Swansea City-Tottenham Hotspur Preview

Tottenham Hotspur have little time to dwell on their missed opportunity to lift silverware as in-form Swansea City seek their first Premier League win over the London side at White Hart Lane on Wednesday.

Spurs (13-5-8) are still in the mix for European play next season as they enter this match six points behind Manchester United for the final Champions League spot and four back of Liverpool for fifth, but were denied the League Cup title Sunday when front-running Chelsea emerged with a 2-0 victory at Wembley.

Harry Kane's breakout season hit a lull at an inopportune time as he was neutralised by the central defending triangle of John Terry, Gary Cahill and Kurt Zouma, and a pair of deflected shots - including an own goal by Spurs back-liner Kyle Walker - consigned the Lilywhites to defeat.

"It's the worst feeling in the world, losing a final on a big stage," said Kane, who has 24 goals across all competitions. "I thought we played well but sometimes you don't get the luck you need and I think Chelsea had that with a couple of deflected goals.

"That's football and all part of the learning curve - we'll come back stronger for it."

Kane netted one of his goals in the reverse fixture against Swansea, striking in the fourth minute of a 2-1 victory at Liberty Stadium as Christian Eriksen's goal in the 89th minute provided the Lilywhites the full three points. Tottenham have been a bogey side for the Welsh club since entering the top flight, with the Londoners claiming six wins on the bounce after a draw in the first Premier League clash in the 2011-12 season.

Swansea manager Garry Monk has made it a point to his squad to break that duck in this match as they continue to harbour European aspirations. The Swans (11-7-9) are in eighth place with 40 points - four behind Spurs - and are seeking their first three-match win streak since opening the season with the maximum nine points.

The Swans followed up completing the double over Manchester United with a 1-0 victory at Burnley on Saturday, getting an own goal from Clarets defender Kieran Tripper on 64 minutes. Swansea were limited to just two shots on target for the match, but Monk has already moved on from the victory and thrown down the gauntlet for his side to better the franchise mark of 47 points set in the 2011-12 season.

"We are confident - that's what victories do for you," Monk told the team's official website. "Beating 47 points is our main focus now. The first target was to get to 40, but now we've done that we can look at progressing past 47 points to make this our best season in the Premier League."

The match will almost qualify as a reunion of sorts as ex-Spurs Kyle Naughton and Gylfi Sigurdsson will play at White Hart Lane for the first time since leaving London, while defender Ben Davies and goalkeeper Michel Vorm could see time for the Lilywhites versus the Welsh side.

Sigurdsson did not score in the reverse fixture, but Monk thinks the Iceland international will be keen to make an impression after successfully dealing with a knock to his hamstring.

"As a player, you want to go to your old club and show them what they're missing," the manager said. "Gylfi is back in training and is ready to come back into the squad."