Leeds’ win against bottom-placed Wolves means the Old Gold will have their relegation confirmed should Spurs win tonight. Leeds, meanwhile, are now nine points clear of the bottom three, which means they are pretty much safe.

• Brentford 0-0 Fulham
• Leeds 3-0 Wolves
• Newcastle 1-2 Bournemouth

De Zerbi is only taking charge of Spurs for the second time and first at home but he has already been speaking to Sky about his future beyond the summer, insisting it is not entirely a case of Premier League survival.

“The problem is not the league,” he told the broadcaster. “The problem is to keep the relationship with the board and to have the same ideas in the project.”

Brighton’s starting XI may remain unchanged but there is one change on the bench – Matt O’Riley has taken Solly March’s seat.

Could Maddison’s return from a long-term knee injury be the difference that keeps Spurs up? Let’s see if he makes his first appearance of the season off the bench this evening.

Aside from that Xavi Simons has gotten the nod up front, while Rodrigo Bentancur is back in the midfield for the first time since January 7, while Kevin Danso replaces injured captain Cristian Romero at the back. The Argentine’s absence means Micky van de Ven will wear the armband.

Archie Gray and Lucas Bergvall have dropped to the bench.

Hurzerler, meanwhile, sticks with the same XI that won 2-0 away to Burnley last weekend.

Four changes to the XI that lost away to Sunderland last weekend, plus the return of James Maddison to the bench for the home side.

Since then Spurs have won just four times and only once at home – a 2-0 against Brentford in December.

They have lost six of the eight on their own ground since, taking a league worst eight points from 17 matches in that period.

No wonder De Zerbi has already spoken about his team being bereft of confidence.