Tottenham Hotspur vs Watford

High-flying Tottenham Hotspur entertain newly-promoted Watford at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in a potentially record-setting Premier League contest.

It’s been a dream start to his managerial career at Tottenham for Nuno Espirito Santo, as his side head into proceedings having outscored reigning champions Manchester City and his former employers Wolverhampton by the identical 1-0 scoreline. A lack of goals could go down to the absence of last season’s top-scorer Harry Kane. However, the striker netted a first-half brace in his first competitive start under the new boss during a 3-0 thumping of Pacos Ferreira in the UEFA Europa Conference League a few days ago. Seeking a perfect three-game start to a new top-flight campaign for only the second time in 12 seasons, ‘Spurs’ could make history here. The Londoners have never won their first three league matches of a new season without conceding across all divisions. Spirits should be high in London, given that Tottenham are unbeaten in their last ten home league H2Hs (W9, D1).

On the other hand, Watford have failed to build upon a 3-2 home win over Aston Villa on the opening weekend, succumbing to a disappointing 2-0 away loss to Brighton last time out. But a narrow 1-0 home triumph over Crystal Palace in the Carabao Cup midweek could raise confidence in the traveling camp, as they look to bring a seven-game losing streak in away Premier League matches to an end. It gets worse, considering that the ‘Hornets’ drew a blank five times during that seven-match sequence, which has been the case in four of their last seven top-flight trips to Tottenham. The visitors will also have to defy their ‘London jinx,’ having won just two of their previous 22 away league fixtures in the capital (D4, L16) and none of the last ten (D3, L7).