Tottenham Hotspur are now in pole position to snag the fourth-place spot in the Premier League this season, and they can tighten their grip in the final Champions League spot with a win on Saturday against Brighton.
The Seagulls gave Spurs a helping hand last week when beating their north London rivals Arsenal, and Tottenham will be hoping for another favour here.
However, as the game against Arsenal showed, Brighton are no pushovers, but after scoring nine goals in their last two games, Spurs come into this one red hot.
With that in mind, we’ve had a go at predicting Spurs’ starting XI for this one.
We think that Antonio Conte will make just one change from the team that dismantled Aston Villa last week.
Unfortunately, Matt Doherty’s injury is reportedly going to keep him out for the season, but after coming off of the bench last week, Sergio Reguilon should be fit enough to start here.
The rest of the team is pretty much the side that we have grown accustomed to seeing in recent weeks.
January signings, Dejan Kulusevski and Rodrigo Bentancur, both start, while last week’s hat-trick hero Heung-Min Son plays alongside Harry Kane in the front three as the South Korean continues to hunt down Mohamed Salah at the top of the Premier League scoring charts.
A win here would be massive for Spurs’ hopes of playing in the Champions League next term, and, of course, three points in the early kick-off would pile the pressure on Arsenal who play Southampton later in the day.
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