Line Ups: Spurs v Bournemouth – Bentancur returns

31.12.2023 16:00

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Ange Postecoglou has named his Spurs side which will take to the field in this afternoon’s Premier League clash against Bournemouth at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Tottenham are looking to bring the curtain down on 2023 in positive fashion following the disappointing 4-2 defeat at Brighton and Hove Albion which ended their four-game winning streak […]

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Ange Postecoglou has named his Spurs side which will take to the field in this afternoon’s Premier League clash against Bournemouth at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Tottenham are looking to bring the curtain down on 2023 in positive fashion following the disappointing 4-2 defeat at Brighton and Hove Albion which ended their four-game winning streak in comfortable fashion to condemn Postecoglou to his heaviest loss since taking charge in the summer.

The North Londoners are without Dejan Kulusevski, who is serving a one match ban after the Swede picked up a yellow card at the Amex which was his fifth of the season.

(Photo by James Gill – Danehouse/Getty Images)

Spurs team news vs Bournemouth

James Maddison, Micky van de Ven, Ryan Sessegnon, Rodrigo Bentancur, Ivan Perisic, Manor Solomon and Cristian Romero miss out through injury, while Yves Bissouma sits out the second of his four match ban.

After going unbeaten in their first 10 league matches of the season, Tottenham have lost five of the subsequent nine and chairman Daniel Levy now surely has to back Postecoglou to the hilt when the window opens considering the squad is down to its bare bones.

This is who takes to the pitch in N17 this afternoon.

Spurs XI: Vicario, Emerson Royal, Udogie, Porro, Davies, Sarr, Bentancur, Johnson, Son(c), Lo Celso, Richarlison

Subs: Phillips, Højbjerg, Skipp, Véliz, Forster, Dorrington, Dier, Gil, Donley

Bournemouth XI: Neto(c), Ouattara, Senesi, Zabarnyi, Smith, Tavernier, Christie, Kluivert, Sinisterra, Cook, Solanke

Subs: Mepham, Aarons, Semenyo, Brooks, Moore, Scott, Rothwell, Billing, Travers