In fact, it's our only league date during a quieter-than-usual January. Erik ten Hag’s side do have a fourth-round Emirates FA Cup tie, against either Newport County or Eastleigh, to negotiate at the end of the month, but our next top-flight assignment is at Wolves on 1 February.
January is traditionally an action-packed period and there have been plenty of memorable calendar-openers in the Premier League era.
Some of those have been against Sunday's opponents, Spurs - this will actually be the fifth time since 1992 we have played our first game of a new year against the north London outfit.