in the second round of the EFL Cup at Craven Cottage on Tuesday night.

The home side will enter the match off the back of a 2-2 draw with Arsenal in the Premier League, while Tottenham beat Bournemouth 2-0 last time out, and here Sports Mole rounds up the team news.

FULHAM vs. TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR

Tottenham Hotspur's Rodrigo Bentancur walks off the pitch after sustaining an injury on February 11, 2023

FULHAM

Out: Calvin Bassey (suspended)

Doubtful: Willian (knock)

Sports Mole’s predicted XI: Rodak; Mbabu, Adarabioyo, Ream, Robinson; Reed, Lukic; Traore, Cairney, Wilson; Vinicius

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR

Out: Rodrigo Bentancur (knee), Ryan Sessegnon (thigh), Bryan Gil (groin), Tanguy Ndombele (fitness), Alfie Whiteman (ankle)

Doubtful: Destiny Udogie (knee)

Sports Mole’s predicted XI: Forster; Emerson, Sanchez, Van de Ven, Davies; Hojbjerg, Skipp, Lo Celso; Perisic, Richarlison, Solomon

We say: Fulham 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur

Both managers will ring the changes for this contest, but it should still be an entertaining affair between two Premier League sides. It would not be a surprise to see a home win, but we just have a feeling that Spurs will shade the match to progress to the next round of the competition. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats, suggests the most likely outcome of this match is a Tottenham Hotspur win with a probability of 48.57%. A win for Fulham has a probability of 29.37% and a draw has a probability of 22.1%.

The most likely scoreline for a Tottenham Hotspur win is 1-2 with a probability of 9.15%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome are 0-1 (6.47%) and 0-2 (6.25%). The likeliest Fulham win is 2-1 (6.95%), while for a drawn scoreline it is 1-1 (9.48%).