Swallow hard and let’s get on with it. Tottenham Hotspur are back in action in the Premier League on a rare Monday night match. This time they’re hosting Watford at Wembley Stadium.

I don’t think I have to mention that this is a pretty friggin’ important match for Spurs at this point in time. Thanks to Chelsea’s win over Swansea at the weekend, the Blues have temporarily closed the gap between themselves and Tottenham to two points. Any dropped points here against the Hornets adds an enormous amount of pressure to Spurs. Their magic number to clinch Champions League participation next season with four games to play is seven; win and it goes down to four with three games to play.

Spurs are almost entirely fit — Harry Winks is out and Danny Rose is questionable, Watford are not very good on the road, and have little to play for the rest of the season. On paper this should be an easy win for Spurs, but that’s not stopping the butterflies. Harry Kane has been misfiring and off his game since returning from an ankle injury, and there’s a perceived faltering going on after losses to Manchester City and Manchester United, with a draw at Brighton sandwiched in between.

Nothing that a solid three points at home can’t assuage, though.

COYS!

Lineups:

Match Date, Time and Location

Monday, April 30, 2018, 3 p.m. (ET), 8 p.m. (GMT)
Wembley Stadium, London, UK
Match official: Michael Oliver

TV Channels

United Kingdom: Sky Sports Main Event/Premier League
USA: NBC Sports Network
Canada: TSN 1, 4
Australia: Optus Sport

Other countries can find their match listings at livesoccertv.com

Streaming

United Kingdom: BBC iPlayer
USA: NBC Sports Live | fubo.tv (free trial)

Radio

Audio streamed at tottenhamhotspur.com (requires free OneHotspur membership), also often at BBC Radio London, BBC Radio 5 Live, and TalkSport

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