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Saturday 15th December 3pm
Premier League
Wembley Stadium
Our unlikely progress in the Champions League was achieved and it's time to put Europe on hold for a while.
Thoughts of bright lights and glory are put on the back burner and we're back to the hard graft.
No side typifies this quite as well as Sean Dyche's Burnley.
They've got little in the way of flair or glamour, but regularly take points from those who do.
We won the possession battle against Barca, now we need to win the work war against the Clarets.
Burnley came into this campaign on a high, having finished the last one in 7th place.
They had qualified for European football for the first time in 51 years and were going on tour.
Thoughts of exotic flights to faraway places were immediately put on hold after the first round draw, though.
Passports stayed in drawers, as a short trip to Aberdeen was first on the menu.
The season started early for them and a spartan transfer window seemed to dampen expectations.
A tough fight requiring extra-time saw them past their Scottish opponents and off to Turkey.
Emmanuel Adebayor's Basaksehir also required extra-time and a 1-0 aggregate win, draining the side further.
Olympiacos were up next, but the European regulars were too much and they failed to reach the group stage.
It felt anticlimactic and appeared to take the wind out of the club's sails. They've yet to recover.
The European distraction took it's toll on their league form and they managed a solitary point from the first five games.
Two wins in late September suggested that they may have got over their disappointment, but it didn't last.
Six losses and a draw from the next seven matches, plus elimination from the League Cup was to follow.
A 1-0 win against Brighton in their last match has dragged them out of the relegation zone, though.
Is it a sign that the Burnley of last season is back or another false start to a really tough campaign?
Our match at Wembley against Burnley last year was only our second at the ground in the league.
Talk of the curse was at a high, following our opening defeat to Chelsea and win at Newcastle.
The game would only add more fuel to that fire, unfortunately.
A lackadaisical display saw us dominate possession, but rarely threaten until Alli put us head just after the break.
Chances were wasted to put the game to bed and a sleepy last 15 minutes saw Wood equalise at the death.
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The trip to Turf Moor was a stark contrast, as we came out quickly and maintained the intensity throughout.
Alli won a penalty after six minutes, which Kane converted to give us the lead.
Various opportunities to extend it were spurned until Sissoko put Kane in again with 20 minutes left to make it 2-0.
The hat-trick followed ten minutes later as Kane matched Shearer's calendar year record with a game to spare:
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Sanchez, Foyth, Aurier, Dembele, Wanyama and Trippier are all injured for this one, officially.
There's some suggestion that Trippier, Aurier, Sanchez and Foyth will be tested late and could play, though.
Defour and Gudmundsson are doubts for the visitors, while Pope and Ward are definitely out.
Neither side has any suspensions.
Lineups for each side's last league game:
Spurs: Lloris; Aurier, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Davies; Dier, Winks; Sissoko, Alli, Son; Moura.
Subs: Gazzaniga, Walker-Peters, Rose, Skipp, Eriksen, N'Koudou, Kane.
League form: WWWLWW.
Burnley: Hart; Bardsley, Tarkowski, Mee, Taylor; Gudmundsson, Westwood, Cork, Brady; Wood, Barnes.
Subs: Heaton, Lowton, Long, Hendrick, Lennon, Vokes, Vydra.
League form: LLDLLLW.
Referee: Graham Scott.
TV: Not televised.
Would you risk any rotation or rest anyone for this, given the Arsenal League Cup match next week?
Is there anything that you'd like to see us do differently to help break Burnley down?
Did Walker-Peters do enough against Barca to keep his place or would you play someone else there?
