Tottenham continue their battle for Premier League survival against a Crystal Palace side who still need points to secure safety themselves. BBC Sport takes a look at the key themes before this huge clash towards the foot of the table.
Thursday marks 67 days since Tottenham last enjoyed a league victory, while its almost three months since they celebrated a top-flight win in front of their own fans.
Defeat by Fulham on Sunday equalled their longest winless run in the Premier League of 10 games, set under Ossie Ardiles in 1994. They last went 11 matches without a league victory between August and October in 1975.
These are dark days and unless they can arrest their shocking form, playing in the second tier for the first time since the 1977-78 season is becoming a real possibility.
New interim head coach Igor Tudor, who has lost two from two, was very bullish in his opening news conferences but after just 180 minutes of action on the pitch, he seems utterly exasperated with the task he has taken on.
"We lack when we attack," he said of his side post-Fulham. "We are lacking the quality to score the goal. We are lacking in the middle to run. We are lacking behind to stay there and suffer and not concede the goal. Physically, I believe, we are not in an amazing situation."
When the boss says in public you have problems in attack, defence and fitness you know you are in trouble. Given Spurs have led in league matches for a total of just seven minutes since 7 January his words should not come as a surprise.
Historically, a fixture with Crystal Palace has normally proved to be a three-point banker for Spurs, but not anymore.
After a run of just one defeat in 18 Premier League games with the Eagles, they have lost two of the last three.
That includes Palace ending a run of nine consecutive losses at Spurs with a 2-0 away victory last season that sets up their chance to secure back-to-back league victories at Tottenham for the first time.
The bad omens keep coming for the north Londoners. They have lost six of their last seven home league London derbies, including a Premier League club record of four already this season.
That is in drastic contrast to Palace's run of only one loss in their last nine top-flight London derbies (W5, D3) on the road, and that came at league leaders Arsenal.
Six of the Eagles' nine league wins this season have come away from home and they were on course to make it seven until Maxence Lacroix gave away a penalty and was sent off against Manchester United on Sunday.
It took their tally of points lost from winning positions this season to 19, second only to West Ham's 20, and just four points shy of the Eagles' most ever in a Premier League campaign set in 2023-24.
Those hoping for a goalfest might be disappointed as the goals-per-game average for Thursday night matches this season is currently the lowest on any day of the week in a Premier League campaign that's had more than one game played on it.
To compound their misery, Spurs are winless in their last 12 Premier League games on a Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday dating back over two years to January 2024.
