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Spurs come into this match on a poor run of form. Jose Mourinho’s men have dropped off in recent weeks as the injury to Harry Kane has affected their performances. That was confounded with the 1-0 defeat to Chelsea on Thursday. The Baggies have also struggled. They couldn’t build on that 3-2 victory against Wolves in mid-January and have lost four of their last five league fixtures. The 2-1 defeat to Sheffield United in midweek could prove crucial.

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West Brom don’t have the worst record in this fixture. Spurs won 1-0 at the Hawthorns back in November but the Baggies had lost just two of their 10 Premier League fixtures against the North London side before then. West Brom have drawn four and won two of their last seven league games with Spurs. They even won 1-0 in North London back in 2014 courtesy of a James Morrison goal.

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Spurs’ issues have been clear to see in recent weeks. Jose Mourinho’s men were conceding too many goals long before the injury to Harry Kane. They’ve conceded Premier League goals with frequency since mid-December. That run of clean sheets earlier in the season seems like a thing of the past for Mourinho’s side.

But the absence of Kane has certainly affected them up front. In their first match without the Englishman, Spurs managed just four shots on target against a relegation-threatened Brighton side. The England captain has become Spurs’ creative hub and has more Premier League assists this season than any other player. It seems as if they’re missing Kane’s creativity more than his goals.

That will give West Brom some optimism. They’ve been conceding freely in recent months and have kept just one Premier League clean sheet in their last 17 fixtures. That was way back in November. More recently the rate of goals against them is only increasing. West Brom have conceded an average of 3.142 goals per match in their last seven Premier League games.

Spurs will take hope from the fact that manager Jose Mourinho has never lost a match to Sam Allardyce. The Portuguese boss has led his Chelsea and Manchester United sides against Allardyce’s Bolton, West Ham, Crystal Palace, and Everton teams on 12 occasions. Mourinho came out on top in nine of them.

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So it’s no surprise to see that Tottenham are the big favourites to win this one. Spurs are odds-on at 2/5 to secure the three points against 19th-placed West Brom. A draw is 4/1 and the Baggies are out at 8/1 to get their first win away at Spurs for seven years. It’s 11/5 for a West Brom win or a draw if you fancy Spurs to drop points.

That may not be out of the question. Spurs have struggled to find the net in recent weeks and Allardyce has produced some impressive results against Mourinho down the years. All of them came in away matches as his sides have frustrated Mourinho’s teams. A 1-1 draw looks good value at 9/1 if that trend continues. Or even 0-0 at 15/1.

This may not be the highest-scoring match of the weekend. West Brom will look to frustrate their opponents and Spurs will be without their most creative player in Harry Kane. Spurs have struggled to find the net have scored more than one goal in just one of their last nine league fixtures. Under 2.5 total match goals is 6/5 and under 1.5 is 7/2.

But the hosts are the favourites for a reason. They aren’t far from the top four and a win here will certainly pull them closer to Champions League qualification. At the other end, West Brom have struggled to keep the goals out. No side has conceded more goals than the Baggies have this season so this may be a match that opens the floodgates for Tottenham. Spurs are 3/1 to win with a European handicap of 0-2.