Tottenham Hotspur face a pivotal North London Derby against Arsenal at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, knowing that a victory would keep them within touching distance of the Premier League top four spots and deny the Gunners a chance to go 8 points clear at the top of the table, with kick-off in just under an hour at 4:30 PM BST.
As expected, Antonio Conte has made several changes to Spurs’ line-up from last weekend’s victory over Portsmouth in the FA Cup third round.
Pape Sarr retains his place in the XI, and Dejan Kulusevski returns from injury to partner Heung-min Son and Harry Kane.
Kane will be looking to continue his brilliant record in this fixture and match Jimmy Greaves as Spurs’ record goalscorer by scoring today. If – and it’s a big if – he bags a double today, he’ll eclipse Greaves’ record haul of 266 goals for the Lilywhites.
Bryan Gil drops to the bench, where he is joined by Yves Bissouma and Richarlison, who also return from injury.
No surprises whatsoever in the Gunners’ line-up, with Bukayo Saka shaking off a niggle to start alongside Gabriel Martinelli and Eddie Nketiah, who continues to deputies for the injured Gabriel Jesus.
Spurs XI: Lloris; Doherty, Romero, Dier, Lenglet, Sessegnon; Sarr, Hojbjerg; Kulusevski, Kane, Son.
Subs: Forster, Skipp, Richarlison, Perisic, Sanchez, Davies, Gil, Royal, Bissouma.
Arsenal XI: Ramsdale; White, Saliba, Gabriel, Zinchenko; Odegaard, Xhaka, Partey; Saka, Nketiah, Martinelli.
Subs: Tierney, Smith Rowe, Holding, Tomiyasu, Vieira, Sambi Lokonga, Marquinhos, Turner, Smith.
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