Tottenham Hotspur have a worrying Premier League trend to buck when they meet Fulham in Sunday's London derby at Craven Cottage.
The Lilywhites head to the home of their near neighbours having lost each of their last five Premier League matches immediately preceding an international break, potentially a bad omen before a challenging clash with Marco Silva's men.
However, Ange Postecoglou's men are on a high from reaching the quarter-finals of the Europa League, beating AZ Alkmaar 3-1 in Thursday's last-16 second leg to seal a 3-2 aggregate success and a last-eight date with Eintracht Frankfurt.
On the other hand, Fulham are reeling from a heartbreaking 2-1 defeat away to Brighton & Hove Albion last time out in the Premier League, where they succumbed to a Joao Pedro penalty in the eighth minute of second-half injury time.
Ahead of Sunday's London derby, Sports Mole looks at the head-to-head record and previous meetings between the two teams.
Head-to-head record
Previous meetings: 106
Spurs wins: 55
Draws: 31
Fulham wins: 20
Tottenham Hotspur unsurprisingly boast the most successes in this Lonon derby with 55 under their belts, while Fulham have only beaten the Lilywhites 20 times down the years, and another 31 encounters have ended all square - including their maiden meeting in the Southern League in 1903 and their most recent clash in 2024, a 1-1 stalemate in December.
One of those 20 Fulham victories came as recently as March 2024, though, as Marco Silva masterminded a terrific 3-0 triumph over Tottenham in the top flight, the second of three Cottagers wins during Ange Postecoglou's debut campaign.
That routine victory marked a second straight home win for the Cottagers over Spurs, who also fell to their foes' superiority on penalties in the second round of that year's EFL Cup, although they came up trumps 2-0 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in October 2023.
Developing a penchant for home victories in this particular London derby, Tottenham have beaten Fulham four times in their last six matches at their headquarters, and they have not suffered defeat to the Cottagers on their own patch since a Dimitar Berbatov-inflicted 1-0 loss at White Hart Lane in 2013.
In fact, between December 2013 and January 2023, Tottenham won eight of their nine matches with Fulham in all competitions, the one minor aberration being a 1-1 top-flight stalemate at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in January 2021.
Away from the Premier League, one of Fulham's most emphatic victories over Tottenham came in an FA Cup fourth-round tie in January 2011, where Mark Hughes led the Cottagers to a 4-0 thumping of Harry Redknapp's side.
Lilywhites legends also dominate the individual scoring records in this fixture, as Cliff Jones scored an unrivalled 13 goals in clashes between Spurs and Fulham, while Harry Kane and Jimmy Greaves both netted eight apiece.
Last 20 meetings
Dec 01, 2024: Spurs 1-1 Fulham (Premier League)
Mar 16, 2024: Fulham 3-0 Spurs (Premier League)
Oct 23, 2023: Spurs 2-0 Fulham (Premier League)
Aug 29, 2023: Fulham 1-1 Spurs (EFL Cup Second Round)
Jan 23, 2023: Fulham 0-1 Spurs (Premier League)
Sep 03, 2022: Spurs 2-1 Fulham (Premier League)
Mar 04, 2021: Fulham 0-1 Spurs (Premier League)
Jan 13, 2021: Spurs 1-1 Fulham (Premier League)
Jan 20, 2019: Fulham 1-2 Spurs (Premier League)
Aug 18, 2018: Spurs 3-1 Fulham (Premier League)
Feb 19, 2017: Fulham 0-3 Spurs (FA Cup Fifth Round)
Apr 19, 2014: Spurs 3-1 Fulham (Premier League)
Dec 04, 2013: Fulham 1-2 Spurs (Premier League)
Mar 17, 2013: Spurs 0-1 Fulham (Premier League)
Dec 01, 2012: Fulham 0-3 Spurs (Premier League)
May 13, 2012: Spurs 2-0 Fulham (Premier League)
Nov 06, 2011: Fulham 1-3 Spurs (Premier League)
Jan 30, 2011: Fulham 4-0 Spurs (FA Cup Fourth Round)
Jan 01, 2011: Spurs 1-0 Fulham (Premier League)
Oct 16, 2010: Fulham 1-2 Spurs (Premier League)
Last 10 Premier League meetings
Dec 01, 2024: Spurs 1-1 Fulham (Premier League)
Mar 16, 2024: Fulham 3-0 Spurs (Premier League)
Oct 23, 2023: Spurs 2-0 Fulham (Premier League)
Jan 23, 2023: Fulham 0-1 Spurs (Premier League)
Sep 03, 2022: Spurs 2-1 Fulham (Premier League)
Mar 04, 2021: Fulham 0-1 Spurs (Premier League)
Jan 13, 2021: Spurs 1-1 Fulham (Premier League)
Jan 20, 2019: Fulham 1-2 Spurs (Premier League)
Aug 18, 2018: Spurs 3-1 Fulham (Premier League)
Apr 19, 2014: Spurs 3-1 Fulham (Premier League)
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