Home form a concern for Spurs
Tottenham may have shipped five goals in their midweek loss against Paris St-Germain, but their performance against the defending European champions did at least restore some pride after their damaging defeat against Arsenal.
They showed the fight and attacking endeavour in Paris that was so badly missing in the 4-1 thrashing at the Emirates, as the negative tactics of manager Thomas Frank were heavily criticised.
Frank was lauded at the start of the season for sorting out Spurs' defensive woes, but they have conceded nine goals in their last two games, while the seven they have let in during their three top-flight fixtures in November is as many as they did in nine games across August, September and October.
Having lost ground in the league after only one win in five, Spurs now face a pivotal week with Newcastle away and his former side Brentford at home to come after their clash with Fulham.
However, their home form has been an issue for a long time now and they have managed just three league wins in a year, with their only victory in front of their own supporters under Frank coming on the opening weekend of the season against Burnley.
Fulham struggling away
Fortunately for Tottenham, they face a Fulham side who sit joint bottom of the away form table having lost five in a row on the road. They have just a solitary draw to show from their travels this season, having accrued 93% of their points at Craven Cottage.
However, after years of dominance over the west Londoners, Spurs have struggled of late against Fulham. After a run of eight wins in nine league games against the Cottagers, Tottenham are without a victory in any of the last three, with Fulham's two wins in those games as many as they had managed in their previous 23 encounters.
After losing five of their last six league games, Marco Silva's side picked up a crucial win over in-form Sunderland last weekend to move three points clear of the bottom three.
The Cottagers had 24 shots in that match, but scored only once, highlighting an issue that has held them back this season. Only Leeds and Wolves have scored fewer than Fulham's 13 goals in 12 top-flight matches this season.
However, a superb cameo off the bench from on-loan winger Sam Chukwueze in that game culminated in a brilliant assist to firmly put his case forward for a first Premier League start at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.