Here's the Tottenham team that we reckon Thomas Frank will choose to face Bournemouth in the Premier League on Wednesday evening
Tottenham will be hoping to return to winning ways as they travel to Bournemouth on Wednesday in the Premier League.
Spurs are unbeaten in their past three matches as they took all three points at Crystal Palace before disappointing stalemates against Brentford and Sunderland. The first of the two draws was a drab derby while the second featured a more positive first half from Thomas Frank's side before their threw away two points at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Now 13th-placed Tottenham are hosted by Bournemouth, who appear likely to have Antoine Semenyo in their team for the final time before his expected move to Manchester City.
With three games in six days, Frank needs fresh legs and while Mohammed Kudus will miss out, the Spurs head coach will have Xavi Simons back from his three-game suspension to provide some playmaker ability in the number 10 role.
The Dane could choose to add completely fresh legs into his central midfield with Archie Gray and Rodrigo Bentancur having played a lot of football. He may decide to give either or both of Joao Palhinha and Lucas Bergvall a start in the engine room.
Djed Spence will return to the team and Frank must decide whether to play Pedro Porro again or if Ben Davies is fit enough to play twice within such a short space of time after so long out with Spence on the right. Destiny Udogie is also closing in on a return from injury with Frank saying he was back training with the team but it might be a risk to throw him straight back into the starting line-up.
With options limited in the attacking slots, one player will be left out of those fit, or two if the Dane does not go with Bergvall as the 10 and Xavi out on the left. That could be Mathys Tel, Wilson Odobert, Randal Kolo Muani, or Richarlison as there also has to be a point when the Brazilian gets a rest after his injury problems of previous seasons.
Here's the team we reckon Frank might go for.