Harry Kane has yet to score against Manchester United in the Premier League but that could end at the sixth attempt today.
Tottenham Hotspur's England striker is not short of confidence ahead of the trip to Old Trafford, having scored twice against Swansea City in a 5-0 thrashing at White Hart Lane last weekend after agreeing a new six-year deal.
Victory for fifth-placed Tottenham would send them nine points clear of José Mourinho's side, who are sixth, and leave United with a yawning gap between them and a place in the Champions League next season.
Tottenham beat United 3-0 at White Hart Lane last April, before Mourinho took over in May, but Kane did little to stand out - to the amusement of Reds' fans on social media and his own frustration.
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United, who won 1-0 at home in August last year, are the only club other than Watford and now-relegated Cardiff City, among the 24 opponents Kane has played against in the top flight, that have yet to see the Tottenham striker on the scoresheet.
Kane, last season's top scorer who has been linked to United in transfer speculation, is back in great form having gone five league games without a goal at the end of last season and the start of the current campaign.
The 23-year-old has scored seven in his last six Premier League outings and will be keen to get Spurs moving back into contention with Chelsea breaking away at the top.
The north Londoners, who played CSKA Moscow in the Champions League at Wembley on Wednesday, are visiting United at a good time with their hosts having drawn their last three matches 1-1 after conceding late equalisers.
United will have Antonio Valencia, Matteo Darmian and Michael Carrick in today's team after they were given a rest at Ukraine's Zorya Luhansk in the Europa League on Thursday.
"The players I had to leave out to protect [them]," Mourinho, 53, told reporters on Wednesday.