Sports Mole previews the Premier League clash between Spurs and Leicester at White Hart Lane as the two sides seek vital points for their respective causes.

Two teams whose end-of-season goals appear to be slipping away from them meet on Saturday afternoon as Tottenham Hotspur entertain Leicester City.

Spurs were the victims of perhaps the best post-Sir Alex Ferguson Manchester United display last weekend as they were blown away 3-0 in their top-four tussle.

Three goals in the opening 34 minutes at Old Trafford condemned Mauricio Pochettino's team to their joint-heaviest defeat of the Premier League season.

It was the first time since the 0-0 draw with United in December that Spurs had failed to find the net in a top-flight match, but Harry Kane has rarely been out of the goals and now has his first senior England call-up to show for it.

The 26-goal striker, who started the season third choice at Tottenham, was not a surprise inclusion in Roy Hodgson's squad to face Lithuania and Italy next week.

With that burden lifted, the 21-year-old can focus on trying to salvage his side's Champions League hopes - they are six points behind fourth with nine games left.

Kane was a bit-part loanee at Leicester two years ago, scoring two goals in 13 Championship games. What they would do for a striker of his ilk now.

The Foxes fired another costly blank in their 0-0 draw against 10-man Hull City last Saturday – a result that left them rooted to the bottom of the table.

Seven points from safety and winless in seven games, Leicester desperately need to find their shooting boots and make the most of otherwise good performances.

Andrej Kramaric's disappointing return of one goal in six Premier League outings since his £10m January arrival could see Nigel Pearson revert to early-season hotshot Leonardo Ulloa or David Nugent as his lone forward at White Hart Lane.

The rest of Pearson's starting XI finally appears settled, but he must decide whether to recall fit-again number one Kasper Schmeichel, who has not played since December because of a foot injury, or stick with Mark Schwarzer in goal.

Pochettino has a couple of injury concerns after Ryan Mason, overlooked for the England squad along with Danny Rose, although Andros Townsend and Kyle Walker were included, picked up a knock against United.

Mousa Dembele is on standby to start in a deeper midfield role. Roberto Soldado is also a doubt with the leg injury that sidelined him last weekend and so Emmanuel Adebayor could again be named in the squad.

Spurs:

Form in Premier League: WLDWWL
Form in all competitions: DLLWWL

Possible starting lineup: Lloris; Walker, Dier, Vertonghen, Rose; Dembele, Bentaleb; Townsend, Eriksen, Chadli, Kane

Leicester:

Form in Premier League: LLLDLD

Possible starting lineup: Schwarzer; De Laet, Morgan, Huth, Upson, Konchesky; Mahrez, Cambiasso, James, Schlupp; Ulloa

Sports Mole says: 2-1