The Tottenham Hotspur team which will face Manchester City in the Premier League this evening has been confirmed.
Ange Postecoglou admitted at Tuesday’s press conference that Ben Davies would miss the fixture having also sat out Tottenham’s 4-1 win at Ipswich Town at the weekend.
Despite the absence of Davies, Tottenham’s injury problems have eased in recent weeks with Guglielmo Vicario, Destiny Udogie and Brennan Johnson having returned to action.
There were also positive signs on Tuesday when Cristian Romero trained with the Tottenham squad as he looks to return from his thigh injury sustained in the defeat to Chelsea back in December.
Heung-min Son and Djed Spence drop to Spurs bench
This is the Spurs team which takes to the field under the lights at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium:
Tottenham XI: Vicario, Porro, Danso, Gray, Udogie, Bentancur, Maddison, Bergvall, Johnson, Tel, Odobert
Subs: Kinsky, Reguilon, Spence, Bissouma, Sarr, Kulusevski, Werner, Son, Scarlett
Man City XI: Ederson, Nunes, Khusanov, Dias, Gvardiol, Nico, Kovacic, Savinho, Marmoush, Haaland, Doku
Tottenham vs Manchester City kicks off at 7:30pm BST with the match being televised live in the UK on TNT Sports.
Tottenham are looking for fourth successive Premier League win
Having beaten and Brentford, Manchester United and Ipswich Town in their last three Premier League outings, Tottenham will be keen to continue their run of Premier League form against Pep Guardiola’s side.
Even Paul Merson has predicted Tottenham will beat Man City with the current champions having struggled in front of goal.
Tottenham dropped to thirteenth in the table following Crystal Palace’s impressive 4-1 win over Aston Villa and need to keep momentum as they look to get out of the bottom half of the Premier League.