Tottenham captain Ledley King says today's clash with Aston Villa will provide a good sign of how they've progressed under manager Harry Redknapp.

"It's a good time for us - some questions will be answered after the game," King said.

"Things have picked up of late; we've had good results, and the last two away games have been positive. We need that against Villa, because they are a good side in good form. But we have a good feeling about ourselves at the moment."

King has been encouraged by eight points from Tottenham's last four league matches, as well as the performance levels during the Carling Cup final penalty shoot-out defeat to Manchester United.

"We know we can go places and get results, and that's what we need to do," King added.

"We have the players to do it; we need to put in the work and dig deep - you need to do that in every game away from home. If we do that we'll be all right."