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Watford-Tottenham: Team news and confirmed lineups

Watford-Tottenham: Team news and confirmed lineups

•    Watford have failed to win all of their previous eight Premier League encounters with Tottenham Hotspur (W0 D2 L6); the most games they’ve played against any opponent without winning in the competition.

•    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.