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Alasdair Gold & Rob Guest

Arnaut Danjuma starts - The Tottenham team Cristian Stellini should select to face Bournemouth

Tottenham are looking to make it six home wins in a row when they welcome Bournemouth in the Premier League on Saturday afternoon.

Spurs lie three points behind third-placed Newcastle, who play in the early game at Aston Villa on Saturday, and Cristian Stellini will be looking for his team to build some momentum ahead of a week that has them playing three top four rivals in Newcastle, Manchester United and Liverpool in quick succession.

We asked our Tottenham correspondents Alasdair Gold and Rob Guest to name the starting XI that they want to see Stellini select to face the Cherries on Saturday.

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Alasdair Gold - Tottenham Hotspur correspondent

Injuries in Stellini's squad mean he cannot change too much within his starting XI but he could make a switch up front if he wants to add some fresh energy there.

Arnaut Danjuma finally got a chance from the bench and made his home debut two and a half months after joining Spurs last weekend and his pressing and movement off the ball played their part in Harry Kane's winning goal.

With Son Heung-min fully deserving of another start after his wonderful 100th Premier League goal and his part in Kane's goal, if Stellini does want to make a change up front it could be Dejan Kulusevski who gets a rest after a few performances that have brought plenty of effort but little end product.

If Danjuma was to start then it would likely see Son switch to the right, although the South Korean's ability to use both feet would mean that would not be a problem as he showed when supplying Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg in the build-up to Kane's goal.

Elsewhere, Richarlison is back in training but is not likely to be fit enough to start while elsewhere the team picks itself unless Stellini is tempted to bring Pape Matar Sarr into the midfield to create a three or to give Oliver Skipp a rest.

Gold's team: Lloris; Romero, Dier, Lenglet; Porro, Hojbjerg, Skipp, Perisic; Son, Kane, Danjuma.

Rob Guest - Tottenham Hotspur reporter

Following last Saturday's 2-1 win over Brighton, Stellini may elect to name the exact same XI that got the better of the Seagulls. The acting head coach will give the latest on the injury front at his press conference on Friday afternoon but any players who could potentially be available once again certainly won't be in a position to start.

That means Spurs persist with a back three of Cristian Romero, Eric Dier and Clement Lenglet in front of Hugo Lloris in goal. Pedro Porro and Ivan Perisic remain the wing-backs, with Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and Oliver Skipp maintaining their partnership in the middle of the pitch.

In attack, Dejan Kulusevski's place in the side could come into question after he struggled once again in the win over Brighton. However, Richarlison's return to the squad one week ago will count against him in terms of a start and it's hard to see Stellini plump for Arnaut Danjuma going on his lack of minutes since his January move.

Kulusevski will start alongside Harry Kane and Son Heung-min once again, with Richarlison and Danjuma waiting in the wings to come on if he's not at the top of his game.

Guest's team: Lloris; Romero, Dier, Lenglet; Porro, Hojbjerg, Skipp, Perisic; Kulusevski, Kane, Son.

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