Projected Tottenham Line-Up (4-3-3)
\nGK: Vicario
\nDefence: Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Spence
\nMidfield: Bentancur, Palhinha, Xavi
\nAttack: Kudus, Kolo Muani, Johnson<\/p>\n
Spurs team updates and selection considerations<\/p>\n
Romero Returns: Captain Cristian Romero is available again after suspension and is expected to slot straight back into the defence.<\/p>\n
Spence Back in: Djed Spence is also anticipated to reclaim his place at full-back.<\/p>\n
Midfield\/Attack Shuffle: Xavi Simons, the \u00a351m summer arrival, has been benched for the past three games but is in line for a recall. Thomas Frank could deploy him either in midfield with Joao Palhinha and Rodrigo Bentancur to add more bite, or on the left wing.<\/p>\n
Attacking Options: Brennan Johnson, last season\u2019s top scorer, has seen limited action recently but could be restored to the starting XI. Wilson Odobert is another option as the fixtures pile up.<\/p>\n
Current Form: Spurs urgently need to turn results around, with only three wins from their last 13 outings and 13 goals conceded across their previous four matches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Projected Tottenham Line-Up (4-3-3) GK: Vicario Defence: Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Spence Midfield: Bentancur, Palhinha, Xavi Attack: Kudus, Kolo Muani, Johnson Spurs team updates and selection considerations Romero Returns: Captain Cristian Romero is available again after suspension and is expected to slot straight back into the defence. Spence Back in: Djed Spence is also …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":56000,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0_Thomas-Frank.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55998"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56002,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55998\/revisions\/56002"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/56000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}