Tottenham Hotspur are preparing for a huge Premier League match at home to Brighton and Hove Albion on Saturday evening, with manager Roberto De Zerbi knowing he really needs all three points against his former employers.
Tottenham slipped into the relegation zone last week following West Ham's win against Wolves, with the north Londoners following it up with a 1-0 defeat to Sunderland which left them two points from safety with six games left to play.
To have any chance of moving out of the drop zone, Tottenham must record their first three points in the league since they defeated Crystal Palace on December 28.
Fans will be hoping that De Zerbi has made more of an impact on the players at Hotspur Way this week than he did last, with the performance at the Stadium of Light not bringing much confidence that they can get out of the mess they find themselves in.
The Italian will be hoping to have more and more of his injured players in the coming weeks, to boost his team selection.
GIVEMESPORT takes a look at the latest injury news ahead of the clash with the Seagulls.
Both James Maddison and Rodrigo Bentancur have returned to first-team training at Hotspur Way to potentially give De Zerbi a boost later on in the run-in, but neither are likely to be involved on Saturday, nor in the immediate future.
While De Zerbi has no new fresh injury worries after setbacks for both Mohammed Kudus and Cristian Romero in recent days, with the captain ruled out for the rest of the season, he also appears unlikely to welcome any injured players back to the squad against Fabian Hurzeler's men.
There was some hope that Guglielmo Vicario would return between the sticks for this game after undergoing surgery on his hernia during the international break, but he hasn't been present in training this week, which would suggest Antonin Kinsky will start again against Brighton.
Ben Davies is the other Spurs player who is expected to be closing in on a return, although the Seagulls fixture is also set to come early for him.
Spurs confirmed last week that De Zerbi favourite had suffered an injury setback, which appears set to rule him out of playing again in the final six matches.
A club statement read: 'He [Kudus] had returned to team training during the past week, however will now require further specialist review and, potentially, surgery. We will provide any relevant further updates in due course.'
All The Tottenham Players Unavailable
While there are positive signs with Maddison and Bentancur returning to training, the duo are likely to be two of eight players absent for Tottenham's next match.
Vicario is also conspicuous by his absence at Hotspur Way, while Davies is more likely to return at the end of the month.
Aside from those four, Kudus, Romero, Dejan Kulusevski, Wilson Odobert are all out for the rest of the season.