After suffering a disappointing defeat to Liverpool last weekend, Tottenham will be keen to get back on course when they take on Fulham in an English Premier League London Derby.

Spurs are currently sitting pretty in third on 54 points, two clear of Chelsea and four ahead of Arsenal. Tottenham, however, will know dropping any more points will see their opponents catch them quite quickly.

Fulham, on the other hand, will not have too much to play for, with the London club sitting in tenth, nine points clear of the relegation places and too far behind to challenge for Europe.

Fulham manager Martin Jol, who was the boss at White Hart Lane for three years, was all praise for his old club and particularly their start player Gareth Bale.

"They've done well over the last three or four years, it's not only this season," Jol said. "They are top-four material and at one stage under Harry Redknapp they were going for the title. I maybe started the foundation there and after that it just got better and better.

"I saw Bale at Southampton when he was 15. We followed him after that and I convinced him to come to Spurs. In hindsight, that was very satisfying as he's the best player in the Premier League. He shows that week in, week out. He's getting stronger and stronger and in the hole he's probably even better.

"I even tried to sign him on loan at Hamburg. He'd played 20 games without winning at Spurs but they knew he was an exciting player. They did well to keep him."

Jol also admitted he is still looking at the teams below Fulham, and wants to make sure his side do not get sucked into a relegation battle with only a handful of games remaining in the season.

"I can remember a lot of clubs and even Fulham over the last five years, being in a similar position," he added. "We are in a good position but you have to look over your shoulder because four or five clubs are alongside us and you don't want to end up in a situation you don't like."

Fulham will be without Mahamadou Diarra, while Spurs welcome back Aaron Lennon and Gareth Bale, who missed the Europa League game through suspension. Clint Dempsey is also expected to be in the squad.

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Expected lineups: Tottenham: Lloris; Walker, Dawson, Vertonghen, Assou-Ekotto; Dembele, Parker; Lennon, Bale, Sigurdsson; Defoe.

Fulham: Schwarzer; Riether, Senderos, Hangeland, Riise; Sidwell, Karagounis; Duff, Ruiz, Dejagah; Berbatov.

Prediction: 3-2 to Tottenham