Aiming to continue their unbeaten start to the season and life under Ange Postecoglou and strengthen their position at the summit of the Premier League table, Tottenham Hotspur will raise the curtain on the weekend's top-flight action on Friday, when they travel across London to take on Crystal Palace.
The visitors marked their return from the international break with a victory over Fulham on Monday to move two points clear in top spot, while their hosts dropped to 11th place following a heavy defeat to Newcastle United.
In those nine matches, the Eagles have managed three victories while playing out three draws and suffering three defeats, and they headed into the recent international break in relatively high spirits following a three-match unbeaten run in the league, beginning with a goalless stalemate against Fulham and a 1-0 triumph over Manchester United at Old Trafford courtesy of Joachim Andersen's first-half goal.
Another stalemate against Nottingham Forest then followed, making it three straight clean sheets for Hodgson's men and just seven goals conceded in their first eight top-flight games, but they were unable to continue their fine defensive form or growing unbeaten run on their return to action on Saturday, as they faced a tough trip to Newcastle United and were well beaten by a dominant Magpies side.
Jacob Murphy had the hosts ahead early on, and Anthony Gordon and Sean Longstaff would add goals on the stroke of half time to put the game all but out of sight, before Callum Wilson wrapped up a 4-0 home triumph around the hour mark.
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