Tottenham travel to take on Brighton on Thursday aiming to maintain their top-four spot, exclusively live on talkSPORT 2.
Spurs have begun to replicate their early season form as they ended their slide down the table with wins against Newcastle, Nottingham Forest and Everton.
Ange Postecolou will now be keen on pushing his side back into title contention.
A trip to The Amex is tough though, and despite their inconsistent form, Robert De Zerbi’s side remain a dangerous team to come up against.
After making their best start ever to a Premier League season, Tottenham seemed to have quickly moved on from Harry Kane.
However, in more recent weeks, his absence has been felt and a clash with Brighton represents a new challenge without their all-time top goalscorer.
Spurs have scored in six of their last eight meetings with the Seagulls in all competitions.
And Kane has scored at least once in every one of those games.
The last time they found the back of the net against Brighton without the England captain in the team was over four years ago in a 1-0 win in April 2019.
So all eyes will be on Richarlison and Dejan Kulusevski to try and fill the void left by one of the best strikers in world football.
Brighton lost Joel Veltman to injury against Arsenal and the defender looks set for a couple of months on the sidelines.
He has joined Julio Enciso, Tariq Lamptey, Adam Webster and Pervis Estupinan in the treatment room.
Barcelona loanee Ansu Fati is also expected to be out until February while Solly March is recovering from a serious knee injury.
And Kaoru Mitoma is doubtful.
As for Tottenham, James Maddison is moving ever closer to a return from injury as he nears a comeback to training in what is a huge boost for Postecoglou.
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