Seven points off their last three matches has basically ensured (bar a significant goal-difference implosion) Stoke City's status to be a Premier League club for just one more season. After a great close call, you can bet manager Tony Pulis will need to seal the deal with a win over Tottenham Hotspur on their final home game.
Saturday also marks the Potters' 150th anniversary, with a host of events planned for the game. Tottenham will haven't any qualms about attempting to spoil the celebratory surroundings, knowing three points is to keep their Winners League qualification hopes survive.
Doing so would get Spurs above North Greater london rivals Arsenal into lastly place, putting a little pressure on the Gunners, who are not intended for again until Tuesday when they host relegation threatened Wigan Athletic.
Andre Villas-Boas' side drew 2-2 last Wednesday against fellow Top Four chasers Chelsea. How valuable that point actually is will depend on the best way Spurs see out their remaining two games, beginning with Stoke.
The two side's previous meeting just prior to Christmas resulted in some sort of 0-0 draw, with your stubborn Stoke defensive showcase frustrating a creatively tired Spurs. At the Britannia Stadium many experts have honors even in that league since Stoke's resume the top flight, each and every winning twice.
It was the Potters who came on the top last time out with December 2011. Former Initiate Matthew Etherington scored multiple, with Emmanuel Adebayor responding, to record a 2-1 victory.
The defeat brought Spurs' 11-match unbeaten set you back an end, with then-manager Harry Redknapp extremely incensed by referee Chris Foy's performance—elements of which he labelled as "farcical. inches
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