Tottenham Hotspur will entertain Fulham at the Wembley Stadium this weekend looking to earn a victory on their opening home game of the season. Spurs managed to fight hard and come away with all three points from their last league outing against Newcastle United and so they would go into this encounter full of confidence.
The Cottagers had a disappointing start to their campaign when they lost 2-0 at home to Crystal Palace on Saturday. Slaviša Jokanović’s side will now look to cause a major upset in the upcoming gameweek, but it won’t be easy against one of the Premier League’s heavyweights.
The recent history of this fixture makes for grim reading for the away side as they have not tasted victory in any of their past three meetings with the North Londoners. Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino is expected to stick with his favoured 4-2-3-1 formation and might hand Kieran Tripper his first league start of the season.
4-2-3-1 Tottenham Hotspur Predicted Lineup To Face Fulham
Defence
Hugo Lloris will start in between the sticks for Spurs once again following his impressive display away at Newcastle United last weekend. The centre-half pairing should consist of Davinson Sanchez and Jan Vertonghen. Ben Davies could get the nod just ahead of Danny Rose to take up the left-back responsibilities while Kieran Tripper makes his season debut on the right side of the backline. Mauricio Pochettino would be without the services of Juan Foyth who remain sidelined because of injury.
The Tottenham defence requires to keep things tight at the back if they are to stop the Cottagers from scoring this weekend. They are likely to come up against an attacking trio of Ryan Sessegnon, Aleksander Mitrovic, and Andre Schürrle, so it won’t be an easy feat to keep a shut-out on the day.
Midfield
The defensive pair of Eric Dier and Moussa Sissoko could be unleashed in the middle of the park as the holding midfielders. The trio of Lucas Moura, Christian Eriksen and Dele Alli will play just ahead of them in the opposition half, looking to create some opportunities for Harry Kane.
The South Korean international Heung-min Son won’t be available for this clash due to his Asian Games commitments for his country.
Attack
Harry Kane is expected to spearhead Pochettino’s attack on Saturday. He will be looking to get the monkey off his back by scoring a league goal in August. The Tottenham faithful would hope that their star forward can find the back of the net to make the difference at Wembley on Saturday.
