Tottenham v Fulham: Premier League – live

Cristian Romero, outstanding in Tottenham’s win at Luton comes back in, and Pierre-Emile Højbjerg replaces the suspended Bissouma. For Fulham, Calvin Bassey starts in place of Issa Diop, while Sasa Lukic comes in for Alex Iwobi, perhaps adding a bit more defensive ballast in midfield for Marco Silva.

Tottenham: Vicario; Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Udogie; Hojbjerg, Sarr; Kulusevski, Maddison, Richarlison; Son. Subs: Forster, Skipp, Gil, Emerson, Dier, Lo Celso, Johnson, Phillips, Veliz.

Fulham: Leno, Bassey, Ream, Decordova-Reid, Pereira, Willian, Castagne, Palhinha, Lukic, Vinicius, Robinson. Subs: Rodak, Reed, Jimenez, Wilson, Cairney, Ballo-Toure, Muniz, Iwobi, De Fougerolles.

Today’s Football Daily leads on Tottenham’s new maverick, James Maddison.

“I like that pantomime villain-type vibe that’s created often at away games, especially because of the type of player I am and even the type of person I am sometimes, I don’t mind getting a bit of stick,” Maddison chuckled to TalkSport. “Sometimes it comes with the character I have but I don’t mind that.”

Early team news:

Son Heung-min and Cristian Romero, Spurs’ attacking and defensive leaders, look likely to be fit to play, and Brennan Johnson has a clean bill of health after missing Wales’ games. There will be no Yves Bissouma after two yellow cards at Luton.

Issa Diop is missing for Fulham, as will beTosin Adarabioyo, Adama Traore and Kenny Tete.

Tottenham, Tottenham, no-one can stop them, they’re going to do it like they did in the year of 1961. Yes, that’s Tottenham, who can go top of the table and climb above Manchester City, Arsenal and Liverpool to lead the league after nine matches. The last time they started so well, the team rolled off the tongue of Spurs fans – Brown, Baker, Henry, Blanchflower, Norman, Mackay, Jones, White, Smith, Allen and Dyson – for decades. So, no pressure but perhaps a time to enjoy life as a Spurs fan. Ange Postecoglou is the most popular Australian import to England since Gina Gee and Mark Little bringing his Joe Mangel vibes to the Big Breakfast. So then, Fulham, who have arrested what was a wobbly start to the season by beating Sheffield United and Luton, putting distance between themselves and the real strugglers. It’s still a good time to be a Fulham fan, if not quite of the Roy Hodgson/Johnny Haynes vintage days (more 1960 vibes there) and Marco Silva likes his team to play the *right* way, just like Ange.

Kick-off is at 8pm. Join me.