Tottenham Hotspur have the chance to break back into the Premier League’s top four on Saturday when they take on AFC Bournemouth.
Fifth-placed Spurs play a day before Manchester United travel to Nottingham Forest, allowing them to turn up the heat in the race for a Champions League place.
The Cherries are still fighting against relegation and are three points clear of the drop zone, though are in decent form having won three of their last five matches.
Here’s everything you need to know ahead of their meeting in north London.
Current Form (Last Five Games)
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Premier League fixtures, table & top scorers
Tottenham team news
Cristian Stellini is expected to be without Emerson Royal, Ben Davies, Ryan Sessegnon, Yves Bissouma and Rodrigo Bentancur for the visit of Bournemouth.
Lucas Moura is still serving a suspension after being sent off in the draw at Everton, while Richarlison could return to the starting lineup after an injury.
(3-4-3): Lloris; Romero, Dier, Lenglet; Porro, Skipp, Hojbjerg, Perisic; Kulusevski, Kane, Son.
Bournemouth team news
Hamed Traore, Junior Stanislas and Marcos Senesi are hoping to recover from minor problems in time to make the trip to north London.
Spurs academy graduate Ryan Fredericks is set to miss out on a return to the club with a calf problem.
(4-2-3-1): Neto; Smith, Stephens, Mepham, Kelly; Lerma, Rothwell; Christie, Billing, Tavernier; Solanke.
Spurs have sneakily gone on a five-game unbeaten run, though obviously their ongoing chaos has been a result of not winning all of those matches.
Nevertheless, they look a far more competent side on home soil and have been putting teams away at a canter in N17 recently.
Bournemouth have proved to be a handful of late and Gary O’Neil’s men are capable of springing an upset, but it’s likely that they will return to the south coast without the points.
Prediction: Tottenham 3-2 Bournemouth