Possible Lineup
⭕ Tottenham :Forster; Sanchez, Dier, Davies; Emerson, Hojbjerg, Bentancur, Perisic; Kulusevski, Kane, Son
⭕Leicester City : Ward; Castagne, Souttar, Faes, Kristiansen; Tielemans, Dewsbury-Hall; Tete, Maddison, Barnes; Iheanacho
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Tottenham [ 2] - [1] Leicester City
A Place In The Top Four Of The Premier League Table Is Up For Grabs When Tottenham Hotspur Travel To The King Power Stadium To Take On Leicester City On Saturday Afternoon.
Brendan Rodgers' Men Beat Aston Villa 4-2 In Their Last Game, While The Lilywhites Snuffed Out Manchester City's Title Chances With A 1-0 Win In North London.
While Left-back Victor Kristiansen Won All Eight Of His Tackles Before Celebrating With His Family, Tete Scored Leicester's Third Goal Of The Competition Following Strikes From Kelechi Iheanacho And James Maddison, With Dennis Praet Later Adding The Icing On The Cake.
With Two Wins And A Draw To Boast From Their Last Three Games In All Competitions, Rodgers And Co, With A Newfound Appetite For Goals, Have Climbed Up To 14th In The Table And Three Points Clear Of The Relegation Zone.
Leicester Certainly Have Some Work To Do To Put Their Relegation Fears To Bed Once And For All, But Rodgers' Side Are Undoubtedly Heading In The Right Direction - Six Goals In Two Top-flight Fixtures Against Villa And Brighton & Hove Albion Is Proof Of That. That.
However, Leicester Have Picked Up Just One Point From Their Last 12 On Offer At The King Power Stadium - Failing To Score In Three Before Losing Two To Brighton - But A Well-rounded Spurs Defense Will Fear No Attack After Holding The Premier League Champions At Bay. .
The Late Great Jimmy Greaves Is No Longer Around To See His Long-standing Tottenham Record Broken, But His Family Have Confirmed That The Lilywhites' Second-highest Goalscorer Of All Time Would Be Delighted To See His Tally Of 266 Hits Surpassed. Harry Kane.
Clearly Having Failed To Learn From The Game At The Etihad In January, Man City - Who Managed To Win The Game 4-2 - Were Punished For Errors At The Back At The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium As Pierre-emile Hojbjerg Picked Up A Pass And Set Up. Kane For His 267th Spurs Goal In The 15th Minute And City Failed To Respond In A Game That Delighted Arsenal Fans As Much As Their Bitter Rivals.
Led By Cristiano Stellini, With Antonio Conte Recovering From Gall Bladder Surgery In His Native Italy, Tottenham Produced A Defensive Display That Would Have Made The Latter Beam With Pride And Are Now Back At Hotspur Way And Expected To Return To The King's Dugout. Power Stadium.
Three Points For The Fifth-placed Lilywhites Will Take Them Into The Champions League Above Newcastle United - Who Take Part In Saturday Night's Kick-off At Bournemouth - And Conte Will Return To A Tottenham Side That Boasts Three Consecutive Wins And Three Consecutive Clean Sheets. In All Tournaments.
Scoring 12 Goals In Their Last Five Premier League Away Games Is Also The Recipe For Success For Tottenham, Who Beat Leicester 6-2 In North London Five Months Ago Thanks To Son Heung-min's 13th-minute Hat-trick, While Forgotten Man Steven Bergwijn Was The Last-minute Hero In A Dramatic Win 3 -2 In King Power Last Term.
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