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Tottenham predicted XI vs Everton: Marmoush in positional switch as De Zerbi makes three changes

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11 Sep 2026, 7:10 am

Tottenham Hotspur are still searching for a first win of the Premier League season.

Moreover, Roberto De Zerbi's side are still looking for a first goal.

Last week saw Spurs at least get off the mark in the top flight, as they played out a goalless draw at Nottingham Forest.

But the Italian will be under no illusions as he searches to find a winning formula in North London.

He will hope that starts against Everton on Saturday, a team Spurs defeated 1-0 on the final game of last season to ensure they retained their top-flight status.

Here, Tottenham News is predicting De Zerbi to make three changes to his starting line-up for the clash with Everton.

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Right now, it feels unlikely De Zerbi would change out his goalkeeper, meaning Antonin Kinsky will keep the gloves over Martin Dubravka.

Pedro Porro returned to right-back at Forest, and even though Archie Gray is a big favourite of De Zerbi's the Spain World Cup winner likely retains his spot.

Jan Paul van Hecke and Micky van de Ven won 14 duels between them against Forest, and De Zerbi is unlikely to split up the Dutch pair for this one.

At left-back, though, Destiny Udogie could drop out for Andrew Robertson. He had an 86 per cent pass success rate in the opposition half but had zero key passes and zero crosses, with De Zerbi wanting much more from his full-backs.

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Mathys Tel to be axed as Marmoush has a new position

De Zerbi might consider some changes further up the park, but right now Rodrigo Bentancur and Sandro Tonali is a central midfield pairing he could persist with.

Savio had one key pass and one big-chance created against Forest, and it feels likely he continues on the right flank.

However, Conor Gallagher had an expected assists of just 0.06 against Forest, and De Zerbi might fancy putting Mateus Fernandes into the attacking midfielder role for this one.

Over on the left, Mathys Tel continues to struggle. He failed to have a shot and had an expected assists of 0.05 in the Forest game.

With Mykhailo Mudryk set to miss out through injury, one option for De Zerbi could be to move Omar Marmoush from a central striker role to take Tel's place on the left.

That could see Dominic Solanke come into the fold up front, and offer a better central point for Tottenham as they seek a formula to score goals.

Tottenham predicted XI vs Everton: Kinsky; Porro, Van Hecke, Van de Ven, Robertson; Bentancur, Tonali; Savio, Fernandes, Marmoush; Solanke

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