Tottenham Hotspur will clash heads with Brighton on Sunday evening, hoping to pick up a win in the fourth round of the FA Cup competition. The Seagulls will be heading into the contest on the back of a 1-1 draw with Leicester City, whereas the Lilywhites recorded a disappointing 2-0 loss to Chelsea on January 23.
Team News
Cristian Romero, Heung-Min Son, Rodrigo Bentancur and Dejan Kulusevski are all available for Sunday, but the new arrivals might not make the starting eleven straightaway.
The two players are fit and, for this reason, tomorrow, they are available, for sure. To start the game, I think is not right, because they need to work with the team for a period. These two players can help us a lot.” – Antonio Conte revealed.
Japhet Tanganga and Oliver Skipp remain sidelined with injuries.
“Only these two players are unavailable, the rest are available,”
“For sure, Cristian could be a new signing for us! With me, he’s only played two games. It’s important to have a player with his potential available now.
“Sonny is okay, and now we have three games in a few days, it will be very important to give him the right minutes to play, but Sonny is another player that, you know very well, is very important for us. He can move the balance during a game. I’m very happy to have him available again.”
The Italian tactician will probably opt for the 4-3-3 formation with a couple of tweaks from the last game as Son Heung-min looks likely to make his way back into the starting eleven.
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3-4-3 Tottenham Hotspur Predicted Lineup Vs Brighton
Defence
Pierluigi Gollini will operate between the sticks for the upcoming fixture. The Italian shot-stopper will hope to put up a strong performance and secure a clean sheet on Sunday.
Cristian Romero will form the centre-half partnership with Eric Dier, Ben Davies at the heart of Spurs’ backline.
Sergio Reguilon is a guaranteed starter at the left-back position, whereas Emerson Royal will fill in on the other flank as the right-back. The full-backs will be expected to stay compact and keep their shape defensively.
Midfield
Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg might start in the holding midfield position and could be assigned with more of a defensive role to shield the home side’s back-four.
Harry Winks will slot into the central midfield role, determined to set up some clear-cut goal scoring chances for the front men.
Attack
Son Heung-min and Lucas Moura will take up the wide positions, playing on the left and right-wing, respectively.
Harry Kane will lead the line for Tottenham Hotspur this weekend. The England international will be hoping to get his name on the scoresheet when he faces off against the Brighton defence that has conceded six goals in their last five matches across all competitions.
Steven Bergwijn could come off the bench to make a cameo appearance in the second forty-five minutes of the match if needed.
