Match Preview: Tottenham Hotspur v Burnley
Tottenham Hotspur host founder-members of the Football League Burnley for the first time in a League match since November 1977 when Spurs won 3-0 in a Second Division match. The clubs have met since then seven times in the League (Carling) Cup, most recently in last season's semi-final which Spurs won 4-1 at home before losing the return leg 2-3 at Turf Moor.
Spurs will be looking to get back into winning habits after losing to both Manchester United and Chelsea while Burnley are proving more than a handful for many teams in the Premier League and should not be underestimated.
The two clubs had very mixed fortunes in the League (Carling) Cup midweek. Spurs went to Deepdale and had an impressive 5-1 win over Preston North End thanks to a Peter Crouch hat-trick and goals from Jermain Defoe & Robbie Keane. A day earlier, Burnley were knocked-out of the competition away to Barnsley 3-2.
Michael Dawson had a good return from injury at Preston, as did Heurelho Gomes and Gareth Bale, but the same match saw an injury to Mexican forward Giovani Dos Santos. Jonathan Woodgate, Ledley King, Sebastien Bassong, Luka Modric & Roman Pavlyuchenko are all out injured.