Spurs will be looking to keep up their unbeaten streak in the Premier League when they travel to Dean Court on Saturday taking on Eddie Howe’s Bournemouth. The Lilywhites are on the back of two consecutive draws. West Brom, last weekend in the Premier League, almost ended Spurs’ unbeaten streak but Dele Alli’s late strike cancelled out former Spurs midfielder Nacer Chadli’s opener, managing to keep their streak intact.
In the midweek, Spurs travelled all the way to Germany on Tuesday to take on mighty Bayer Leverkusen at BayArena. The game ended goalless as Hugo Lloris was the hero for Spurs under the bar with his heroics. Bournemouth will be high on motivation after their emphatic 6-1 win over Hull City last weekend. Eddie Howe’s boys were on song in that game as Hull had no answer to the Cherries excellence in front of the goal. Spurs need to take a cautious approach against Bournemouth as they could easily add woes to them.
Team news
Bournemouth
Harry Arter is a major doubt for the game after picking up a knock against Hull City. Brad Smith (foot) and Lewis Cook (ankle) will not feature but Max Gradel should be fit to play after recovering from a hamstring problem.
Spurs
Danny Rose will sit out with a foot injury. Harry Kane and Toby Alderweireld are still out as they recover from ankle and leg injuries respectively while Kyle Walker will be all fresh for a start after getting rested in the midweek.
Predicted lineups
Bournemouth (4-1-4-1): Boruc; Smith, Francis, Cook, Daniels; Surman; Stanislas, Gosling, Wilshere, Ibe; Wilson
Tottenham XI (4-1-4-1): Lloris; Walker, Dier, Vertonghen, Rose; Wanyama; Sissoko, Eriksen, Alli, Lamela; Son
Key players
Bournemouth- Jack Wilshere
Jack Wilshere is undoubtedly a gifted player but his career has always been cursed by successive and unfortunate injuries. It’s will be harsh to say that a 24-year-old player is in his last-chance saloon but it is a fact and he has to make the best use of his loan spell to Bournemouth. A lifelong Gooner, Wilshere will add an extra spice against Spurs and we have to wait and watch how he fares.
Spurs- Heung-Min Son
The South Korean international is in the form of his life right now having scored five goals in 8 games this season. The 24-year-old is likely to spearhead Spurs’ attack against Bournemouth with Kane injured and Janssen struggling for form. Bournemouth are not the best side defensively and he can make full use of it.
Odds
Bournemouth win: 3/1
Draw: 13/5
Tottenham win: 51/50
