Tottenham Hotspur will be looking to climb into fourth place in the Premier League if they can pick up a victory against Nottingham Forest on Sunday evening.
Spurs will welcome Nuno Espirito Santo back to the club for the first time since his departure in 2021. The Portuguese was at the helm for just a handful of months before being replaced by Antonio Conte and he will return to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium with a Forest team that is unbeaten in its past three matches and has proved difficult to get past for most of their opponents since his arrival.
Tottenham gained a point in their midweek derby at West Ham and Ange Postecoglou will be looking for them to return to winning ways on Sunday. A victory would take them to 60 points which is the same tally they finished on last season, but this time with another seven matches still to be played. A win would lead them back into fourth place on goal difference with a game in hand after Aston Villa’s 3-3 draw at home against Brentford.
Micky van de Ven is likely to keep his place in the backline against Forest, but the Spurs boss could bring Pape Matar Sarr back into the team at the expense of Rodrigo Bentancur. Postecoglou called Yves Bissouma’s display “outstanding” at the London Stadium so he is unlikely to come out of the team.
Other key choices lie up front and whether Postecoglou sticks with the front three of Timo Werner, Son Heung-min and Brennan Johnson with the former and latter combining for the early goal but the whole attack struggling to find a way through afterwards. Richarlison is out with his knee problem but Dejan Kulusevski might be an option to come back into the team.
Postecoglou has said that Manor Solomon, Ryan Sessegnon and Fraser Forster are “unlikely to be involved again this season”.
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