North London meets West London in another London Premier League derby. Fulham travel to the Tottenham Stadium to face an in-form Tottenham side that will be very hard to beat. Spurs have won an incredible 34 of their last 39 available points in the league. Antonio Conte has got Spurs humming. If they continue this form, they might just become title contenders.
Fulham has not defeated Spurs away from home since a 1-0 victory back in March 2013. Compounding that is the fact that Fulham has the lowest win rate in Premier League London derbies of any side in the city. Fulham has won less than 20% of their 140 London derbies in the Premier League.
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Kick-off: Saturday, Sep 3, 2022 at 3pm Local Time, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
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Google Result Probability: Tottenham victory 65% Draw 20% Fulham victory 15%
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Let’s look at the state of the Tottenham squad heading into this one.
Team News
Here is the latest from the treatment room at Tottenham, from the boss himself – Antonio Conte.
Cristian Romero
‘Cristian and Skip, today they had a training session with us. We have to wait now to see if they are completely recovered, but this is a good sign for us and for the players.’
Bryan Gil
‘Gil is not available, but in two or three days, he will start to work again.’
Lucas
‘Lucas has inflammation in his tendon. When I was a player, I had a lot of pain in my tendon. And you know very well that an inflamed tendon doesn’t finish in only one or two weeks. We hope he’s with us soon.’
Elsewhere Rodrigo Bentancur is expected to be available for selection again after missing the squads last match because of concussion protocol.
Starting XI Prediction
With the Champions League just around the corner, I am going to pick a slightly irritated Spurs squad that has Hugo Lloris starting between the posts.
Eric Dier remains in the middle of the back three. Japhet Tanganga and Clement Lenglet play on either side of him. Emerson Royal starts at right wing-back. Ryan Sessegnon starts on the opposite flank.
Yves Bissouma and Pierre Emile Hojbjerg were tremendous in the middle of the park last time out. That does not change.
The same goes for the attacking triumvirate. Harry Kane, Heung Min-son and Dejan Kulusevski line up in the attack.
Stueys Two Cents
This Spurs side is sensational. With Liverpool facing a transitional year, it could be a massive season in North London. Tottenham is up and about and their bitter rivals, Arsenal, are looking good too.
If Tottenham wishes to stamp their title credentials, they should win this match with minimum fuss. Which I think they will do.
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Stuart Kavanagh is a journalist currently residing in Broken Hill, Australia. He writes for the Barrier Truth newspaper, along with being the owner of the sports and entertainment website thepyrrhic.com, He also co-hosts the ‘After Extra Time’ podcast and contributes at edgeofthecrowd.com when time permits.
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