Tottenham right-back Kieran Trippier delivers a dangerous cross into the Watford box and defender Miguel Britos does well to glance the ball wide.

From the corner, ex-Spurs keeper Heurelho Gomes makes a hash of coming out to punch the ball away before the ball is headed out for another corner which is then cleared.

Garth Crooks
Former Spurs striker on Final Score

"I don't think Spurs' team can win the title, they don't have the steel to do it or the class of players. I see too many games Spurs play well and do not take maximum points.

"Harry Kane has all the pieces of jigsaw to be top class, he just needs to help get Spurs in the top four and that is the acid test for me."

Spurs midfielder Dele Alli slides in to tackle former Tottenham man Etienne Capoue and the challenge does not go down well with the home side's players. There's a few handbags before Alli is the first man in referee Anthony Taylor's notebook.

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The visitors are enjoying more of the possession at Vicarage Road and Harry Kane gets into the box on the right but is tackled by Nathan Ake. 

• Watford have won three of their past four home matches.
• The Hornets have kept six clean sheets in their nine Premier League games at Vicarage Road this season.
• Tottenham have not lost away from home in the Premier League since the opening day of the season (W3, D4).
• Harry Kane has scored 10 goals in his past nine league games for Spurs.

We are under way at Vicarage Road...

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Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino says 22-year-old striker Harry Kane is not for sale at any price.

Kane scored twice in Saturday's 3-0 win over Norwich to reach 11 Premier League goals this season and 27 for 2015, breaking Teddy Sheringham's club record for league goals in a calendar year.

Last term the England man scored 31 times in all competitions during a breakthrough campaign at senior level.

"There is no price. No-one can buy him," said Pochettino. "He is not for sale. There is not a value because it is impossible to put a price."

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Watford's form might be a surprise to some but not to Hornets boss Quique Sanchez Flores, whose side drew 2-2 at Chelsea on Boxing Day.

"We are always thinking we can win," he said. "We train thinking that we can win. That is our mentality.

"I am really happy because I am not surprised, and the squad is not surprised, when we draw at Chelsea.

"Maybe some players are a little bit angry to only draw as they feel in the second half we had opportunities, so my job now is to say to them, 'it was a good result, Chelsea have really good players' and try to give value to the draw."

Alistair Mann
MOTD commentator at Vicarage Road

"While Leicester City's stunning achievements so far this season have understandably grabbed the headlines, Watford's excellent start to the campaign puts them second in the 'surprise team of the season' table.

"Their current five-match unbeaten run has taken them to within 11 points of the 40-point barrier, the holy grail for any promoted side. For the Hornets' more optimistic fans, though, it's also put them three points off the Champions League places in which opponents Spurs currently reside.

"Both sides have in-form strikers too, Odion Igahlo for the hosts, Harry Kane for the visitors, which adds even greater intrigue to a meeting of two teams whose self-belief and confidence couldn't be higher."

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Mark Lawrenson
Ex-Liverpool defender

Watford are in danger of stealing Leicester's limelight, they have a real goal threat and are one of a few teams playing 4-4-2. But they have picked up more points away from home then at home this season.

Tottenham are looking good but the way the league is now, if you win three games people start talking about the title! It happened with Liverpool the other week. Tottenham won't win the league but they do look like Champions League contenders. They have only lost two games but they draw too many. They look like signing a striker in January in case Harry Kane falls over and that could be a shrewd move.

Lawro's prediction: 1-2

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Watford make two changes from the draw at Chelsea on Boxing Day. Defenders Ikechi Anya and Nathan Ake replace Allan Nyom and Jose Holebas.

Watford XI: Gomes, Anya, Cathcart, Britos, Ake, Abdi, Watson, Capoue, Jurado, Ighalo, Deeney.

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Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino make three changes from the Boxing Day win over Norwich. Right-back Kieran Trippier, left-back Danny Rose and midfielder Tom Carroll come in for Kyle Walker, Ben Davies and Christian Eriksen.

Tottenham XI: Lloris, Trippier, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Rose, Dier, Dembele, Carroll, Alli, Lamela, Kane.

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Watford have become one of the success stories of the season under manager Quique Sanchez Flores. The Hornets - in their first season back in the top flight - are seventh in the Premier League and just three points off the top four Champions League qualifying spots.

Tottenham, meanwhile, are fourth with their hopes and credentials of securing Champions League football growing stronger with each week.

Something has to give at Vicarage Road - let's see what it is.

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