Tottenham Hotspur host Manchester City on Sunday after the two clubs progressed safely to the knockout stage of the Champions League in midweek, with both bosses managing significant injury lists.
Tottenham hot and cold
Spurs' Jekyll and Hyde performances this season have left fans wondering why their European form can't be replicated on the domestic front, where they've recorded just two wins in their last 14 league games.
Such inconsistency has piled pressure on head coach Thomas Frank, but perhaps the warning signs were there before the Lilywhites lured the Dane from west London to north last summer.
Frank, whose side sit 14th, has won just four of his last 22 home league matches. Curiously, he has the exact same record in his first 11 with Spurs â won two, lost six, drawn three â as in his last 11 with Brentford. Now, though, he has three times as many people berating him at games for poor results.
With a slew of injuries in attacking positions, it's perhaps no surprise Spurs have relied on goals from elsewhere on the pitch. In fact, in Micky van de Ven and Cristian Romero, they boast the two Premier League defenders with the most goals in all competitions this season.
New Blues will boost City's title chase
While Pep Guardiola might not be under the same pressure as his opposite number in the dugout, there are some signs of tetchiness in the Spaniard's recent news conferences, with Manchester City trailing Arsenal by four points at the top of the table.
Last week's win over Wolves was City's first in five league games, with the signing of Antoine Semenyo looking more astute by the week. The Ghana forward has three goals in his first four games since arriving from Bournemouth and, with fellow wideman Jeremy Doku injured in midweek, his importance in the title race cannot be understated.
Another big-name January arrival, Marc Guehi, had an impressive debut at the Etihad, and he too will prove crucial in the run-in. The England centre-back will need to use all his positional nous to stifle a Spurs team who have scored more headed goals than any other in the league this season, with 10.
Guardiola won't exactly relish the trip to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. City lost the reverse fixture 2-0 in August and his eight league defeats against Spurs are the most he has suffered at the hands of any opponent in his managerial career.