Tottenham Hotspur can take a giant stride towards Champions League qualification by beating Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.
Tottenham Hotspur can take a giant stride towards Champions League qualification by beating Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.
The gap between fourth-placed Tottenham and Chelsea currently stands at a place and five points, and another three would almost certainly leave Mauricio Pochettino’s team out of reach of their London rivals with seven games left to play.
Barring a miracle, however, Spurs will again have to do without their talisman, Harry Kane – although the blow is softened somewhat by the form of deputy, Son Heung-min, who has recorded seven goals and one assist in his last five outings.
Pochettino’s only other concerns at this early stage are likely to lie in central midfield, with Harry Winks and Victor Wanyama each pulling out of international fixtures this past fortnight.
With that in mind, here’s how we at HITC Sport suspect Tottenham could look, with three changes – Hugo Lloris (Michel Vorm), Mousa Dembele (Moussa Sissoko) and Dele Alli (Lucas Moura) – introduced from their 3-0 FA Cup victory at Swansea City.
How do you expect Tottenham to line up at Chelsea?
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