Tottenham Hotspur make the difficult journey to Glasgow this Thursday as they put together to battle Rangers within the Europa League.
Spurs discover themselves on a barren run of 4 video games with out victory, dropping current Premier League outings towards Bournemouth and Chelsea. These outcomes have left Ange Postecoglou’s aspect within the backside half of the desk as stress begins to construct on the previous Celtic supervisor in north London.
One mitigating issue for current disappointment is Tottenham’s defensive harm disaster. Spurs discover themselves quick within the centre of their backline and should need to discipline a lesser-seen mixture for Thursday’s journey to Scotland.
Right here is how Spurs might line up towards Rangers.
GK: Fraser Forster – The skilled goalkeeper wasn’t helped by his error-prone defence on Sunday as he shipped 4. Issues are unlikely to be way more cohesive in entrance of him on Thursday.
RB: Pedro Porro – Porro was given a tough afternoon by Jadon Sancho on the weekend and shall be relieved to keep away from gamers of the Englishman’s high quality on Thursday. Nonetheless, he may very well be made to work exhausting by the likes of Nedim Bajrami and the in-form Hamza Igamane.
CB: Radu Dragusin – It is truthful to say the absence of Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven in current weeks has uncovered Dragusin’s deficiencies. With each of the traditional centre-back pairing struggling setbacks on their returns on the weekend, the Romanian should begin once more at Ibrox.
CB: Archie Grey – With Ben Davies additionally amongst Tottenham’s ever-growing harm checklist, the versatile Grey could also be requested to step in. The younger summer time recruit has usually carried out nicely when referred to as upon this time period.
LB: Djed Spence – Future Udogie might do with a relaxation following a busy spell within the beginning lineup and the seldom noticed Spence may very well be handed a run out because of this. He has made simply 5 appearances this time period.
CM: James Maddison – Postecoglou has discovered it tough to facilitate each Maddison and the spectacular Dejan Kulusevski in the identical XI this season. Maddison began on the bench on the weekend, which means he ought to get the nod towards Rangers.
CM: Rodrigo Bentancur – The midfielder remains to be suspended in home fixtures however is on the market within the Europa League. He would be the deepest member of Spurs’ midfield at Ibrox and has enormous accountability when protecting a weakened defence.
CM: Lucas Bergvall – The younger Swede has been nearly totally restricted to cameos from the bench this marketing campaign however has made the odd begin within the Europa League. The 18-year-old has proven glimpses of his high quality.
RW: Timo Werner – With Brennan Johnson withdrawn resulting from sickness on the weekend and Wilson Odobert among the many injured troops, Werner may very well be tasked with beginning on the right-hand aspect towards Rangers.
ST: Dominic Solanke – Will Lankshear has sometimes obtained the nod forward of Solanke in Europe however Richarlison’s harm means there is no such thing as a senior substitute for the summer time signing. He scored a primary objective in a month towards former employers Chelsea on the weekend.
LW: Son Heung-min – Son has an underwhelming file towards Chelsea for a ahead of his high quality and consistency however he did add to his tally towards the Blues in stoppage-time on Sunday. We’re but to see him absolutely hit his stride this season.
