Tottenham Hotspur take on Southampton in the Premier League tonight, and Antonio Conte faces some selection dilemmas ahead of the game.
Tottenham haven’t played a Premier League game since the 2-0 defeat at Chelsea on January 23rd, which feels like a lifetime ago.
Spurs did beat Brighton 3-1 in the FA Cup on Saturday, and Conte will be looking for another home win with Southampton in town tonight.
Conte may look to change up some of his team though, and here’s our predicted lineup for Tottenham against Southampton…
Barring any late problems, Hugo Lloris will start as Tottenham’s goalkeeper tonight with Pierluigi Gollini offering little in the way of competition.
Eric Dier misses out through injury, so Conte’s back three likely picks itself tonight.
Cristian Romero is back from injury and should join Davinson Sanchez and Ben Davies in defence.
Tottenham failed to bring in a natural right wing back in January, so Emerson Royal should start there with Sergio Reguilon on the left.
Midfield is where Conte faces decisions. Oliver Skipp is out, so it looks like two of Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, Harry Winks and new signing Rodrigo Bentancur to start.
Conte needs to manage the minutes of his midfielders wisely, so just taking out Hojbjerg for Bentancur could be a smart move.
Lucas Moura was poor against Brighton but should cling onto his position on the right flank ahead of new signing Dejan Kulusevski.
The rest of the attack should be as standard, with Son Heung-min on the left and Harry Kane leading the attack.
Tottenham starting XI: Lloris; Romero, Sanchez, Davies; Emerson, Winks, Bentancur, Reguilon; Moura, Son, Kane.
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