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Wednesday 30 January 2019 16:17, UK
Tottenham will look to solidify their place in the top four with a positive result against Watford on Wednesday (kick-off 8pm).
However, Watford won the first meeting this season 2-1 at Vicarage Road, which was their first league win against Tottenham since 1987.
Mauricio Pochettino - whose team are seven points clear of Arsenal in fifth - has defended the time Tottenham are taking to make the next step, having last weekend said trophies "only build ego."
"We are so close. We need to try to keep working. The fans who are not happy are going to appreciate the job that everyone is doing at this football club in the future," Pochettino said.
"Patience is difficult in football, like in life. We see something and we want it straight away.
"Football is about building, believing and working hard to develop the project. It's easy to destroy but so difficult to build.
"To build the new stadium the club is working for 18 years and to destroy the old White Hart Lane was easy: it took one afternoon."
Interestingly, Spurs are on a club record 27 games without a league draw (W20 L7) since a 1-1 draw against Brighton in April last year. If they register a win or defeat at Wembley it would match the overall Premier League record run of games without a draw (28) recorded by Bolton in 2011.
Tottenham are set to be boosted by the return of Heung-min Son for Wednesday's Premier League match. Son has missed the last three matches at the Asian Cup.
Moussa Sissoko has returned to training from his knee injury for Spurs but Ben Davies remains unavailable after going off in their Carabao Cup defeat against Chelsea last week.
Both Harry Kane and Dele Alli continue their rehabilitation from longer-term issues.
Meanwhile, Hornets boss Javi Gracia has a selection dilemma for the trip to Wembley after making 11 changes to his side for the 2-0 FA Cup victory over Newcastle at the weekend.
Gracia must decide whether to reward Isaac Success and Andre Gray for their goalscoring exploits or return to the familiar front line of Troy Deeney while Abdoulaye Doucoure still remains out.
It's a massive game for Tottenham! They suffered another cup exit at the weekend so they need to get back to winning ways, and fast!
Mauricio Pochettino has said the focus is on top four so he cannot afford defeat here.
Watford rested almost everybody against Newcastle. They made 11 changes so they will be raring to go at Wembley.
This will be a very hard game for Spurs but I'm backing them to edge it.
PAUL PREDICTS: 2-1 (15/2 with Sky Bet)
