Predicted Tottenham side to play Stoke: Winks should start ahead of Son

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Here is how we predict Tottenham Hotspur and Stoke City will line up this weekend:

To be played on Sunday 26th February 2017 at 13:30. Venue: White Hart Lane, London

Odds: Tottenham 4/11, Draw 18/5, Stoke 8/1

Tottenham Hotspur welcome Stoke City to White Hart Lane on Sunday for their latest Premier League clash.

Spurs are currently third in the Premier League with 50 points from 25 matches but such is the competition for a top-four finish that only two points separate them from sixth-placed Manchester United.

In contrast Stoke are ninth with 32 points as thing stand and they have the players to cause an upset in North London this weekend if they catch Tottenham on an off day.

In truth Mauricio Pochettino’s side should have too much for Stoke but it will be a tight encounter.

In early team news, Tottenham are without Danny Rose and Erik Lamela, both of whom are still some way off a return to first-team training.

Other than that Pochettino has a clean bill of health and it will be interesting to see how many changes he makes from Thursday’s Europa League clash with KAA Gent.

As for Stoke, they cannot call on Jack Butland, Geoff Cameron, Jonathan Walters or Stephen Ireland while Xherdan Shaqiri is rated at 75 per cent to recover from a muscle injury.

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