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Saturday 29th October 3pm
Premier League
White Hart Lane
The last of our four consecutive away games is out of the way, but we didn't manage a single win.
Three disappointing draws, followed by a poor performance and a loss. Not great.
We only scored twice in that sequence too, so we're in something of a lull, to say the least.
The team needs to play well and get a win to restore some confidence, for me.
It's hard to complain when you're still unbeaten in the league and a point off the top, though.
We've started the season pretty strongly and our results have generally been positive.
With so many games so close together, a bad or even mediocre couple of weeks can seem like a long time.
Hopefully that'll be fixed soon, preferably starting with this Saturday.
Our visitors this week have had a mixed start to the campaign, following their dream season.
They've won all of their Champions League games and are on a long unbeaten home run.
The last side to beat them in the Premier League at the King Power Stadium was Liverpool on Boxing Day.
We beat them there in the FA Cup in January, but both sides had a lot of changes.
Their away record so far has been quite different, though.
A shock opening day loss to Hull was followed by big losses to Liverpool, Man Utd and Chelsea.
The last three would probably be expected in a normal season and the first was against a newly promoted club, though.
Perhaps we shouldn't read too much into this run?
It's been suggested that Ranieri has been focusing on the Champions League and it may have affected Leicester's start.
That would make sense in a lot of ways, as the financial rewards for wins in that competition are great.
Nailing top spot in the group early on would also allow them to rotate effectively in the later games.
One more win would do it and they could give games to fringe players and rest important ones for the league.
Last season's fixture was something of a snapshot of the season as a whole.
We dominated possession, territory and chances, but couldn't make the breakthrough.
Lamela, Eriksen, Alli and Kane all wasted opportunities, while there was little for our defence to do.
Robert Huth scored the only goal of the game in the last ten minutes from only their second attempt on target.
As a side that was happy to absorb pressure and hit on the break, it was a job well done.
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The game in Leicester took place early in the season and was seen as a poor result at the time.
We huffed and puffed for 80 minutes, desperately trying to find a goal to kickstart our season.
A loss at Old Trafford and a draw with Stoke had left us winless and it showed, a little.
The possession and chances were quite one way, again, but we managed to take the lead this time.
Dele Alli's goal was countered almost immediately by Riyadh Mahrez, though and that's how it finished.
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Sissoko serves the second game of his suspension, while Kane and Alderweireld are not expected to be risked.
No news on any issues from Tuesday's visit to Anfield.
Leicester have no suspensions and only Mendy out through injury.
Lineups for each side's last league game:
Spurs: Lloris; Walker, Dier, Vertonghen, Rose; Wanyama, Dembele; Eriksen, Alli, Lamela; Son.
Subs: Vorm, Trippier, Wimmer, Davies, Winks, Sissoko, Janssen.
League form: WWWWDD.
Leicester: Schmeichel; Simpson, Morgan, Huth, Fuchs; Mahrez, Drinkwater, King, Musa; Okazaki, Slimani.
Subs: Zieler, Schlupp, Amartey, Albrighton, Gray, Ulloa, Vardy.
League form: LWLDLW.
Referee: Bobby Madley. Had some controversial games in our fixtures.
I'd expect wholesale changes from the Liverpool game, but did anyone do well enough to keep their place?
Do we need to do anything tactically, either to deal with Leicester or help our creativity?
Son to lead the line again or Janssen to take his place? Both as a pairing, perhaps or Son out wide?
