Ange Postecoglou desperately needs to start stringing some wins together as the Tottenham Hotspur boss heads into a new year and the pressure will crank up if his side fail to beat struggling Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Spurs were spanked 6-3 by Liverpool in their last home game and that humbling loss summed up the folly of trying to go toe-to-toe with England's elite while having your keeper and most of your defence ruled out with injury.
Most fans are starting to lose faith in the Aussie and his side suffered another blow on Boxing Day as they lost 1-0 away to high-flying Nottingham Forest.
Postecoglou has shot up the odds for next Premier League boss to be sacked and it's hard to see him surviving unless results pick up dramatically in 2025.
Wolves have already made a managerial change and Vitor Pereira got off to the perfect start as his side romped to a 3-0 win at relegation rivals Leicester.
They followed that up by beating Manchester United 2-0 at home on Boxing Day, a game where two bets landed for me.
So Wolves head to London in high spirits and with Spurs decimated in defence they have a great chance to take another big step towards safety.
How the bookies view it: Struggling Spurs to get back on track
Despite their poor form, Tottenham Hotspur are BoyleSports' 11/20 hot favourites for a win with home advantage. Wolverhampton Wanderers are 15/4 outsiders and the draw pays 7/2.
Recent head to head: Maul too easy for Wolves
Wolves have a great recent record in this fixture, winning four of their last five meetings with Spurs. Both Premier League games ended in 2-1 victories for the Molineux men last term.
Players to watch: Solanke in hot form
While Spurs have been a shambles at the back, they're still scoring plenty of goals at the other end, with star striker Dominic Solanke in excellent form. The former Bournemouth hitman is 21/20 for anytime scorer here at BoyleSports.
Goncalo Guedes has been given a new lease of life by Pereira and netted in the win over Leicester. He should get another chance to shine here and is 7/2 for anytime scorer.
Probable line-ups
Tottenham have a crisis at the back after Djed Spence was sent off on Boxing Day and Radu Dragusin joined an injury list that already includes Ben Davies, Micky van de Ven and Cristian Romero and first-choice keeper Gugielmo Vicario. Forwards Richarlison and Wilson Odobert also remain out.
The threat of a ban still hangs over Wolves star Matheus Cunha, with the FA taking an age to rule on the ugly incident with a member of Ipswich's backroom staff. Yerson Mosquera, Enso Gonzalez, Boubacar Traore, Pablo Sarabia and Sasa Kalajdzic are injured while Mario Lemina is a doubt.
Tottenham Hotspur: Forster, Porro, Gray, Sarr, Udogie, Bissouma, Bentancur, Maddison, Kulusevski, Son, Solanke.
Wolverhampton Wanderers: Sa, Semedo, Ait-Nouri, Bueno, T Gomes, J Gomes, Andre, R Gomes, Strand-Larsen, Bellegarde, Guedes.
Anything else catch the eye?
A lot will depend on whether Cunha is missing for Wolves after he delivered a goal and an assist in the win over Manchester United. Even if the Brazilian isn't free to play, the Molineux men still look worth a punt in the double chance at 7/5 with BoyleSports, given Spurs will field a makeshift defence.
Goals are usually guaranteed with Postecoglou's side and BTTS pays just 2/5 here but you can boosts the odds to 5/6 by combining that with no draw.
Over 3.5 goals also appeals at 4/5 while backing over 1.5 first-half strikes pays 10/11 at BoyleSports.
Tottenham are usually pretty good value for corners and backing them for over 7.5 flag kicks here pays 21/20.
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