The Tottenham team Postecoglou must pick vs Ipswich

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Tottenham have the opportunity to build up some real momentum in the Premier League by making it three wins on the spin this weekend. After getting the better of Brentford and Manchester United in their last two league fixtures, Ange Postecoglou's side travel to Ipswich Town on Saturday afternoon.

The sides last met at the beginning of November, with the Tractor Boys registering their first win of the Premier League season after claiming a 2-1 victory in the capital. Spurs will be looking to right the wrongs of that game and hopefully close the seven-point gap between themselves and Brighton & Hove Albion in tenth at present.

As the fixtures will start to ramp up again for Spurs from next week onwards with Manchester City to come on Wednesday evening, Postecoglou could use Saturday's game in Suffolk as an opportunity to rotate his team. So who should the Australian name in his starting XI? Our football.london Spurs writers have had their say below.

Alasdair Gold - Tottenham Hotspur correspondent

Much will depend on how much Ange Postecoglou will want to rotate with Wednesday night's match against Manchester City in mind. The Australian could well have wanted to keep a winning team to get that momentum building but will also be aware that some of the previously injured players need minutes to get sharper and others need rests to help them steer clear of new injuries.

Pedro Porro, Dejan Kulusevski and Son Heung-min top the charts for minutes played and some of them might be handed an extended rest since the United match but the lack of attacking options might prevent both Son and Kulusevski getting a rest on the same night.

There are also plenty of full-back options now with Destiny Udogie fit and the midfield has plenty of combinations for Postecoglou to choose from.

Gold's team: Vicario; Spence, Danso, Davies, Udogie; Sarr, Bentancur, Maddison; Johnson, Tel, Son.

Rob Guest - Football writer

Ange Postecoglou has the chance to freshen up his Tottenham team but he won't want to fall into the trap of making too many changes and lose momentum in the process. He will want to ensure some of his returning players see their pitch time and fitness levels increase, though.

At the back, Guglielmo Vicario stays in goal but there could be a couple of alterations in defence. As Destiny Udogie needs minutes and Pedro Porro would benefit from a rest, the Italian starts and Djed Spence moves over to right-back.

Archie Gray may get the nod at centre-back if Kevin Danso is unable to play after picking up a knock last Sunday against Manchester United, although the Austrian has had a week to fully recover from the issue. Yves Bissouma and Pape Matar Sarr could both come into the team in midfield, thus seeing Rodrigo Bentancur and Lucas Bergvall drop down to the bench in the process.

Brennan Johnson should be in a position to start but the game may come too soon for Wilson Odobert to play from the off given the amount of time he has spent in the treatment room this campaign. Dejan Kulusevski and Son Heung-min are another two who could do with having a breather, although it will probably only be one of the duo who does that as Postecoglou won't want to take any chances at Portman Road.

Guest's team: Vicario; Spence, Danso, Davies, Udogie; Bissouma, Sarr, Maddison; Kulusevski, Tel, Johnson.

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