Tottenham and Man Utd will go head-to-head in the Premier League in North London on Sunday afternoon as both teams look to turn their season fortunes around.
The Lilywhites have had a horrific season so far and crashed out of the Carabao Cup and FA Cup in their last two games following defeats to Liverpool and Aston Villa, while the Red Devils made it six wins in their last eight and progressed to the FA Cup fifth-round with a late win over Leicester after a defeat to Crystal Palace in their last league outing.
Both sides are dealing with injury concerns in their squad too, and this is how GIVEMESPORT expect the teams to line up.
Ange Postecoglou has been dealing with a host of injury problems in recent months but the Australian has been handed a boost after James Maddison, Guglielmo Vicario and Destiny Udogie trained this week and are available to return.
Timo Werner and Wilson Odobert have also returned to training but this game will likely come too soon for them, while Cristian Romero, Micky Van de Ven, Radu Dragusin, Dominic Solanke, Richarlison and Brennan Johnson remain unavailable.
Postecoglou Drops Team News Update
Speaking in his pre-game press conference, Postecoglou shared an update on the status of his squad.
“Some of the lads who have been out for quite a while look like they’re in a good place now. Vicario is probably the one who has come back ahead of schedule.
“He’s been training really well away from the team for two weeks. In the last 10 days he’s integrated back into the team and is fully into training, so he’s in a good place and that means he becomes available for us.
“Madders is a little bit ahead of schedule (in his recovery). He’s feeling really good. He’s had a good week of training. We were thinking maybe (it’ll be) next week for him, but he’s trained really well all week, and he’s had the least amount of time out, so he’s looking in a good place.
“Of the longer-term (injuries), Destiny [Udogie] is back in team training as well, which is good. He’s ticked all the boxes in terms of getting through his rehab and conditioning, so he’s part of the squad.
“Wilson’s [Odobert] back, which is brilliant for him because he’s been out the longest and it’s been a long road for him to get back, but he’s back in team training. Obviously, he’s missed more football than the others, so we’ll see when we integrate him back into matchdays, but definitely looking good in training.
“Brennan [Johnson] is progressing well. Again, he joined in team training, he will train again today which means, whether it’s this weekend or next weekend, he’ll be good to go. Timo [Werner] is also training with us and is getting pretty close to being available.
“Micky [Van de Ven], Cuti [Romero] and Dom [Solanke], again, we’re looking at the next two or three weeks for them. They’re going well.”