Predicted Tottenham side to play Gent: Pochettino makes eight changes?

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Here is how we predict Tottenham Hotspur and KAA Gent will line up later this week:

To be played on Thursday 16th February 2017 at 18:00. Venue: ,

Odds: Gent 7/2, Draw 13/5, Tottenham 8/11

Tottenham Hotspur travel to Belgium on Thursday to take on KAA Gent in the first knockout round of this season’s Europa League.

Spurs have dropped into the tournament after failing to reach the last 16 of the Champions League, and while there will be plenty of disappointment at the change of competition it is an opportunity for some of Tottenham’s fringe players to shine.

Mauricio Pochettino’s men will be smarting after their 2-0 defeat to Liverpool in the Premier League last time out and those on show this week will have the chance to put that disappointment behind them.

Gent are currently eighth in the Belgian league and should not represent too big a problem for the North London club to overcome.

In early team news, Spurs are without Danny Rose, Jan Vertonghen, Erik Lamela and Georges-Kevin N’Koudou but they have more than enough in reserve to put out a side capable of getting a result away from home.

With all that in mind here is how we expect Tottenham to line up on Thursday: