Tottenham Hotspur will be looking to continue their momentum by beating Everton on Saturday. Spurs navigated their way through a tight affair on the south coast last weekend as they beat Brighton 1-0 at the Amex. They built on that form in the week too after they defeated Eintracht Frankfurt 3-2 in the Champions League.
Victory over the Toffees will consolidate Spurs' third-place position after ten games. Although Antonio Conte's side have been far from convincing at times, they've still managed to pick up the points and have ultimately started the season well.
And in what is good news for their Italian head coach, Tottenham are nearly at full strength again. Lucas Moura came on from the bench against Frankfurt and featured for the first time since August.
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The forward had inflammation in his tendon and also suffered another setback at the start of the month which left Conte feeling concerned. Meanwhile, Spurs were given hope on Dejan Kulusevski with the attacker also back training with the first-team.
Kulusevski has been unavailable for the last three games after picking up an issue while away on international duty with Sweden. The 22-year-old suffered a hamstring injury, which was monitored by the Spurs medical team after he complained of a tightness in that area.
However, Conte confirmed ahead of the game that Kulusevski will not be back for the match. "Deki is still not available for the game against Everton. The rest of the players are ok.
"I think we need to have a bit of patience with [Kulusevski]. Don’t take stupid risks, because we have to play a lot of games from now until November. It will be very important to recover him very well.
"At this moment, he’s not 100% sure to be really fit, to be in perfect physical condition. For this reason it’s good to respect the opinion of the doctors of the players."
Emerson Royal is unavailable for selection at the weekend, though, as he continues to serve a domestic suspension for his red card in the North London Derby defeat to Arsenal earlier this month. Richarlison was also being assessed after he damaged his knee against Frankfurt, though as Conte confirmed in his press conference, the Brazilian should be available.
With that all in mind, let's take a look at the squad that's likely to be available to Conte against Everton.
Goalkeeper: Hugo Lloris, Fraser Forster, Brandon Austin
Defence: Matt Doherty, Davinson Sanchez, Eric Dier, Cristian Romero, Ryan Sessegnon, Djed Spence, Japhet Tanganga, Ben Davies, Clement Lenglet, Ivan Perisic
Midfield: Oliver Skipp, Pierre Emile Hojbjerg, Pape Matar Sarr, Rodrigo Bentancur, Yves Bissouma, Harvey White
Attack: Richarlison [doubt], Harry Kane, Bryan Gil, Lucas Moura, Son Heung-min
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