With a finish in the Champions League places out of their hands, Tottenham will be desperate for three points against Stoke City in their English Premier League game at the Britannia Stadium, to keep the pressure on the likes of Chelsea and Arsenal.
Spurs lost their chance to be the master of their own destiny when they could only manage a 2-2 result against Chelsea in midweek. That keeps them in fifth on 66 points, one behind Arsenal and three adrift of Chelsea with two games remaining in the rest of the English Premier League season.
"Hopefully there will be more twists and turns," Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas said. "What doesn't change is that we have to do our job. The Premier League can change in a weekend so it's not the time right now to reflect on what we have done wrong. Everything is still a possibility.
"Stoke play with a totally different nature to the rest of the Premier League. They are very aggressive and direct, they are in your face. It is a style that has brought them success so it is not up to me to condemn them. But it is easier to cope with now I have played them a few times."
Tottenham have influential playmaker Mousa Dembele fit for the game on Sunday, while winger Aaron Lennon is also available. Sandro, Younes Kaboul and William Gallas, however, are ruled out.
"Dembele is still in recovery, in which we have sent him to Holland," Villas-Boas said. "But he will come back ready for selection. He is up for selection and it depends on the XI. He will come back fully fit. He trains fully with the team on Saturday."
Stoke have a few players coming back from injuries with Glenn Whelan (groin), Andy Wilkinson and Marc Wilson all in contention against Tottenham.
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Expected lineups: Stoke: Begovic; Shotton, Shawcross, Huth, Wilson; Walters, Nzonzi, Whitehead, Adam; Crouch, Jerome.
Tottenham: Lloris; Walker, Dawson, Vertonghen, Assou-Ekotto; Parker, Dembele; Lennon, Bale, Sigurdsson; Adebayor.
Prediction: 1-0 to Tottenham
