Tottenham Hotspur face Marseille tonight and Antonio Conte faces some tricky decisions as he prepares his lineup.
Spurs came from 2-0 down to beat Bournemouth 3-2 over the weekend but now the attention turns back to Champions League action.
Last week’s 1-1 draw with Sporting means Tottenham still have some work to do.
Tottenham sit top of their group but defeat tonight could open up the possibility of dropping into the Europa League.
A point will do it for Tottenham but patchy form of late means nobody can take anything for granted.
Tottenham Hotspur predicted lineup v Marseille
Hugo Lloris has come in for criticism of late but the goalkeeper should start once again as he returns to France.
It will then be a back three ahead of Lloris once again but Cristian Romero looks set to miss out.
The Argentinian missed the trip to Bournemouth and then wasn’t involved in training on Monday, so looks unlikely to start tonight.
That means Davinson Sanchez starting once again on the right side of Conte’s back three.
Sanchez hasn’t exactly impressed of late and Jamie Carragher noted in October that the Colombian is ‘really lacking confidence’ at the moment, but he will need to step up for this big game.
Eric Dier should then start in the middle and Ben Davies may get the nod over Clement Lenglet after his goal against Bournemouth.
Emerson Royal was given the nod as Tottenham’s right wing back against Bournemouth so we will go with Matt Doherty there this time.
Ryan Sessegnon scored against Bournemouth on Saturday afternoon but this may be a game for a touch more experience, so Ivan Perisic could come in.
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg and Rodrigo Bentancur feel almost nailed on to start in midfield, but we think Conte will move away from the 3-5-2 he played against Bournemouth.
That means Yves Bissouma dropping out of the side and Lucas Moura coming in to support Harry Kane and Son Heung-min up top.
We would like to see Bryan Gil start after a superb came against Sporting last week but Lucas seems like the more likely option.
Dejan Kulusevski and Richarlison remain out of action and didn’t train on Monday, so an appearance tonight is very, very unlikely.
Fraser Forster, Djed Spence and Japhet Tanganga are likely to be on the bench, joining the likes of Lenglet, Emerson, Sessegnon, Bissouma and Gil.
Tottenham Hotspur predicted lineup v Marseille: Lloris; Sanchez, Dier, Davies; Doherty, Bentancur, Højbjerg, Perisic; Lucas, Son, Kane.
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