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Tottenham Hotspur v Fulham
Premier League Match Day 13 24/25 at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium,,
Sunday 1st December 2024 KO: 13:30
Referee:
Darren Bond (Lancashire)
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Fulham visit rivals Tottenham Hotspur in Sunday's Premier League derby aiming to get back to winning ways after the home defeat by Wolves.
The Cottagers were slain 4-1 at home by Wolverhampton Wanderers last time out in the top flight while Tottenham succumbed to a late leveller in a 2-2 Europa League draw with Roma on Thursday.
Having seen their three-game unbeaten run come to an end in truly disheartening circumstances, Fulham have fallen one point and three places below Tottenham in ninth spot, although Marco Silva's troops remain firmly in continental contention with nearly a third of the season complete.
The only pleasing aspect of last weekend's shellacking for Fulham was that Iwobi's strike made it 13 games in all competitions with at least one goal for the Cottagers, who have not been shut out by any team since losing to Manchester United in the opening Premier League contest of the season.
The Cottagers have also avoided defeat in each of their last seven Premier League London derbies and could go unbeaten in eight for the first time ever, most recently decimating Spurs 3-0 at Craven Cottage in March, but their last league success on Tottenham's turf arrived all the way back in March 2013.
When stand-in goalkeeper Fraser Forster pulled off a last-minute wonder save in Thursday's showdown with Roma, the destiny of the Europa League points had seemingly been decided, with Son Heung-min and Brennan Johnson's efforts edging Spurs ahead in a frenetic battle.
However, having been denied twice by the offside flag in the second half, Claudio Ranieri's team finally nabbed the leveller that their relentless pressure deserved, as veteran defender Mats Hummels crashed home at the back stick to conclude a chaotic North London night.
The 2-2 stalemate with Roma marked the second Tottenham game in a row where the net bulged four times, but all four of those efforts astonishingly went the Lilywhites' way at the Etihad last weekend, where Spurs slaughtered a capitulating Manchester City side to rise to sixth place in the Premier League standings.
Only three points separates Postecoglou's outfit from Brighton & Hove Albion, Arsenal and Chelsea before gameweek 12 gets underway, but the crushing of City represents the hosts' only triumph from their last four matches in all tournaments, a sequence that also includes consecutive defeats to Galatasaray and Ipswich Town.
Tottenham have at least found the back of the net in eight straight home games across all tournaments since September's 1-0 defeat to Arsenal, one of seven losses that Postecoglou has overseen from 16 Premier League London derbies since taking the reins in 2023.
Of all managers to have taken charge of at least 10 matches for Tottenham's men's team, Postecoglou is statistically the second-worst when it comes to Premier League London derbies - his 44% loss rate is only marginally better than Glenn Hoddle's 48% in capital clashes.
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Fulham beat Tottenham 3-0 in March, ending a winless run of nine Premier League games against them.
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The West London side are vying to win consecutive league fixtures versus Spurs for the first time since a three-match streak between 2003 and 2004.
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Tottenham's sole defeat in their past 14 top-flight home games against Fulham was in March 2013, when Dimitar Berbatov scored the only goal against his former club at White Hart Lane (D3, L10).
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The Whites have scored in 11 consecutive top-flight games. They have not netted in 12 in a row since 1967, with the final match in that sequence a defeat versus Spurs at Craven Cottage.
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The Cottagers are vying to remain unbeaten in eight consecutive top-flight London derbies for the first time in their history.
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They are also aiming to win three consecutive Premier League London derbies for the first time since 2013.
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Fulham can win back-to-back top-flight away games for just the second time under Marco Silva.
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Silva’s side have dropped 13 points from winning positions this term, second only to Brentford.
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The Whites are the only team yet score a Premier League goal from a set-piece this season, excluding penalties.
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Kenny Tete is one short of 100 league appearances for Fulham.
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Spurs, who won 4-0 at Manchester City last weekend, have alternated between victory and defeat in each of their past seven league matches.
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They have not drawn any of their past 27 Premier League home games, a competition record. It is the longest such run in the top flight since Liverpool had a run of 28 matches between April 1963 and September 1964.
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Tottenham are vying to keep back-to-back clean sheets in the league for the first time since October 2023, with the second game in that sequence a 2-0 home win against Fulham.
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Spurs have scored a league-high 27 goals this season and have netted at least three times in six of their 12 matches.
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They have lost seven of their 16 Premier League London derbies under Ange Postecoglou (W6, D3), equivalent to 44%. Among managers to have taken charge of at least 10 such derbies for the club, only Glenn Hoddle has a worse record, with 48%.
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Dejan Kulusevski has created a league-high 33 chances this season, while his tally of three assists equals his final total from 36 matches in 2023-24.
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Source Ben Knapton at SportsMole/BBCSports