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Tottenham Hotspur can leapfrog Aston Villa into a Champions League qualifying spot with a Premier League victory over Fulham at Craven Cottage on Saturday, while at the other end of the table Luton Town host Nottingham Forest in a relegation battle.<\/p>\n
Ange Postecoglou\u2019s Spurs side, who have lost once in their last eight league games, are two points behind fourth-placed Villa in fifth<\/strong> on 53 points and have a game in hand over the Midlands side after\u00a0thumping them 4-0\u00a0away last weekend.Villa could have moved eight points clear but instead Tottenham are breathing down their necks and can move into fourth sport until Sunday at least after a rout that manager Unai Emery called \u201ca very bad day in the office.\u201dMid-table Fulham meanwhile will look to bounce back after their\u00a02-1 loss to Wolverhampton\u00a0Wanderers on Saturday that ended a run of two straight league victories, although they have just two wins in their last 11 home meetings with Spurs.Villa play West Ham United at the London Stadium on Sunday in the last Premier League game before the international break.<\/strong>Emery\u2019s side have had mixed results since mid-December, with six victories over bottom-half teams but four defeats against top-half sides by a combined score of 12-4.David Moyes\u2019 West Ham are seventh with 43 points, four behind sixth-placed Manchester United.None of the league\u2019s front-runners Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City are in Premier League action this weeken<\/strong>d \u2013 with the latter pair playing their FA Cup quarter-final ties.Luton Town must pick themselves up ahead of their crunch game on Saturday at home to Nottingham Forest after giving up a three-goal lead in a\u00a04-3 loss at Bournemouth\u00a0on Wednesday.Both teams are battling against relegation and desperately need a wi<\/strong>n this weekend with Forest in 17th and three points above 18th-placed Luton who are in the drop zone.\u201cHuge game on Saturday,\u201d Luton manager Rob Edwards said. \u201cLosing is difficult anyway but in that manner it does hurt but if we can\u2019t pick ourselves up for a huge Premier League game then there\u2019s something wrong.\u201dThe relegation dogfight has heated up since Everton had their points deduction reduced, with five points separating 15th-placed Brentford from third-bottom Luton.On Saturday, Brentford travel to 19th-placed Burnley, who have 14 points after just three wins this season and are above bottom side Sheffield United only on goal difference.Follow the Tottenham Hotspur is two points behind fourth-placed Aston Villa in the Premier League and has a game in hand. They recently defeated Aston Villa 4-0. Aston Villa is scheduled to play West Ham United. Tottenham’s next match is against Fulham, who lost their last game to Wolverhampton Wanderers. The top Premier League teams, including Arsenal, Liverpool, and Manchester City, are not playing in the Premier League this weekend. Luton Town and Nottingham Forest, both fighting relegation, are set to face each other. Everton’s points deduction has been reduced, affecting the relegation battle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4316,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1534,1164,751,1398,2094,1240,3,753,935,752,250,187,1088,450,387,2069,1155,348,1165,337,991,1871,618,2093,1182],"class_list":["post-4315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cyprus","tag-arsenal","tag-bournemouth","tag-burnley","tag-champions-league","tag-champions-league-qualifying-spot","tag-clear","tag-cyprus","tag-everton","tag-fa-cup","tag-fulham","tag-google","tag-international","tag-liverpool","tag-london","tag-lost","tag-manchester-city","tag-manchester-united","tag-premier-league","tag-sheffield-united","tag-sport","tag-stadium","tag-three-goal-lead","tag-top","tag-tottenham-hotspur","tag-travel"],"acf":{"keyphrase":"","keywords":"","sourceimg":"","country-category":""},"yoast_head":"\n
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