Here the Tottenham Hotspur team that Roberto De Zerbi has chosen to face Coventry City in the Premier League on Monday night
Tottenham Hotspur boss Roberto De Zerbi has named his team to take on Coventry City on Monday night.
Spurs need to register their first Premier League victory of the season but must overcome their dreadful home form in a repeat of the 1987 FA Cup final. Frank Lampard's Coventry team have been in good form in recent weeks and will hold no fear for their trip to north London.
Roberto De Zerbi, fresh from a four-night team bonding trip in Marbella, is without the suspended Rodrigo Bentancur as well as the injured Savio and Lucas Bergvall.
There is a first start in 17 months for James Maddison while Tosin Adarabioyo makes his full debut for the north London club in defence, at right-back with Archie Gray moving into his favoured midfield position.
There is a place on the bench for Dejan Kulusevski, 526 days on from the Swede suffering a complicated knee injury two seasons ago.
Mateus Fernandes, who became a father for the first time this week, is also on the bench with Conor Gallagher. Savio's absence also means 18-year-old Luca Williams-Barnett in on the bench finally and could potentially make his Premier League debut, while Callum Olusesi is also on the bench.
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De Zerbi told football.london that World Cup winner Pedro Porro could be back for Saturday's match at Chelsea while Mykhailo Mudryk, Xavi Simons and Wilson Odobert remain out, while Richarlison is not registered for the Premier League.
There is no Destiny Udogie in the squad with De Zerbi saying before the match: "Destiny Udogie played 70 minutes and he suffered a problem in his knee and we didn't take a risk."
Here's the Tottenham team De Zerbi has selected: