Leicester City have fond memories of their last trip to White Hart Lane. Robert Huth scored the game's only goal with a header as the Foxes claimed a rare three points from north London.
At the time City didn't realise quite how crucial the win was, but Tottenham Hotspur would, as Leicester's closest challengers for most of the run in -- although Arsenal eventually pipped them for second place on the final day.
The win back in January was a typical Leicester display: resilient at the back and clinical in the other third. In truth not much has changed when City play at home, but on the road they have been nothing short of a pushover.
Granted the Foxes have had tricky away trips to Liverpool, Manchester United and Chelsea, but it's not only the fact they have lost these three games that is cause for concern, more so the 11 goals that have been shipped in the process.
The 2-1 opening day defeat to Hull City means City have lost all four games on their Premier League travels and with Spurs in form it's going to be a big ask to snap that streak.
Leicester shouldn't even think about a 90-minute game plan on Saturday, at least not to begin with. The aim is obviously going to be to surrender possession and hit Spurs on the counter attack. That's what Leicester do best. It's a simple, predictable, but highly effective tactic.
The first aim, though, should just be to get through the opening 20 minutes without conceding or making sloppy errors. That would be an achievement in itself.
The most disappointing aspect of the losses to Chelsea, United and Liverpool was that Leicester threw away the game by half time.
Claudio Ranieri will be pulling what's left of his hair out at Leicester's away form, especially since City have looked so impressive at home and still haven't lost at the King Power Stadium in the Premier League since a 5-2 defeat to Arsenal in September 2015.
Yet it's like watching a different Leicester side on their travels, as City took a Premier League best 39 points away from home last season.
They key to success at White Hart Lane will be using the momentum from the 3-1 victory over Crystal Palace last time out. It was the Foxes best performance of the season, marred only by conceding a late Yohan Cabaye goal.
Jamie Vardy was rested for the game -- a planned move by Ranieri, although had he been in better form he might have started. After all it's still early in the season and fatigue shouldn't be a factor. The Italian rightly won't publically admit to dropping the Ballon d'Or nominee, but that could be precisely what he did.
Ranieri is almost certain to restore the England striker to the starting line-up against Spurs, even though he hasn't scored in nine games. However, the front line of Islam Slimani, Riyad Mahrez, Ahmed Musa and Shinji Okazaki worked well last weekend and the latter two both scored against Palace.
Vardy's place still probably isn't under threat, but he does need a big performance if Leicester are to get anything out of the game.
Andy King and Danny Drinkwater must help him and are now forging a promising partnership in central midfield. The more interceptions the pair can get the better chance they have of setting Vardy off quickly. N'Golo Kante did that so well last season.
There is still an argument, though, that Ranieri doesn't know his best eleven or formation. He is thus starting to tinker (an old habit of course from his Chelsea days), arguing it's a necessity in order to balance Premier League and European commitments. This is an easy excuse to give and in fairness a believable one.
Yet the Premier League really should be the priority right now. Leicester are all but mathematically through to the last 16 of the Champions League and can secure their place in the knock out stage away at Copenhagen next time out.
If they do so they will have two potentially dead rubber matches against Porto and Club Brugge. Obviously the Foxes will want to top the group, but even second place wouldn't be a disaster.
The domestic run in between now and the festive period is really more important. Leicester haven't managed to string together back-to-back performances or results yet and won't want to get sucked into a relegation battle. Right now they remain at arm'-length from the drop zone, but that could quickly change if their consistency doesn't improve, especially as the fixtures come thick and fast.
Now is the time to go on a mini-run and solidify at worst mid-table mediocrity. Victory away at Spurs would be a major step towards that underrated goal and also send a message to the rest of the Premier League that Leicester are more than capable of finishing even higher.
