It’s been a consistent season from Tottenham and certainly one that has seen them surpass the expectations. Overall it’s not been great though, the disappointment in Europe was particularly poor – but there’s still time for this to be one of the clubs best in their history.

We caught up with Jonathan Lewis, spurs fan and tipster at FootballPredictions.com. According to Jonathan: “Tottenham face a massively tough task if they want to dethrone Chelsea from the top of the Premier League, but they do have to ensure that they finish the season as runners-up, and get to the final of the FA Cup, anything less would, in my opinion, make the season a poor one”

Tottenham are one club playing without pressure, surpassing expectations in their current league position, whilst the likes of Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool and Arsenal continue to underperform each week.

What Tottenham need to do is to show that they aren’t serial bottlers and they only way they can do that is by finishing the season strong. If the club manage to win the FA Cup and finish 2^nd in the league, the whole of Europe will take notice.

Tottenham have to ensure they go into the summer looking like a top European club. They need to make better signings than they have previously to help take the team to the next level – and the club will only attract world class players if they achieve something significant. Tottenham do not have the history of clubs like Manchester United to fall back on in transfer dealings. Tottenham also need to ensure star players like Harry Kane and Dele Alli want to stay at the club, with interest from the likes of Real Madrid being reported.

But the most important thing for Tottenham to do this summer is to keep Mauricio Pochettino at the club. The manager has done wonders with his team and is a tactical genius. With the likes of Barcelona on the hunt for a new manager, Pochettino could well be on the wishlist of some top clubs this summer and if Spurs lose him, they’d lose all the momentum the club has built up over the last few years. Wondering what Jonathan predicts for the upcoming fixtures of the Premier League? Check out his Premier League section on FootballPredictions.com for analysis and match previews.

Do you know what is the most-watched sports league in the world? The English Premier League, of course. Barca and Real often grab the spotlight, but the EPL is the most consistent source of entertainment for an audience that is estimated at almost 5 billion people.

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When you bet in-play, you can choose among more than 200 live markets for every match. Who will be the last goalscorer? Will anyone score in the first ten minutes? Who will be carded? Will there be a hat-trick? Will a team score in both halves? You name it, we have it. It’s a great way to showcase your knowledge about the more obscure corners of the Premier League.

It looks like Chelsea is set to win this year. In fact, all the odds are in their favour so much that it’s boring. That’s why we have the category called W/O Chelsea. Just imagine Chelsea disappeared in the Twilight Zone and make your pick. It is much more interesting when you have to decide between teams like Man City and Spurs, which have both had a great season. If you need more, there is also the Top 4 Finish category.

To Stay Up and Relegation are not the most glitzy category, but they may well be the most entertaining ones. The battles to stay in the Premier League have that tinge of desperation which is the necessary condition for a good thriller. Could it be that Leicester City, which won the most memorable title in League’s history last year, will end up being relegated? When there is more at stake, everyone risks more. Will you follow suit and make your biggest bet on an underdog?

Top Goalscorer could be the most attractive category, as you follow superstars on their bid for glory. Just like in the team category, there is a clear favourite: Harry Kane from Tottenham Hotspur. He finished†top scorer†of the 2015ñ16 season with 25 goals, and he looks set to repeat that feat. But Lukaku, Costa and Sanchez are nothing to sneeze at, either. Or you could just throw caution to the wind and bet on Benteke or Giroud, hoping for that hundred-to-one chance to come up.

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It was an afternoon to remember for Tottenham in the Premier League on Sunday as they romped to a convincing 4-0 win over Stoke City to keep them within reaching distance of table-topping Chelsea and distance themselves from Arsenal and the two Manchester clubs, who did not play this weekend.

Following the terrible result in midweek against Gent, Tottenham needed to bounce back to prevent their season from collapsing – and they did just that. A fast start saw Kane score a first half hat trick, before providing an assist to Dele Alli to net a 4th on the stroke of half-time.

1 – Harry Kane

Well, obviously. Kane was at his deadly best on Sunday afternoon, firing a fine first-half hat trick to give Spurs a comfortable win. Not only did he score 2 goals, but he also provided a nice assist for Dele Alli. We, as fans, cannot really ask for any more from Kane. He has a phenomenal record for a young man and for Tottenham to be successful they simply need to find another player capable of sharing the goals burden with him. Janssen really doesn’t offer anything at the moment, Pochettino needs to find a striker that can fire when Kane’s head is down.

It has been a long time coming, but this is the year that Tottenham truly take ownership over North London.

A complete bottling job at the end of last season saw Tottenham somehow slump to 3rd, and the Gunners sneaked into the top two. This season it looks like neither club will manage to take the title from Chelsea, so the two clubs may be aiming to try and finish above each other, as well as ensuring they finish in the top 3. Here’s three reasons why

1 – Mauricio Pochettino

Pochettino is a much better manager than Arsene Wenger. He is tactically in a different league and I can’t wait for the Gunners to come to White Hart Lane as I think it will be a whitewash. In the duels between the two clubs, I think Pochettino has always come out on top, even though on paper, the Gunners have a stronger lineup and a much bigger wage bill. If you are performing on par or outperforming a team with much bigger resources, then that, in my opinion, makes you a better manager.

After a lengthy rest, Spurs now have three games in eight days to negotiate in a busy post-Christmas period. Mauricio Pochettino’s men will be looking to keep pace with the top four, and can do that with a win. 

Toby Alderweireld and Vincent Janssen are fit and available to play here against the Saints, while Erik Lamela is the only player missing through injury. Here is the Spurs predicted line-up to face Southampton.

GK: Hugo Lloris

It was an early Christmas present to see that Lloris had signed a new contract with Spurs. He will surely start in between the sticks at St. Mary’s.

RB: Kyle Walker

Was included the WhoScored Premier League best eleven of 2016, and rightly so. His form has been terrific recently, and I back him to start here.

CB: Toby Alderweireld

Mauricio Pochettino has said that the Belgian will return from injury and will be fit to face Southampton. He is a great defensive asset to the team, and I think he will make a return to the starting line-up here.

CB: Jan Vertonghen

The partnership between Alderweireld and Vertonghen is something that money cannot buy. Our defensive record has been excellent this season, and their partnership is key to that defensive success.

LB: Danny Rose

Danny Rose has been on fire in recent weeks, proving to be a real threat down the left. He featured alongside Walker in the WhoScored team of the year, and should keep his place in the team on Wednesday night.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored his first Premier League goal for Manchester United, which was good enough to see off a below-par Spurs at Old Trafford on Sunday afternoon. 

Spurs were nowhere near their best as they missed their opportunity to break into the top four ahead of Manchester United, who were beaten 4-2 yesterday at Leicester. Here are the Spurs player ratings from what was a poor performance against Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United.

Hugo Lloris- 6

Not really much he could do about Mkhitaryan’s goal. The Armenian gave him no chance, but Lloris made some crucial saves both before and after the opening goal.

Kyle Walker- 6

Was involved in a very intriguing battle with Anthony Martial down the Spurs right, and he did manage to keep him quiet for most of the game, and defended solidly.

Toby Alderweireld- 6

It was good to see Toby back in the side for the full ninety minutes. He defended calmly, making a few crucial tackles at the back.

Jan Vertonghen- 6

Played in much the same way that Toby did. The pair of them did well to keep Zlatan Ibrahimovic quiet. A fairly solid display from the Belgian.

Danny Rose- 6

Failed to make too much of an impact for the same reason as Kyle Walker, he had a quick and dangerous runner against him. Defended well, and Mkhitaryan’s goal was far from his fault, he pushed high up the pitch as he is instructed to do, and it was unfortunate we lost the goal in midfield.

Victor Wanyama- 5

Did a good job at marking and out-strengthening Paul Pogba, but he did lose his man on a few occasions, and he went on to cause problems that the Spurs defence could have done without having to deal with. Missed that one golden opportunity that Spurs created to get something out of the game.

Mousa Dembele- 5

Would have liked to see Dembele make a few more of those penetrative runs that carves open defences. Not enough of that from him today, was substituted for Harry Winks in the second half.

Spurs are in desperate need of a win. Back-to-back defeats against Monaco and Chelsea have left Spurs out of the Champions League and now four points outside of the top four. 

December begins with a game against Swansea, who prevailed with the three points last week in a dramatic 5-4 win against Crystal Palace at the Liberty Stadium. Spurs will be without Erik Lamela and Ben Davies through injury, and Mauricio Pochettino is set to make a late call on the fitness of Toby Alderweireld. Here is the Spurs predicted line-up to face Swansea at White Hart Lane.

GK: Hugo Lloris

The Frenchman has made some key saves this season, and had a stunner of a game against Monaco. No reason why he shouldn’t start here.

RB: Kyle Walker

Walker will look to cause more of a threat down the wing this time around, mainly because he will not have the threat of Hazard and Alonso to nullify. He should start in this one.

CB: Kevin Wimmer

Eric Dier was at fault for the two goals against Chelsea last week, and could find himself being dropped as a result. With Toby Alderweireld still not 100% fit, Wimmer could well step in, this time at the heart of the defence rather than at left-back like last week.

CB: Jan Vertonghen

I, like many others, are delighted to see Vertonghen sign a new contract with the club. He has built up a special partnership with Toby Alderweireld in the centre of the defence, but he will have to wait another week at least to rekindle that relationship. He should feature here.

LB: Danny Rose

Danny was sorely missed last week against Chelsea, and it will be good to have him back here. Wimmer offered nothing going forward and struggled to deal with what was coming at him coming down his side. He is simply not a left-back, and Danny’s presence will be welcome against Swansea.

Spurs’ unbeaten run in the Premier League that had lasted twelve games has come to an end. It took an in-form Chelsea side who have now won their last seven games in the league to beat Mauricio Pochettino’s side for the first time this season. 

Tottenham started the much better of the two, and after seeing Harry Kane’s early strike chalked off for offside, found themselves ahead after eleven minutes courtesy of an excellent strike from Christian Eriksen.

The Lilywhites continued to dominate proceedings in the first half, but went into the break level. Pedro picked up the ball on the edge of the box, Eric Dier failed to close him down as he watched the Spaniard curl a delightful shot past Lloris to fire Chelsea level.

The Blues soon went ahead after the break. Diego Costa broke down the left and pulled the ball back across goal for Victor Moses, who saw his shot deflected into the back of the net, first from Lloris but then from Vertonghen as Chelsea took the lead. Here are the Spurs player ratings as they taste defeat for the first time this season in the Premier League.

Hugo Lloris- 6

Couldn’t do too much about the Pedro goal just before half-time, but perhaps could have done a little better with the Moses shot. Everything else he had to do, he did well.

Kyle Walker- 6

Tried to become a threat down the right, but this become hard with his defensive duties. He left players with a little too much space for my liking on occasion, but more often than not, he recovered.

Eric Dier- 5

Could have easily prevented the two goals just by closing down. It was as simple as that. Not a great performance from the Englishman today, but he will be back.

Jan Vertonghen- 6

Thought he had a decent game today. He made a couple of crucial interceptions and was a little unlucky to see the shot for the second goal deflect off him and into the back of the net.

Kevin Wimmer- 5

I accept that Wimmer was dragged in to help the two centre-backs, but in the second half he left Moses with acres of space for the second goal. He needed to get out there and try and block the shot. Unfortunately, he was not in the position to do this.

Spurs suffered their first defeat of the Premier League season at the hands Antonio Conte’s Chelsea, who have now won their last seven in the top flight.

Mauricio Pochettino’s side started very well, winning all of the key battles in midfield through Mousa Dembele and Victor Wanyama. Harry Kane had the ball in the back of the net after just five minutes, but looked over to see the assistant’s flag was raised.

Spurs did take the lead on the eleventh minute when Dele Alli played a neat ball to Christian Eriksen, who lashed a delightful left-footed shot into the back of the net. The Lilywhites continued to dominate play in the midfield, and looked like going into the break a goal to the good.

However, Pedro had other ideas. The Chelsea man picked the ball up on the edge of the box, Eric Dier failed to close him down and the Spaniard had enough time to curl a beauty of a shot into the corner, giving Hugo Lloris no chance.

Chelsea then took the lead soon after the break. Diego Costa was allowed the run at the Spurs defence before cutting a ball back across goal where Victor Moses was left in acres of space. The Nigerian’s shot was saved by the foot off Lloris, but cannoned into the Spurs net off Jan Vertonghen.

Spurs pushed for an equaliser late on, but couldn’t find the breakthrough as Antonio Conte’s side went top of the Premier League table.

One player that came under a bit of criticism after what wasn’t a totally negative performance at Stamford Bridge was Eric Dier. The England international filled in once again at centre-back, and in all honesty could have prevented both of Chelsea’s goals. Here is how Spurs fans on Twitter reacted to Dier’s performance.

Eric Dier being a natural centre back is a myth. Awful in that position. Defensive mid is his position 100%.

— Brandon. (@Lamelesque) 26 November 2016

Dier is a fraud. Gets rating cus he’s English. With Alderweireld at the back today we don’t concede the second.

— Rhaegar (@GeneralRaheel_) 26 November 2016

A mixture of some very good performances – Kane, Wanyama, Jan and Eriksen – and some very poor ones; Dembele, Dier and Wimmer

— Olé (@OlyLister) 26 November 2016

Dier woeful, Dembele terrible and Alli pretty pointless. Spine of the team ain’t playing well then u got to expect sod all #thfc #Coys

— Monty (@RealBristolSpur) 26 November 2016

Eric Dier is the most trash defender I’ve ever seen in my life.

— Juan Valdez (@JUAN_ina_milion) 26 November 2016

Dier cost us today. Love him but both goals he could have prevented

— Hamid (@HamidTHFC) 26 November 2016

Seen Pedro’s goal again is sickening, Dier as a CB should’ve been on that closing down Pedro & the space but he just stud off him😒 #THFC

— Graham O’Brien (@GrahamScutzy) 26 November 2016

Eric Dier has been filling in at centre-back ever since the injury of Toby Alderweireld, and generally he has done a good job. However, today he didn’t quite come up with the defensive goods today. Spurs will certainly benefit from having Alderweireld back from injury at the heart of the defence.

Spurs return from the international break just one point off the top of the table and in great form as they prepare to visit West Brom in the hopes of another three points and remaining the Premier League’s only unbeaten side.

Harry Kane remains out, but could return as early at 6th November for the North London derby with his recovery going well. Mauricio Pochettino will make a late call on the fitness of Mousa Dembele.

GK: Hugo Lloris

The Frenchman has played well in recent weeks, and I see no reason why he shouldn’t start in between the sticks again to face West Brom.

RB: Kyle Walker

Walker has been in my opinion one of the most improved players over the summer, and provides a huge threat going forward as well as doing his defensive work well. He should start here.

CB: Toby Alderweireld

The big Belgian has been one of our best players this season, and has played a huge part in maintaing our unbeaten record and it is important that his partnership with Vertonghen stays strong.

CB: Jan Vertonghen

We have only conceded three goals in the Premier League this season, and the centre-back partnership has been one of the main reasons why we hold the best defensive record in the league. I expect both Vertonghen and Alderweireld to start here.

LB: Danny Rose

Rose returned from injury against Manchester City and I thought that he had a great game and kept Raheem Sterling quiet for the most part, which isn’t as easy as you think after the way he played against Celtic just days before. Rose should keep his place.

CDM: Victor Wanyama

Wanyama played as the only defensive midfielder against Manchester City, and did an excellent job working very hard, making some strong tackles and bossing that midfield. Off the back of that performance, I think that Pochettino will stick with a 4-1-4-1 with Wanyama as a sole defensive midfielder in this match.

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