Tottenham Hotspur take on Chelsea on Wednesday night.
Tottenham Hotspur are back in action on Wednesday night, as they travel to Chelsea for another meeting with their London rivals.
After four league wins in a row, Spurs lost to Burnley on Saturday afternoon, and need to find a response quickly after such a disappointing defeat.
Mauricio Pochettino will have plenty to think about after being charged with improper conduct towards referee Mike Dean on Saturday, and he may need to rotate his side after the Turf Moor defeat.
Two players who were surprisingly left out at Burnley were right back Kieran Trippier and defender Davinson Sanchez, with neither even on the bench.
That decision raised some eyebrows, but Football.London report that they were left out in order to be saved for future games – seemingly with Chelsea predominantly in mind – rather than because of injury, illness or any other reason.
Trippier should come in for Serge Aurier at right wing back, whilst Sanchez will surely return to the side at the expense of young defender Juan Foyth, playing alongside Toby Alderweireld and Jan Vertonghen.
The way Pochettino has arranged this rotation may hint that he didn’t quite think Aurier and Foyth were suitable for a trip to Stamford Bridge, especially after Aurier struggled in the Carabao Cup meeting in West London last month.
Bringing in Trippier for Aurier makes sense, as does bringing back the more experienced Sanchez for Foyth, and a win at Stamford Bridge may justify Pochettino’s decision to leave them out at Burnley.
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