Taking on struggling Kandy Tuskers on the last matchday, Dambulla Hawks delivered a fantastic performance to send their opposition to the cleaners, toppling the side four wins. A close game it was, DHK just about nicked the win. In that game, their top-order failed to turn up, but still managed to score a decent 195 runs. A poor score in itself, the teams bowling unit helped get them over the line. Most of their runs came from Samit Patel and Dasun Shanaka who controlled the middle-order pretty well. With Oshada Fernando out injured, DHKs batting strength will be significantly depleted. Niroshan Dickwella will have the added responsibility of covering up for this missing piece in the batting set-up. Hopefully, he does well enough to see his side to victory.
Spurs are also successful so far on all fronts. Last Thursday Tottenham took out Ludogorets in their home arena in the fourth round of the Europa League without any problems. The Londoners played in this meeting with almost a reserve squad. The performance in the European competition does not affect the performance of Jose Mourinho’s team in the Premier League. Tottenham suffered the only defeat in the championship in the starting round from Everton (0:1), after which the bitterness of defeat has not known eight matches in a row. During this period Mourinho’s wards lost points twice more and they did it exclusively in their own arena. But while visiting Spurs, the result is 100%. On the road they have already beaten Southampton (5:2), Tottenham (6:1), Burnley (1:0) and West Bromwich (1:0). It should be noted that Tottenham have two top scorers of the current championship. Son Heung Min has nine goals on his credit, whereas Harry Kane has seven goals. In general, Londoners are among the three best teams in the Premier League in terms of performance, having 21 goals scored in their assets. As for personnel losses, Toby Alderweireld and Eric Lamela received injuries. Matt Doherty has coronavirus. Questionable is the presence of Giovanni Lo Celso and Harry Winks.
