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Early Tottenham XI vs Wolves… £19m man dropped and 27-year-old for starts for the first time this year
Tottenham Hotspur will be bidding to pick up consecutive home wins in the Premier League when they host Wolves on Saturday.
Ange Postecoglou’s men picked up a narrow 2-1 win over Brighton in north London over the weekend. Brennan Johnson’s late winner ensures that Spurs will head into the weekend in fourth place, one point above Aston Villa.
But Postecoglou will be looking for an improved performance after he publicly admitted he was disappointed with Saturday’s display, particularly the first half.
One man who struggled in the opening 45 minutes was Rodrigo Bentancur, who was eventually replaced by Yves Bissouma just after the hour mark.
And in our view, Bissouma could be in line to come back into the starting XI for the first time this year against Wolves.
Tottenham predicted XI vs Wolves
We’d be surprised to see any changes between the sticks and in defence, barring any injuries.
Destiny Udogie was unable to continue against Brighton and Postecoglou admitted he was ‘’ if it was cramp. But there is hope that Udogie will be fine for Saturday.
As for the midfield, it just hasn’t clicked for Spurs in the middle of the park in recent weeks.
Postecoglou’s men have struggled to control games and the midfield was underwhelming in the first half against Brighton.
Bentancur struggled on the day as he gave the ball away in dangerous areas on a few occasions, with one leading to the penalty incident. It wouldn’t be a surprise to see the man drop to the bench against Wolves, with Bissouma replacing him.
The 27-year-old has recently returned from AFCON 2024 and is yet to start a game for Spurs this year.
The midfield three of Bissouma, Pape Matar Sarr and James Maddison worked brilliantly for Spurs earlier in the season.
As for the front three, you’d expect Heung-min Son to return to the starting XI.
Timo Werner has enjoyed a fairly encouraging start to life at Spurs. But he may drop to the bench for Tottenham’s skipper, with Richarlison and Dejan Kulusevski keeping their places in the side.
Here is our predicted Tottenham XI for the clash against Wolves in full.
