It's derby day. Tottenham Hotspur have been sapped of energy and impetus this season, Thomas Frank's tenure proving an utter failure, but Igor Tudor is ready to turn things around at the business end.
There is little room for mistake, with Frank slumping to a lowly place in the Premier League, scarcely winning any games and leaving Spurs with the London side embroiled in a relegation battle, only five points above 18th-place West Ham United.
It's not going to be easy, but Tudor's Tottenham are going to need to beat Arsenal on Sunday evening to prove that there is new life in this side.
The Lilywhites are going to need to get their creative juices flowing, something that has proved difficult throughout the campaign, and they're going to have to do it without Eberechi Eze, who could have been playing his football down N17 this season.
How Spurs are doing without Eze
When Eze fired in a hat-trick to condemn Tottenham to a sobering north London defeat in November, it added insult to injury for Frank's struggling side, who had a deal all but in place for the England international, only for Arsenal to swoop in and sign him for £67m.
The 27-year-old has risen to prominence over a number of years at Selhurst Park with Crystal Palace, an electric and direct attacker, playing out on the left or in a central position, thrust forward into the danger area.
Tottenham's low-ebb playmaking this term has left everything to be desired, but Eze isn't enjoying the best of seasons at Arsenal, having only scored five goals and supplied six assists across 36 matches in all competitions. That hat-trick, then, makes up the bulk of his direct returns.
In truth, while Eze is competing for the Premier League title, he might have enjoyed more success on an individual level had he signed for Spurs, who could have handed him a talismanic role, especially with James Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski both long-term absentees.
Arsenal paid a pretty penny for the Three Lions star, but Tottenham might actually have a better player in their mix. In hindsight, perhaps it worked out okay.
Spurs have a talent who's "better than Eze"
Tottenham missed out on Eze, but they may well feel they've signed an even bigger talent in Xavi Simons, who joined the club from RB Leipzig for £52m last summer, after that initial bid fell through.
Simons has struggled at times this season, lacking clarity and confidence in the early knockings of the campaign, but he was one of the brighter Lilywhites players in the closing stages of Frank's stint at the helm, and now, he could break onto new ground for Tudor.
The new Spurs boss favours a 3-4-2-1 formation, and this he could implement on Sunday, with Joao Palhinha dropping deep into a quasi-central defensive role in the absence of the suspended skipper Cristian Romero.
What this would mean is that Simons would play in an advanced attacking role, shadowing Dominic Solanke from the left side.
With Souza or Djed Spence overlapping, hugging the wing, this might be the perfect way for Simons' creative qualities to shine through, having still created six big chances from only 15 starts in the Premier League this season, assisting four goals in total.
The key point here is that Arsenal signed Eze for an instant impact, and he hasn't managed to provide that at the Emirates. Simons, however, has withstood a stern test with Spurs at their lowest, and given that he's been hailed as being "better than Eze" by Jamie O'Hara after he joined the club, it's fair to say he may be justifying that.
How would the English winger have fared at Frank's Tottenham, a disjointed and disorganised mess that has plummeted the club to their nadir?
At least Simons has started to spread his wings in recent weeks and showcase his quality. Aged 22, Simons is a work in progress, but it's not outrageous to claim that he's enjoying a better season than Eze, even if the former Eagles talisman lands himself a Premier League title this season.
Tottenham would love nothing more than to disrupt that on Sunday, and if Simons is on his A-game, they just might at that.