Tottenham travel to east London to face rivals West Ham in the Premier League on Wednesday evening for a fierce London derby.
Antonio Conte’s side are unbeaten so far this season and have not conceded in their last two games. They head into the London derby on the back of a 2-0 success over newly-promoted Nottingham Forest last weekend, thanks to a brace from Harry Kane.
Spurs are brimming with confidence at this moment in time and would look to return home with all three points against West Ham.
Tottenham Team News
Cristian Romero and Oliver Skipp are back training with the squad with the Argentinean defender in contention to return to the squad against West Ham.
Lucas Moura and Bryan Gil remain sidelined, while Rodrigo Bentancur is being assessed for concussion after sustaining a head injury in Tottenham’s 2-0 win at Nottingham Forest.
Predicted Tottenham lineup vs West Ham (3-4-2-1)
Goalkeeper
Back-to-back clean sheets should have given Hugo Lloris a lot of confidence ahead of what is expected to be a gruelling campaign. The Frenchman will be raring to shut the shop as quickly as possible against West Ham in midweek.
Defence
Ahead of Lloris, a back three of Davinson Sanchez, Eric Dier and Ben Davies are expected to start—the same backline that kept a clean sheet at Nottingham Forest. Even if Cristian Romero is deemed fit enough to start, Antonio Conte will stick with Sanchez, Dier and Ben Davies in defence.
Midfield
Due to a quick turnaround, Conte may prefer to rotate his options in the middle of the park. Plus, Rodrigo Bentancur’s head injury will only strengthen the Spurs boss’ decision to hand Yves Bissouma his first start of the season.
Bissouma will partner Pierre-Emile Højbjerg in midfield, and the duo will look to keep things ticking with their all-action style of play. Emerson Royal and Ivan Perisic will hold onto their places too, with the wing-backs offering energy, overlapping runs and intensity to Spurs’ play.
Attack
Fresh from a brace at Forest, Harry Kane is a shoo-in to spearhead the Tottenham attack. The England international will look to continue a fantastic start to the season by getting on the score sheet against West Ham as well.
In contrast to Kane, Son Heung-min has had a slow start to the new campaign but Conte is likely to persist with the South Korean. Son along with Dejan Kulusevski are set to be deployed as playmakers behind Kane.
Richarlison, who bagged an assist against Forest in the last game, will be the backup offensive option for Conte.
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