View: Tottenham predicted XI v Brighton – No changes expected for North London showdown
Cristian Stellini is unlikely to make any changes to the Tottenham starting line-up for Saturday’s clash against Brighton in North London.
Spurs will be aiming to bounce back from consecutive draws and win for just a second time in five Premier League games when they play in-form Brighton at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on 8 April.
But due to injuries and suspension limiting Stellini’s options, it’s likely that the interim manager will name an unchanged side from the one that started the 1-1 draw at Everton on Monday (3 April).
It means that Hugo Lloris is predicted to start in goals behind a back-three of Cristian Romero, Eric Dier and Clemet Lenglet.
Pedro Porro and Ivan Perisic are likely to start respectively in the right and left wing-back positions with Ben Davies, Emerson Royal and Ryan Sessegnon still out injured.
Oliver Skipp and Pierre-Emile Hojberg are then expected to start in the central roles.
Lucas Moura is suspended after his red card at Goodison Park so the attack is expected to be unchanged with Dejan Kulusevski and Heung-min Son playing behind the main man Harry Kane.
According to the London Evening Standard, Davies, Emerson, Sessegnon, Yves Bissouma, Rodrigo Bentancur and Richarlison are all injured for the game.
It is understood that Arnaut Danjuma is more likely to get minutes from the bench, which means he’ll have to keep waiting for his first Tottenham start.
In other Tottenham news, Lucas had his season-worst display against Everton on Monday.