Tottenham vs Fulham LIVE: Brennan Johnson scores before Cairney goal and red card

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Hello and welcome to football.london for live coverage of Tottenham's Premier League derby clash with Fulham this afternoon.

Spurs are looking to make it back-to-back wins in the Premier League following the dazzling 4-0 win at Manchester City last weekend. A victory against Marco Silva's men would push Ange Postecoglou's side up into the mix of the chasing pack behind Liverpool while a defeat would see Fulham leapfrog their hosts.

Tottenham continue to face a packed schedule this month as the games come every three to four days and the Australian is dealing with a long absence list that is yet to show any sign of abating, with only vice-captain Cristian Romero having a slim possibility of returning from the game against the Cottagers.

Today's match kicks off at 1.30pm GMT at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium You can follow live coverage of Tottenham versus Fulham right here with Alasdair Gold.

Key Events

Red card15:13

Johnson scores!14:44

Full time

It ends all square after a sub-par display from Tottenham.

Spurs sub

Will Lankshear replaces the injured Archie Gray for his Premier League debut.

Good defending

An Udogie slip allows Fulham to break but Dragusin does well in his six yard box to slide and divert a low cross away from goal.

Header

Dragusin heads wide from a corner after a big leap.

Subs

Bergvall and Gray come on for Maddison and Sarr.

Red card

Red card. The referee is called over to look at his pitchside screen after a challenge from Cairney on Kulusevski. It's high and down the back of the Swede's calf.

Spurs sub

Kulusevski replaces Werner.

Fulham score

Fulham equalise with a good finish by the unmarked Cairney from just inside the box.

Johnson scores!

Brennan Johnson scores! Timo Werner picks him out with a great cross and he volleys a rocket of a shot past the goalkeeper. Lovely finish.

Forster again

Forster again to the rescue, saving from Iwobi's effort.

Save

Forster saves at his near post from Diop's header with his knee.

Peep

We're back up and running. No changes for either side.

Here are our first half Spurs player ratings

Fraser Forster 8

Pedro Porro 6

Radu Dragusin 7

Ben Davies 8

Destiny Udogie 6

Pape Matar Sarr 6

Yves Bissouma 6

James Maddison 6

Brennan Johnson 4

Son Heung-min 5

Timo Werner 6

Woodwork at the other end

So close from Maddison as his clever low free-kick takes a slight deflection and hits the left-hand post.

Woodwork

Great save from Forster to tip Iwobi's shot on to the crossbar.

Close

Radu Dragusin leaps high to send a header at goal that Leno tips over well.

Save

Terrific full length save from Forster to push away Jimenez's shot from six yards.

Shiner

Ben Davies, complete with the black eye he arrived with today, makes a good tackle in the Spurs box.

Chance

Son gets on to a bad back pass but tries to round Leno who grabs the ball.

Save

Forster blocks well from Jimenez after Iwobi picked him out in the box.

Early chance

Chance for Spurs just 50 seconds in. Werner presses well and wins the ball, passes to Son in the box and Leno saves his low effort.

Peep

We're up and running.

Postecoglou has been speaking about his midfielders

The Tottenham head coach has been going into some depth about his thoughts on Dejan Kulusveski, James Maddison and Yves Bissouma. You can find all of that by going right here.

Here's every word Postecoglou said ahead of this game

The Tottenham Hotspur boss held a press conference ahead of this derby date with Fulham and we've got a full transcript with every single word the Australian said which you can find right here.

Here's the Spurs team

Dominic Solanke misses out through illness.

"He just came in today and he wasn't looking the best. He was under the weather so we sent him home. Hopefully a full recovery and ready to go for the next one," said Postecoglou.

Today's team is:

Forster; Porro, Dragusin, Davies, Udogie; Sarr, Bissouma, Maddison; Johnson, Son, Werner. Subs: Austin, Spence, Gray, Reguilon, Olusesi, Kulusevski, Bergvall, Williams-Barnett, Lankshear.

Team news is almost upon us

We'll find out in about seven minutes' time who Postecoglou has selected to face Fulham.

Here are our Tottenham talking points

There's plenty to dive into when it comes to Tottenham Hotspur this week and you can find our extensive talking points about the north London club and January transfer meetings that have taken place by heading right here.

Here's the team we reckon Postecoglou will select

The Spurs boss has a few options to choose from in certain areas of his team despite the large number of missing players. You can find our predicted starting XI by heading right here.

Welcome to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

Spurs will want to make up for the last time they took on Fulham with a dismal display at Craven Cottage last season. They also need to shed their inconsitent tag and record rare back-to-back wins in the Premier League this campaign.