Stoke were denied a third consecutive home victory in the Premier League when West Ham fought back from two goals down to draw 2-2 at the Britannia Stadium last weekend.
Hughes' side are 13th in the table, but only three points above third-bottom Leicester City ahead of their trip to White Hart Lane.
"The key is just to build the performance," he said. "Sometimes you'll need a certain type of play and you'll have to be offensive and at other times you'll have to be a little bit more defensive when the momentum shifts.
"We've got the capacity to use a lot of game plans – we can play counter-attack, we can play the possession game or we can be on the front foot as we were last week."
Hugo Lloris is also set to return after missing the trip to Greece due to suspension and Hughes remains wary of Mauricio Pochettino's side, despite their historical poor form after European exploits.
"They made a few changes from their Premier League side on Thursday and you'd image that some of those will come back in," said the Stoke boss.
"You look at Tottenham's team sheet and they've got good quality and have spent a lot of money on individual talent. On their day they can beat anybody so it's up to us to make sure we don't allow them to have one of their better days.
"We have got to be strong and solid ourselves. We have got threats that they will be worried about as well so in terms of confidence, we're looking forward to it."
