Tottenham defender Kyle Walker is confident he will deal with Crystal Palace winger Andros Townsend this weekend.

Walker knows Townsend's game well, having shared the Spurs dressing room with his countryman for several years.

But Townsend was frozen out of the Spurs team by Mauricio Pochettino and joined Newcastle in January before returning to the capital with Palace earlier in the summer.

The 25-year-old is set to make his first appearance at White Hart Lane since leaving his boyhood club tomorrow and Walker is determined to restrict Townsend's impact on the game as Spurs go in search of a maiden victory.

“It’s difficult to defend against his style," he told the club's official website. "Hopefully I can get him running back the other way and make him do the things he doesn’t want to do.

"I feel fully confident in my ability to deal with him and I think it’ll be a good game. We’ll shake hands afterwards and whatever is on the pitch stays on the pitch.

"He’s a fantastic dribbler, a good ball carrier and he can shoot with either foot so he’s a danger man for them.

"But it’s not just me against him - as a team we want to put him on the back foot, we don’t want to play to his strengths, we need to take him the other way and make him work defensively,” Walker added.

Townsend is set to start on the right flank and is expected to be keen to prove a point to his former employers, but is facing a difficult task as Spurs conceded just 15 League goals on home soil last term.

Such a tight-knit defence was the foundation for Tottenham's success and Walker has called on the north London faithful to spur the side on further.

"The crowd was excellent last season and hopefully they can keep it going.

"We wanted to make it a fortress last year and we did that so hopefully we can do the same this time and do even better,” the full-back insisted.