EPL: Spurs look to end winless streak against Leicester

Tottenham Hotspur kick off at home to Leicester City tonight as the Premier League’s only remaining unbeaten team.

Tottenham defender Eric Dier, right, in action against Liverpool earlier this week.

Tottenham Hotspur will kick off at home to champions Leicester City tonight as the Premier League’s only remaining unbeaten team and just one point behind leaders Manchester City.

Yet they will do so sitting outside the Champions League qualification slots in fifth place and without a win from their last four fixtures.

Those statistics support claims that this season’s race for the title could end up being one of the tightest in living memory.

Tottenham were the club that chased Leicester the hardest last season but Mauricio Pochettino’s men fell away badly in the last four games and had to settle for third place.

Claudio Ranieri’s players have found life much tougher now they are champions but enjoyed the luxury of no midweek match as a much-changed Spurs side was eliminated from the EFL Cup at Liverpool on Tuesday.

Defensive midfielder Eric Dier, who captained the north London club at Anfield, is likely to be played in central defence should Toby Alderweireld require extra time to recover from a leg injury.

“We’ve now got a massive game against Leicester which will mean a lot to everyone for different reasons so everyone is now fully focused on that,” England international Dier said.

“I feel like we were in a title race with them last season and they got the better of us in the game at home and that changed where the league went. It’s an important game for us.”

Spurs’ injured forward Harry Kane has had a week of training but is unlikely to feature tonight.

AFP