Paul Birch
BBC Sport

How best to judge Leeds' season so far? A glass-half-empty view of only two league wins from nine games and only nine goals scored…or a positive spin on just two defeats from nine matches and a mere eight goals conceded?

Either way, momentum for Daniel Farke's side has definitely slowed of late and their last league victory came almost two months ago when they demolished Newcastle.

Since that 4-1 win on 14 September they have scored the joint fewest goals (two), have the second lowest xG - both overall (4.96) and in open play (2.61) -, plus the worst final third passing accuracy (58.4%) of any top-flight side.

How to unlock the goalscoring potential of their side remains an ongoing mission with the likes of Brenden Aaronson, Lukas Nmecha and Harry Wilson yet to find the back of the net. Their win over Newcastle is the only league game they have scored two or more goals in, and only Dominic Calvert-Lewin has netted more than once.

But losing just three of their past 18 league games is a superb achievement and Farke's side will look to continue their impressive streak of not having lost consecutive league games since February and March last season.

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Keifer MacDonald
BBC Sport

James Trafford says not playing for Manchester City last season was "horrendous" before he moved to Leeds United in the summer in search of first-team football.

City re-signed academy graduate Trafford in July 2025, two years after he had left the club to join Championship side Burnley.

But less than six weeks after his arrival, Italy international Gianluigi Donnarumma arrived from Paris St-Germain.

Speaking on Football Daily's The Football Interview, Trafford reflected on the difficulties he encountered during a season on the fringes of Pep Guardiola's squad.

"What a horrendous, horrendous feeling. Not playing," said Trafford.

"You are ringing a lot of people and just venting. Like most people, you have a [bad] day at work and you ring someone up.

"I had to play regularly this season for my own mental wellbeing. You just lose yourself not playing.

"Maybe I'm different, I don't know, but the feeling of not playing every week, it felt horrendous."

Read more here.

Tottenham have had the fourth-most shots in the Premier League this season (148), but rank in the bottom half for expected goals (11.7).

Indeed, Spurs have the lowest xG per shot of any side this term (0.08).

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Tottenham boss Roberto De Zerbi is delighted by chief executive Vinai Venkatesham claim earlier this week that the club’s ultimate goal is to win the Premier League.

Spurs have finished 17th in each of the last two seasons but had a big reset in the summer with 10 new players arriving.

“It was great to hear what Vinai said," De Zerbi said. "I think the first thing for the people to stay in this club, to work in this club is to be ambitious, but to be ambitious you have to show.

“And you have to show the right mentality every day, game by game because just with the words is not enough.

“What Vinai, the Lewis family, Johan Lange, what they are doing is something special because in the last two seasons, I think you can see they are changing a lot of things in this club.

“And for me as a coach, for my staff, for the players, we have to show to the (best) self to stay in this club. With the right behaviour, with the right mentality, to be hungry every day and to make a result. This is the best thing to do from our side.”

By the end of today it could be all change at the top or Arsenal could even go six points clear if results go in their favour.

Tottenham's improving form means they could climb up to sixth today.

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After six rounds of preliminary and qualifying matches, the first round proper of the FA Cup gets under way from Friday.

A total of 40 matches will be played during the long weekend, with 33 taking place today.

Premier League and Championship teams do not enter the competition until the third round, which is designated to start on 9 January 2027.

The BBC will be showing two of the first-round fixtures live - with both available on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer:

Saturday 7 November:

• Altrincham v Notts County - coverage from 17:15, kick-off 17:30

Sunday, 8 November:

• Cray Wanderers v Stockport County - coverage from 14:00, kick-off 14:15

A live highlights show hosted by Jason Mohammad will round up the weekend's action on Sunday from 17:10 on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer, including 2021 FA Cup winners Leicester's visit to sixth-tier Oxford City.

Live text commentary will cover all of the weekend's action, while digital highlights will be available on the BBC Sport website, app and social media channels.

Daniel Farke has made two changes to the side that lost 2-0 at Bournemouth last weekend, with Sean Longstaff and Lukas Nmecha replacing Harry Wilson and Dan James.

Leeds: Trafford, Bogle, Justin, Elvedi, Muharemovic, Gudmundsson; Ampadu, Longstaff, Tanaka, Nmecha, Calvert-Lewin

Subs: Zetterer, Bard, Bijol, Rodon, Gruev, James, Wilson, Aaronson, Okafor

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Roberto de Zerbi has made one change from last weekend's win against Crystal Palace as Spurs target a fourth consecutive Premier League success for the first time since October 2023, with Pedro Porro replacing Dominic Solanke.

Spurs: Kinsky, Gray, Van Hecke, Van de Ven, Robertson; Tonali, Fernandes, Porro, Marmoush, Kudos; Tel.

Subs: Gunter, Senesi, Gallagher, Maddison, Solanke, Kulusevski, Bentancur, Davies, Williams-Barnett

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Tottenham always seem to do well against Leeds United - they have only lost one of their past 15 meetings in the Premier League, going back almost 25 years.

I am a little bit of a believer that some teams always do well, or badly, against certain opposition or on certain grounds.

I had the same as a player when I had bogey teams or stadiums, as well as lucky ones. For example, while I always used to score against Everton at Goodison Park, I always had a stinker at Highfield Road, Coventry's old home, despite getting plenty of goals against them in home games for Blackburn.

So, I am definitely not going for Leeds to win this - but do I back Tottenham to win again and continue their good run?

Roberto de Zerbi's side have rocketed up the table on the back of three wins in a row, although they were helped out a lot by Jean-Philippe Mateta's red card in their victory over Crystal Palace last time out.

Tottenham are flying at the moment, and their confidence is up - we are seeing a bit of a Spurs swagger for the first time in a long while. So, while I don't think they will make it four wins in a row, I don't see them being beaten, either.

It's likely to be a very tight game. Leeds were a bit unlucky to lose to Bournemouth last week, but their lack of goals is becoming an issue.

Sutton's prediction: 1-1

BBC Sounds

BBC Radio 5 Live will be bringing you three live commentaries today, plus updates from around the grounds.

• Arsenal v Hull City – 5 Live
• Fulham v Newcastle – Sports Extra
• Nottingham Forest v Man City – 5 Live

On the move or busy at home? Listen live on this page, the BBC Sounds app or ask your smart speaker to ‘play 5 Live’, for example.

New this season: live football commentaries and podcasts are now in one place on BBC Sounds.

Here's what we have coming up:

Hello and welcome along to our coverage of today's Premier League action.

There's four games today with Leeds versus Tottenham kicking the day off at 12:30 GMT.