Tottenham take on Chelsea in the Carabao Cup tonight.
Tottenham Hotspur starting line-up: Gazzaniga; Aurier, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Davies; Dier, Winks; Sissoko, Eriksen, Lamela, Llorente.
Tottenham Hotspur substitutes: Lloris, Rose, Sanchez, Walker-Peters, Skipp, Nkoudou, Lucas.
Tottenham head into tonight’s game having won the first leg at Wembley Stadium 1-0, but much has changed since that victory a fortnight ago.
Harry Kane and Dele Alli have both picked up injuries to rule them out for two months, whilst Son Heung-min is away on international duty with South Korea.
That has left Spurs with a lack of attacking options, and a patchy display against Fulham on Sunday won’t give fans much confidence heading into tonight’s game.
Paulo Gazzaniga is handed the start in goal tonight, with the Argentinian coming in for Hugo Lloris once again, as is the norm in the cup competitions.
Serge Aurier comes in at right back, joining Toby Alderweireld, Jan Vertonghen and Ben Davies in Mauricio Pochettino’s back four this evening.
Eric Dier and Harry Winks start in midfield, aided by Moussa Sissoko, Christian Eriksen and Erik Lamela, seemingly going back to a 4-2-3-1 setup.
Fernando Llorente is named as the lone striker tonight in Kane’s absence, despite scoring an own goal on Sunday and missing a number of chances.
Lucas Moura is passed fit for the bench, alongside Lloris, Danny Rose, Kyle Walker-Peters, Davinson Sanchez, Oliver Skipp and Georges-Kevin Nkoudou.
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