Antonio Conte must lift the mood at Tottenham Hotspur as Newcastle United come to town in the Premier League on Sunday.
Spurs were poor in their defeat at Manchester United in midweek after a run of three victories on the bounce and they face a difficult task in getting back to winning ways against Eddie Howe's in-form Newcastle side. The Magpies sit in sixth place in the Premier League table, just five points behind Tottenham in third, and have lost just one match this season.
Conte confirmed ahead of the game that Dejan Kulusevski and Richarlison remain out injured and that with Lucas Moura not yet ready to start a game he was likely to stick with the 3-5-2 formation. The question for the Spurs head coach is whether to stick with the same personnel or to mix it up a bit.
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All of the midfield three struggled at Old Trafford and Conte might feel that it's time to hand Oliver Skipp an opportunity in the midfield. Clement Lenglet could come in to hand Ben Davies a rest after back-to-back starts while both wing-backs could be rotated with Ryan Sessegnon coming in for Ivan Perisic on the left.
On the right Conte appeared to be hinting that Emerson Royal could return to the line-up following the end of his suspension with Matt Doherty having had lots of game time in a short space of time.
Here is the team we reckon Conte will select:
3-5-2: Lloris; Romero, Dier, Lenglet; Emerson, Hojbjerg, Skipp, Bentancur, Sessegnon; Kane, Son.
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