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Tottenham will be bidding to reach the FA Cup fifth round for a fourth consecutive season when they face Preston North End today.

Spurs, desperate to end their long trophy drought this term, haven’t been on such a run of progressions from the fourth round for 40 years.

Kane now has 266 goals for Spurs, putting him level with club legend Greaves

But in each previous season, they’ve failed to reach Wembley, having not been in a FA Cup final since their 1991 triumph against Nottingham Forest.

Tottenham have renewed hope under Antonio Conte and have talisman Harry Kane on an incredible run of form having scored 14 goals in his last 14 appearances in the FA Cup.

Preston could provide a potential banana skin, who are only two points off the top six in the Championship.

Preston vs Tottenham: talkSPORT coverage

This FA Cup fourth round showdown will take place on Saturday, January 28.

Kick-off at Deepdale is scheduled for 6pm.

talkSPORT will have live commentary from Lancashire, with Faye Carruthers serving as your host.

Commentary then comes from Jim Proudfoot and former England winger Trevor Sinclair.

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Preston starting XI: Woodman, Storey, Lindsay, Hughes, Browne, McCann, Ledson, Whiteman, Brady, Evans, Cannon

Subs: Carreras, Cunningham, Bauer, Johnson, Woodburn, Diaby Diaby, Cornell, Potts, Cross-Adair

Tottenham starting XI: Forster, Tanganga, Sanchez, Lenglet, Doherty, Bissouma, Bentancur, Sessegnon, Kulusevski, Perisic, Son

Subs: Austin, Skip, Hojbjerg, Kane, Gil, Emerson, Danjuma, Dier, Davies

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Preston boss Ryan Lowe revealed he had a chance meeting with Conte’s brother two months before the sides drew each other in the FA Cup.

He told the Mail: “I was in Antonio Conte’s box watching Liverpool win with my boy.

“We got invited down, had some food and all that. It was a great experience. His brother Daniele was excellent. We spoke about Antonio a little bit.

“Then, lo and behold, we get drawn against them. I know Antonio’s agent and have asked him what red wine he drinks.

“Hopefully he can come in at the end of the game and have a glass. I might have to talk a bit slowly because of my Scouse English.”

Preston vs Tottenham: Match facts Harry Kane has scored 14 goals in his last 14 appearances in the FA Cup for Tottenham, scoring the winner in the third round against Portsmouth. He also netted two goals in last season’s fourth round victory against Brighton.Tottenham Hotspur are looking to reach the FA Cup fifth round for a fourth consecutive season, which would represent their longest run of progressions from the fourth round stage since doing so in five seasons in a row between 1978-79 and 1982-83.Preston North End haven’t reached the FA Cup fifth round since the 2014-15 campaign, with this only their second tie in the fourth round since then (lost 1-0 to Sheffield United in 2017-18).Preston haven’t faced Spurs in any competition since September 2009, when they lost 5-1 in a League Cup tie at Deepdale with Peter Crouch netting a hat-trick.This will be the 10th FA Cup tie between Preston North End and Tottenham Hotspur but the first since the fourth round in 1967-68, a game won 3-1 by Spurs. Keep up to date with all the latest news, rumours and gossip with our LIVE transfer blog