Tottenham return to action in a healthy position, lying third in the Premier League, sitting second in their Champions League group and with a place in the last 16 of the League Cup.
With 10 games gone in all competitions, their record is the same as it was 12 months ago -- seven wins, two draws and a loss.
Then, like now, they improved quickly after an average start and went into the second international break with a winning run -- five matches in 2016, four successive games this time.
Mauricio Pochettino and his players will just hope the similarities end there, because this was the period last year when they began their damaging slump.