Tottenham and Manchester City will go head-to-head in the Premier League at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Wednesday night with both teams looking to turn their fortunes around after poor campaigns.
Ange Postecoglou's side made it back-to-back wins at the weekend with a 4-1 victory over Ipswich, while Pep Guardiola's suffered a disappointing 2-0 loss against league leaders Liverpool to add to the doubt around their chances of qualifying for next season's Champions League.
Both sides have been dealing with big injury concerns all season and a busy schedule leaves the managers with decisions to make, so this is how GIVEMESPORT expect the teams to line up.
Tottenham Team News
No fresh concerns for Postecoglou
Postecoglou was able to hand players minutes at the weekend after several stars returned from injury, giving him the opportunity to rotate. James Maddison and Pedro Porro were rested while Destiny Udogie and Brennan Johnson returned to the side.
But the team will still be without Timo Werner, Cristian Romero, Richarlison, Dominic Solanke, Micky Van de Ven, Ben Davies and Radu Dragusin due to injury.
Speaking in his pre-match press conference Postecoglou shared an update on the status of his squad for this game.
“Good news, everyone who played (at Ipswich) got through really well. It’s great that we could give guys like Madders and Pedro a bit of a rest and still be able to come on, and contribute, and get game time into Brennan and Destiny. They all came through really well. So, that means it will be a similar squad for tomorrow.
"We were hoping maybe Ben would be ready for this game, he won’t make it, but we’ve a seven-day break (after City), so, he’ll miss out.”
Tottenham Confirmed XI
Maddison to come back into the team
Tottenham Confirmed XI: Vicario; Porro, Danso, Gray, Udogie; Bergvall, Bentancur; Johnson, Maddison, Odobert; Tel.
Tottenham Confirmed Substitutes: Kinsky (GK), Spence (DEF), Reguilon (DEF), Bissouma (MID), Sarr (MID), Kulusevski (FWD), Son (FWD), Werner (FWD), Scarlett (FWD).
Man City Team News
Haaland doubtful
Man City are having their worst season under Guardiola and have now been hit by an injury to star striker Erling Haaland, who has missed each of the last two games with a knee problem.
He remains doubtful while John Stones, Manuel Akanji and Rodri are long-term absentees. Oscar Bobb is back in training but hasn't featured this season after breaking his ankle in pre-season.
Speaking in his pre-match press conference, Guardiola shared an update on his squad.
“Tonight, we will know it after training. I hope so but I don’t know yet.
“He feels better but the last two games he could not play. We’ll see tomorrow.”
Man City Confirmed XI
Dias to start