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Confirmed Tottenham v Leicester line-ups: Skipp starts, Pochettino names defensive bench

General view of Wembley Stadium during the Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Burnley at Wembley Stadium on August 27, 2017 in Lond...
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Tottenham Hotspur host Leicester City in the Premier League today.

Tottenham Hotspur starting XI: Lloris; Trippier, Sanchez, Vertonghen, Rose; Winks, Sissoko, Skipp; Eriksen; Son, Llorente.

Tottenham Hotspur substitutes: Gazzaniga, Alderweireld, Foyth, Aurier, Walker-Peters, Wanyama, Moura.

Leicester City starting XI: Schmeichel; Pereira, Evans, Maguire, Chilwell; Mendy, Tielemans; Ghezzal, Maddison, Barnes, Gray.

Leicester City substitutes: Ward, Morgan, Simpson, Choudhury, Ndidi, Okazaki, Vardy.

Tottenham head into the game having racked up three Premier League wins in a row, beating Fulham, Watford and Newcastle United in recent weeks.

Mauricio Pochettino appears to be sticking with a diamond formation today, starting with Hugo Lloris in goal behind a back four of Kieran Trippier, Davinson Sanchez, Jan Vertonghen and Danny Rose.

Harry Winks will play at the base of the diamond with support from Moussa Sissoko and Oliver Skipp, allowing Christian Eriksen to play behind Son Heung-min and Fernando Llorente.

Lucas Moura is on the bench, but it’s an otherwise defensive set of substitutes as Toby Alderweireld, Juan Foyth, Serge Aurier, Kyle Walker-Peters and Victor Wanyama join goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga.

Leicester go with Kasper Schmeichel in goal, whilst Ricardo Pereira, Jonny Evans, Harry Maguire and Ben Chilwell make up the back four in front of the Dane.

New signing Youri Tielemans starts alongside Nampalys Mendy in midfield, with Rachid Ghezzal, James Maddison and Harvey Barnes ahead of them.

The big news is that Jamie Vardy isn’t starting as rumours of a bust-up with Claude Puel persist, meaning Demarai Gray appears to be leading the line today.

Vardy is on the bench, alongside Danny Ward, Wes Morgan, Danny Simpson, Hamza Choudhury, Wilfried Ndidi and Shinji Okazaki.