded their only win of the last four weeks in the Champions League against FC København back at the start of the month. 

Most troublingly of all, they haven’t won a home Premier League game since the opening weekend of the season. As such, a familiar feeling of panic is starting to swell at The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, meaning that this Saturday evening match against Fulham is now more of a must-win game than it would otherwise have been.

Three wins in their last four in all competitions have eased concerns that 2025-26 could turn into a slog Fulham and have eased the pressure on Marco Silva after four straight defeats dropped them perilously close to the relegation places.

Spurs have struggled against Fulham over the last couple of years

Spurs had an excellent record against Fulham from 2013 to 2023, but they’ve failed to win any of their last three games against them, with last season’s matches ending in a 1-1 draw at The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and a 2-0 Fulham win at Craven Cottage. This was the first time that the Cottagers had gone more than one game unbeaten against them since 2009.

Recent H2H results

Spurs need to start winning midfield battles again

Wednesday night’s 5-3 defeat in Paris was another disappointing evening for Thomas Frank, but one of the positives of the evening was the performance of Rodrigo Bentancur, who put in a reasonably accomplished midfield performance following a string of underwhelming ones. Spurs need to start winning a few more of their midfield battles, and Bentancur did at least manage this on Wednesday night. 

For Fulham, Raúl Jiménez scored the winner against Sunderland last week. It was only his second league goal of the season, and a return to form from him could be key to them rising higher in the Premier League table over the final weeks of the year. 

Spurs are starting to welcome players back from their extensive injury list

Spurs are starting to welcome players back from injury. Randal Kolo Muani started in Paris and scored twice, while Archie Gray and Lucas Bergvall also started and Mohammed Kudus came off the bench, albeit to little significant effect. James Maddison, Dejan Kulusevski, Dominic Solanke, Ben Davies, Radu Drăgușin, Yves Bissouma, and Kota Takai all remain injured. Brennan Johnson was suspended for the PSG game and should return. 

Rodrigo Muniz and Antonee Robinson are injured for Fulham and will miss this one, but Saša Lukić should return after missing the Sunderland game suspended after picking up five yellow cards.

Spurs’ home and away form this season

Everybody already knows how the atmosphere will turn should Spurs not start this match on the front foot

After a promising start to the season, it’s clear that the pressure is starting to build under Thomas Frank, and there’s been a rather too familiar nerviness about Spurs again in recent weeks. 

For a club with ambitions of making Champions League qualification a regular occurrence again, matches such as this are the sort that should be routine wins, but that hasn’t been happening of late and there are no guarantees that this one will be, either. 

Fulham have turned a bit of a corner in recent games following a poor run, and will be approaching this game with confidence following their win against Sunderland. 

This should be a comfortable home win for Spurs, but they’ve not won a home Premier League game in three and a half months and the atmosphere will turn skittish very quickly should they not start on the front foot. They need a home win, and I’ll back them to get one 2-1, but it’s extremely difficult to say that with much confidence at the moment. 

(Cover image from IMAGO)

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