Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou had a number of key decisions to make ahead of today's trip to Wolves amid an injury crisis that worsened drastically as the week wore on.
James Maddison and Micky Van de Ven will play no part for Tottenham until 2024, Postecoglou said on Friday, after suffering injuries during Monday's defeat to Chelsea, while Richarlison is out for around a month after undergoing a groin operation.
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The injury to Van de Ven and suspensions of Cristian Romero and Destiny Udogie — both sent off against Chelsea — mean three of Spurs’ first-choice back four are unavailable to play at Molineux.
In a welcome piece of good news, Postecoglou confirmed that Ben Davies is “back and available”. The left-back has experience playing at centre-back, though more in a back three than his manager's four-man preference, and starts.
Eric Dier was drafted in off the bench on Monday for his first minutes of the season, and performed admirably given the circumstances, so makes up a patchwork centre-back pairing with Davies. Teenage summer signing Ashley Phillips, who is yet to make his debut, is an option off the bench along with young stars Jamie Donley and Alfie Dorrington.
Confirmed team news
Wolves XI: Sa; Semedo, Kilman, Dawson, Toti Gomes; Lemina, Joao Gomes, Bellegarde; Hwang Hee-chan, Ait-Nouri; Cunha
Subs: Bentley, Doherty, Traore, Silva, Bueno, Kalajdzic, Jonny, Doyle, Sarabia
Tottenham XI: Vicario; Porro, Dier, Davies, Emerson; Sarr, Bissouma, Hojbjerg; Kulusevski, Son, Johnson
Subs: Forester, Dorrington, Phillips, Skipp, Bentancur, Lo Celso, Bryan, Donley, Veliz
Injuries: Maddison, Van de Ven, Perisic, Solomon, Sessegnon, Richarlison
Doubts: None
Suspended: Romero, Udogie
Date and time: 12.30pm GMT on Saturday, November 11, 2023
Venue: Molineux
