Evening all. After today’s barrage of goals and what looks like more Frank Lampard auto-captain issues, we turn our thoughts to gameweek 37. As Mark mentioned in his recent Gary Cahill piece, this On the Radar column is mainly to profile players with favourable short-term fixtures. With four teams playing two fixtures each next week, there’s plenty of options to mull over…

One crumb of comfort for Spurs following yesterday’s game at Old Trafford was the return to action of Aaron Lennon. Sidelined with a groin injury since the end of December, Lennon managed a 25 minute run-out against the champions and providing there’s no reaction to the run-out, will be looking to play his part in Spurs remaining three matches as their battle for fourth place with Man City goes down to the wire.

With the World Cup almost upon us, the England man will be intent on reaching match-fitness ahead of South Africa and continuing in the rich vein of form that, before yesterday, had seen him contribute three goals, nine assists and pick up eleven Bonus Points in eighteen Premier League games this season.

Perhaps rather surprisingly -despite missing sixteen league games- Lennon still leads the way in assists for Spurs, and there’s no doubt his presence in the side means more goals for Harry Redknapp’s side.

Here’s a breakdown of stats with and without Lennon before yesterday‘s game:

Spurs home (with Lennon): 24 goals in 9 games.
Spurs home (without Lennon): 15 goals in 9 games.

Spurs away (with Lennon): 16 goals in 9 games.
Spurs away (without Lennon): 7 goals in 7 games.

Following Man City’s draw at Arsenal, Spurs sit a point ahead of their rivals and remain firmly in the driving seat for fourth place, with their fixtures in the final two gameweeks read: BOL mcy, bur.

Coming in at £7.9m in FPL and with 8.7% of owners, chances are Lennon may well not play both games in the upcoming gameweek as he is eased back to full fitness, but, as shown above, he is capable of wreaking enough havoc in the space of one game to make his inclusion worthwhile, particularly if selected to face a Bolton side with one clean sheet in ten away league games under Owen Coyle.

Also on the horizon is a trip to face a Burnley side that, in all inevitability, will already be relegated by the time the sides square up on the final day of the season. Win those two games and as long as Spurs avoid defeat against City, the Champions League place will be theirs. All to play for, then.