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MATCH PREVIEW: TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR V QPR
Harry Redknappâs men were unfortunate not to take anything away from the opener against Steve Bruceâs side, but the manner of the display will surely have given the players confidence â like it has the supporters â that Rangers are better equipped for Premier League survival than they were two years ago.
Rio Ferdinand, Steven Caulker and Jordon Mutch all made solid debuts for the Hoops, and Redknappâs squad has since been bolstered by the arrivals this week of Leroy Fer and Eduardo Vargas, although the latter will be unable to feature at White Hart Lane while he awaits international clearance.
Mauricio Isla could make his debut for the Râs, however, after his international clearance came through on Thursday.
Spurs will be making their third appearance in the space of eight days when they host the Râs on Sunday, having beaten AEL Limassol 2-1 on Thursday evening in the Europa League.
After their 1-0 win at West Ham in their curtain raiser last Saturday with Eric Dierâs injury-time winner, Mauricio Pochettino will be keen to get off to the best possible start in his first home game in charge against the Râs.
Kyle Naughton will be unavailable for selection owing to his early red card against the Hammers, while Kyle Naughton is a doubt through injury.
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PRE-MATCH TALK TOTTENHAM QPR
QPR manager, Harry Redknapp: âIt's a good game to look forward to.
âSpurs are a massive club, a good club. It will be nice to go back there and see some really good friends that I made during my time there, but it's a game we want to go and win.
âI'm really looking forward to it.â
Tottenham manager, Mauricio Pochettino: ""I have full respect for Harry Redknapp. He was born on the same day as me, March 2, so he is a special person too like me!
"I know about Harry Redknapp, I have full respect for him and he was too the manager of Southampton as well as Tottenham.
"I only found out that we shared a birthday because we played on March 2 against QPR in Southampton.
"It was funny because he gave me a birthday present, a very good bottle of red wine. Very, very good."
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BET VICTOR
Tottenham win: 1/2
Draw: 17/5
QPR win: 13/2
LAST TIME OUT TOTTENHAM QPR
QPR 0 Tottenham 0 â Premier League â Saturday 12th January 2013
HEAD TO HEAD TOTTENHAM QPR
Tottenham wins: 20
Draws: 17
QPR wins: 14
MATCH OFFICIALS
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Referee: A Taylor
Assistant Referee: G Beswick & D Cann
Fourth Official: R East
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