Minute-by-minute report: Spurs are looking to boost their fading top-four challenge but Fulham can overtake them with a win. Join Niall McVeigh
Who is having the better season? After 20 games, Tottenham’s record reads W10 D3 L7, 33 points, GD +8. They sit in fifth place, two places above Fulham – W9 D4, L7, 31 points, GD +3. It’s a sign of the Premier League’s stratification that a big-six side having a bad year are still above a team enjoying a campaign for the ages – but if they win tonight, Fulham will overtake Spurs and make it official.
Of course, the fact these two London rivals find themselves so close together shows how both have diverged from pre-season expectations. Having fast-tracked his team into the top four last term, Antonio Conte was handed transfer funds to close the gap and muscle in on the title race.also spent cash, although nothing like the £100m+ burned in 2018, when ambitious plans met reality and relegation.
Marco Silva’s primary aim this season was to end Fulham’s yo-yo days; that is all but certain already, and much greater heights await. In a season when some big beasts have momentarily dozed off, a top-six place appears a feasible target – that would be Fulham’s highest-ever top-flight finish, eclipsing the halcyon days of Roy Hodgson.
We could see history made tonight, if Harry Kane finds the net. One goal would match Jimmy Greaves’ Tottenham record; two would overtake him and also make Kane the third member of the Premier League’s 200-goal club. Kane has scored 47 of those goals in London derbies, while Aleksandar Mitrovic has scored against four teams from the capital this season. You fancy one, or both, to find the net again tonight.
Kick-off is delayed until 8.15pm at a brisk but boisterous Craven Cottage due to travel problems. Join me!
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