Watford-Tottenham: Team news and confirmed lineups
• Indeed, Watford last picked up a top-flight victory against Spurs in the final game of the 1986-87 season (May 1987); winning 1-0 thanks to a Kenny Jackett penalty.
• Watford have lost each of their last two league games against Tottenham by three goals or more; the Hornets have never lost three successive games versus an opponent by such a margin in their league history.
• Tottenham have lost three consecutive away league games for the first time under Mauricio Pochettino. They last lost four in a row on the road in January 2009 under Harry Redknapp.
• Spurs have now lost as many Premier League games this season as they did in the entirety of last season (4).
• Watford’s two home wins this season have come from both games against London opposition (Arsenal and West Ham United).
• Just 38.1% of Watford’s Premier League points this season have been won in home games (8/21) – the lowest such ratio in the division.
• Three different Tottenham players scored braces against Watford last season, with Harry Kane and Dele Alli doing so at Vicarage Road, and Son Heung-min bagging one at White Hart Lane.
• Dele Alli has scored three and assisted another in his last three Premier League games against the Hornets.
• Kieran Trippier has provided four assists in his four Premier League games against Watford, more than he has against any other side. Three of these have been at Vicarage Road.