Spurs will look to move closer to the European places as they travel to the City Ground to take on relegation-threatened Nottingham Forest on Sunday afternoon.
Tottenham made a decent start to their Premier League campaign, as they won four of their opening seven matches (W4-D2-L1), but a run of four losses from their next six put Thomas Frank under pressure.
However, Spurs earned a late point away at Newcastle, and have gone on to beat Brentford 2-0 and Slavia Prague 3-0 in the Premier League and Champions League respectively.
That win over the Bees last week has moved Spurs up to 11th in the Premier League table, just three points behind Chelsea in fifth.
Nottingham Forest were another side who endured a miserable start to the season, but the Tricky Trees took 10 points from a possible 15 in November through to the beginning of December (W3-D1-L1).
However, Sean Dyche saw his new side suffer a 3-0 defeat away to his former employers Everton last weekend meaning they remain in 17th position in the Premier League table, just two points above the relegation zone.
Like Spurs, Forest won in Europe in midweek, as they defeated Utrecht 1-2 away from home in the Europa League, leaving them in 11th position in the league phase table, just two points outside the top eight.
How the bookies view it: Tough one to call
The bookies are finding this a tough one to call, with bet365 making Forest slight favourites to claim all three points at 31/20.
Spurs are 9/5 with bet365 to make it three wins in the space of eight days, whilst the draw is 23/10.
Head to head: Three on the bounce for Forest?
Nottingham Forest did the double over Spurs last season, winning 1-2 in North London and 1-0 at the City Ground.
Players to watch: Simons to strike again?
Xavi Simons has had a stop-start season since joining from RB Leipzig at the end of August, but he looks as if he is coming into form.
The Dutch international was involved in both goals against Brentford last week, as well as scoring from the spot against Slavia Prague in Europe in midweek, and the 7/4 on offer at bet365 for him to Score or Assist appeals to me.
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Predicted line-ups:
Nottingham Forest will be without the injured Angus Gunn, Ola Aina, Ryan Yates and Chris Wood.
Spurs will once again be without Dejan Kulusevski, James Maddison, Dominic Solanke, Yves Bissouma, Destiny Udogie, Radu Dragusin and Koto Takai through injury
Nottingham Forest: Sels, Savona, Milenkovic, Morato, Williams, Sangare, Anderson, Ndoye, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi, Jesus
Tottenham Hotspur: Vicario, Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Spence, Gray, Palhinha, Kudus, Simons, Odobert, Richarlison
Anything else catch the eye?
Tottenham’s away matches have been good for goals this season, with their previous nine in league and Europe averaging a whopping 3.78 goals per game.
Over 2.5 Goals has paid out in eight (89%) of those fixtures – including in each of their last six in the Premier League – and a repeat pays an appealing 1/1 at bet365.
What’s more, 7/10 (70%) of Forest’s Premier League and Europa League encounters have featured three or more goals, which further aids my selection.
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