Djed Spence playing for Tottenham with Mohamed Salah playing for Liverpool
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Josh Edwards
Thu 12 March 2026 17:10, UK
Mohamed Salah will be looking to inflict more hurt on Tottenham Hotspur this weekend, and not for the first time.
Tottenham could drop into the relegation zone with a defeat at Anfield this weekend, showcasing just how big a game this one could prove to be, not only in the relegation battle, but also in regard to the future of Igor Tudor.
The Croatian has yet to win a game since taking over from Thomas Frank, with Spurs’ Champions League capitulation against Atletico Madrid doing him no favours.
With Tudor under immense pressure at Tottenham ahead of their clash with Liverpool, he will need his key players to be up for the test, and in regard to Djed Spence, he could be set for the biggest of them all.
Tottenham Premier League table before Liverpool clash.
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Mohamed Salah stats should concern Tottenham
Quite literally any Premier League attacker has been able to cause Tottenham issues this season, so if Salah were to do it this weekend, it would come as no surprise.
And even more so when taking into account that the Egyptian has scored 16 goals in his career against Spurs in all competitions, which is the joint-most he has managed against any single team.
This weekend, Spence looks as though he will be the one tasked with dealing with Salah, and he will have to be at the top of his game to come out on top, something which he has failed to do far too often.
Spence has won just 46.5 per cent of his duels this season in the Premier League, which places him in the bottom 15.2 per cent of defenders.
Djed Spence stats
Should he be able to improve on that against Salah, then he will be able to minimise the threat posed by the forward.
However, the promising aspect of his game is that he is dribbled past just 0.25 times per game, which is a stat bettered by only five per cent of Premier League full-backs.
Could Igor Tudor be sacked if Tottenham lose vs Liverpool?
Many thought that Spurs’ Champions League defeat would have been the end for Tudor, but that was confirmed not to be the case when Tottenham scheduled a press conference for him on Friday.
With that said, the Croatian is walking on remarkably thin ice, and one more defeat will almost certainly see him out the door.
Tottenham cannot afford to drop into the bottom three, and if they suffer defeat and West Ham avoid it against Man City, that will be the case this weekend.
And with just eight games left of the season after that, it would be a precarious position to be in, to say the least.