Tottenham Hotspur host Leicester City in the Premier League on Sunday as they look to keep their Champions League hopes alive.
Spurs have failed to win their last two league games against Brighton and Brentford, handing the advantage to Arsenal in the race for the top four.
Antonio Conte needs to get back to winning ways
However, the away side have the second leg of their Europa Conference League semi-final against Roma to think about, so Brendan Rodgers could make some changes.
The Foxes have had an odd year in the Premier League, so all of their focus will probably be on that match on Thursday.
This could give Tottenham a chance to exploit Leicester's rotation on Conte's 100th Premier League match as a manager.
There have been some incredible games between these two in the last few years, and given Spurs' attacking options, we should be in for another entertaining game at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Spurs head into the weekend two points behind the Gunners, so all they can do now is win matches and hope that Mikel Arteta's side slip up.
Rodgers might have his eyes on Roma even if he says different in public
Tottenham v Leicester: Date and start time
This Premier League clash will take place on Sunday, May 1.
The match at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium will kick off at 2pm.
Spurs sealed an incredible 3-2 win at the King Power Stadium in the reverse fixture thanks to a late Steven Bergwijn brace.
Leicester were leading until 94:51 against Tottenham, before Bergwijn's two goals secured the win for Spurs. It's the latest a team has been losing a Premier League game before going on to win in the competition's history.
Bergwijn's late winner was one of the moments of the season
Tottenham v Leicester: TV channel and live stream
Unfortunately, this match won't be broadcast in the UK.
But you will hear updates live on talkSPORT throughout the afternoon.
Sky Sports will have full full highlights shortly after the game ends and Match of the Day 2 will have more comprehensive package on Sunday evening.
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Jamie Vardy has eight goals in 15 games against Tottenham
Tottenham v Leicester: Team news
The home side will be without Sergio Reguilon after he felt some pain in his groin.
He joins Oliver Skipp and Japhet Tanganga on the sidelines.
While Matt Doherty has also been ruled out for the rest of the season, leaving Conte rather short in defence for this important tie.
Meanwhile, the visitors have slight concerns over Timothy Castagne after the Belgian suffered a knock on Thursday night.
Also, if Rodgers decides to start Vardy against Spurs, he should be fine after playing just 60 minutes against Jose Mourinho's side.
Leicester also won't have Wilfried Ndidi, but apart from that, they have a full squad to choose from.
Tottenham v Leicester: Match stats
- This is Tottenham manager Antonio Conte's 100th Premier League game in charge; he's the fourth manager to reach the milestone this season, with each of the previous three managers losing (Ralph Hasenhüttl, Graham Potter and Dean Smith). However, each of the previous three Italian managers to take charge of as many have all won their 100th game (Claudio Ranieri, Roberto Mancini and Carlo Ancelotti).
- Tottenham striker Harry Kane has scored 18 goals in 17 appearances against Leicester in all competitions, more than he's scored against any other opponent in his career. 16 of those goals have come in the Premier League, with only Alan Shearer netting more against a single opponent in the competition (20 vs Leeds United).
- Leicester have dropped 19 points from winning positions in the Premier League this season, only losing more in 1999-00 (21), 2003-04 (28) and 2017-18 (20).
- After scoring in both halves in seven consecutive Premier League games (between 4-0 wins at both Leeds and Aston Villa), Tottenham have failed to even register a shot on target in their last two full matches. Since Opta has detailed shot data (2003-04), no side has ever failed to have a shot on target in three consecutive Premier League games.
- Leicester have won just one of their last 11 Premier League away games (D4 L6), with that victory coming at Burnley in March. That 2-0 win was also the Foxes' only away clean sheet in their last 23 league games on the road.
- Tottenham have lost five Premier League home games this season, having lost six at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium last term. Their 11 defeats over these two campaigns is as many as they'd lost at home in their previous four seasons combined, while they last lost six home games in consecutive seasons back in 2002-03/2003-04.
- Since their return to the Premier League in 2014, Leicester have conceded more league goals against Tottenham than they have versus any other side (36). Tottenham's 36 goals against Leicester is also the most they have scored against an opponent in that time.
- Leicester won this exact fixture 2-0 last season, last winning consecutive away league games against Spurs in October 1999.
- Tottenham have won seven of their last 10 Premier League games against Leicester (L3), as many as they had in their previous 21 against them in the competition (D5 L9).
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