RESURGENT Saints are aiming to once again be Tottenham's tormentors at White Hart Lane.

High flying Spurs have not been beaten at the Lane in 18 games in all competitions this season and are the only Premier League team unbeaten on home soil this term.

It is nearly ten months since Mauricio Pochettino's second-placed men were last beaten at their traditional home ground.

That excludes their spluttering 'home' outings at Wembley in European competitions, which yielded just one win in four games and elimination from the Champions League and Europa League.

Spurs have been playing at the national arena in continental competition with White Hart Lane undergoing a £700m overhaul.

In all, only runaway Premier League leaders Chelsea have a better points tally as hosts this campaign in England's elite.

Now Spurs face the very team that inflicted their last home defeat on them, which came all the way back in May last year, as Saints roll into town.

Ronald Koeman's men defeated Spurs 2-1 in the penultimate game of last term thanks to a brace from Steven Davis as they surged to a record breaking 6th-place finish.

And, this time around, Saints have been handed a boost to their prospects with Spurs expecting to be without Premier League joint top-scorer Harry Kane, who injured his ankle in the 6-0  FA Cup win over Millwall.

The England international striker has netted 19 goals in the league this term - 24 in all competitions, of which 14 have come at White Hart Lane.

With their attack likely to be significantly weakened through Kane's absence, Saints might be catching the north Londoners just at the right time.

Claude Puel's men are resurgent after back-to-back away league wins - in which they have scored four on both occasions.

Last time out Saints defeated Watford 4-3 in a dramatic match at Vicarage Road and prior to that they won 4-0 at lowly Sunderland.

And while Spurs must make-do without their top marksman, Saints won't have that issue.

Goal-getter Manolo Gabbiadini will rock up to White Hart Lane having netted an extraordinary six goals in his first four Saints appearances.

Yet, this will likely be the sternest test the free-scoring Italian will face in his fledgling Saints career.

Spurs boast the best home defensive record in the Premier League, having conceded a miserly seven goals in 14 games.

That watertight defence is in no small part down to former Saints men Toby Alderweireld and Victor Wanyama.

Alderweireld and centre-back partner Jan Vertonghen, along with Wanyama and fellow midfield shield Moussa Dembele, will put Saints' in form attack to the test.

Since the change back to the 4-2-3-1 formation at Sunderland, Saints have netted ten goals in three games, with Gabbiadini, Dusan Tadic, Nathan Redmond and James Ward-Prowse forming a formidable attack.

That offensive spearhead will be attempting to make it unlucky number 13 for Spurs after Pochettino's side have won 12 games in a row at their base in N17.

Kane's absence is sure to be felt, although, during his ten-game injury absence from mid-September to early November 2016, Spurs were still a force to be reckoned with.

Without their leading scorer, they lost just twice in all competitions and remained unbeaten in the Premier League, beating Manchester City 2-0 along the way.