Predicted Tottenham lineup tonight as Conte decides to start £60m star with big name benched

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Tottenham Hotspur face Marseille tonight and Antonio Conte may face some tough decisions over his starting lineup.

Saturday’s 2-1 win over Fulham was a positive, especially after a lacklustre 1-1 draw with West Ham United last week.

Conte and co must now turn their attention towards the Champions League with Marseille heading to North London tonight.

The Ligue 1 side have been in great form this season but Tottenham will be expecting to win and will help to avoid a slip-up.

Conte faces some big decisions tonight as he looks to get a win over Igor Tudor – his former Juventus teammate.

Tottenham predicted lineup v Marseille

Conte is surely going with Hugo Lloris in goal tonight.

Fraser Forster offers another option between the sticks but benching the Frenchman tonight would be a stunner.

Cristian Romero is back from injury and should start as the right centre back after returning against Fulham on Saturday.

There may be a temptation to rest Eric Dier and start Davinson Sanchez, but we’ll back Dier to keep his place.

Clement Lenglet started against Fulham and we’re actually backing him to keep his place, saving Ben Davies for the battle with Manchester City this weekend.

It’s a tough call at right wing back.

Emerson Royal has taken on a heavy workload of late but backups Matt Doherty and Djed Spence have barely kicked a ball this season.

It would be bold to stick either of them into this game and Emerson may end up having to play both tonight and against City this weekend.

At left wing back, Ivan Perisic was rested against Fulham and will surely come back into the side tonight, replacing Ryan Sessegnon.

Pierre-Emile Højbjerg scored at the weekend and should keep his place, whilst this feels like a good moment to start Yves Bissouma in place of Rodrigo Bentancur.

Harry Kane will lead the line in attack, but we’re backing Dejan Kulusevski to come back into the side on the right flank.

£60m summer signing Richarlison deserves to keep his place though and may start on the left flank, giving Son Heung-min a much-needed rest ahead of facing City this weekend.

We will then back the likes of Forster, Sanchez, Davies, Spence, Doherty, Sessegnon, Bentancur and Son to be on the bench this evening.

Tottenham Hotspur predicted lineup: Lloris; Romero, Dier, Lenglet; Emerson, Hojbjerg, Bissouma, Perisic; Kulusevski, Richarlison, Kane.