TEAM NEWS
Fulham will be able to call upon Kieran Richardson again. The 28 year-old returns after missing recent games with a hamstring injury, although similar issues will keep Alex Kacaniklic and Bryan Ruiz out for a further week. Brede Hangeland serves the final game of a three-match ban against Spurs and Simon Davies also misses out as he continues his return from a hip complaint.
Defender Steven Caulker has overcome illness and is fit. Caulker missed the midweek win over Liverpool and now must wait and see if he regains his place. Emmanuel Adebayor completes his three-match suspension, but Scott Parker (Achilles), Benoit Assou-Ekotto and Younes Kaboul (both knee) are out.
MANAGER QUOTES
Martin Jol (Fulham) on Clint Dempsey's departure from Fulham in the summer: "He didn't feel appreciated financially, but I am not the one deciding over the contracts. He said it time after time again that he wanted to go to a Champions League club. Even when I said in my last conversation with him that I loved him, it was not good enough to keep him here."
Andre Villas-Boas (Tottenham) on Luka Modric wanting Gareth Bale to join him at Real Madrid: "I think he should focus more on his club than ours. Obviously Modric is aware of Gareth's performances because of his love for Tottenham, but it is completely impossible [for Bale to leave]. The club has to protect our assets. We have to qualify for the Champions League, as Luka says, and for that to happen, we need the players that can make a difference. In the end we are not looking to sell. We are first looking to our objectives towards this season and that is the most important thing."
MATCH FACTS
Fulham have won none of their last seven Premier League matches against Tottenham, losing the last five in a row (W0 D2 L5).
Fulham have scored only two goals in the last seven Premier League meetings with Spurs and one of those was an own goal by Younes Kaboul.
Former Fulham forward Clint Dempsey will come up against his former club, after scoring 50 goals in 184 Premier League appearances for the west Londoners.
Former Tottenham boss Martin Jol goes up against his old club. He enjoyed a win percentage of 42% while at Spurs. He won this fixture as a coach in his first two attempts with Spurs, but has since drawn three and lost one as Spurs manager and lost two in charge of Fulham.
Fulham have won 10 and lost just three of their 16 Premier League games at Craven Cottage in 2012, but have won just one of the last four (W1 D1 L2).
Tottenham have taken the lead in their last two Premier League away games and gone on to lose.
Tottenham have conceded a joint-divisional high 78% of their goals in the second half of games this season (alongside Reading).
Spurs are the only team yet to concede a goal in the opening 15 minutes of a Premier League game this season.
Fulham have hit the target with a higher percentage of shots than any other team in the Premier League (56%).
Gareth Bale is the only player to be booked more than twice for simulation since the start of last season (three times).
MATCH ODDS
Tottenham (6/4) Fulham (15/8) Draw (23/10)
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