The Tottenham XI Igor Tudor must select vs Fulham as two ruthless calls made

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football.london reporters have their stab at picking their Tottenham XIs for Sunday's Premier League trip across the capital to face Fulham at Craven Cottage

The big games keep on coming for Tottenham, who are looking to record their first victory under interim boss Igor Tudor this weekend against Fulham.

Craven Cottage is notoriously a tricky ground for Spurs and they will also be seeking to avenge the dismal 2-1 home defeat they suffered against Marco Silva's side at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium back in November.

The Europa League winners need to start putting points on the board or they will soon be looking nervously over the shoulder towards the drop zone - if they are not already doing so.

Pedro Porro and Kevin Danso have returned to training this week and Tudor has also confirmed Micky van de Ven will be fine to face Fulham despite a minor toe issue.

Striker Dominic Solanke has also trained after recovering from a throat problem which kept him out of the starting XI against Arsenal last weekend.

Here are Alasdair Gold (chief Tottenham reporter) and Ryan Taylor's starting XIs for the trip to west London.

Alasdair Gold - Tottenham Correspondent

Tudor has finally got a couple of players back in training in the shape of Pedro Porro and Kevin Danso, but you have to wonder whether the duo are ready yet to be thrown in from the start in an away game at Fulham. I wonder if we might seem them come off the bench and then start in the big home game against Crystal Palace in midweek.

Dominic Solanke is a must in the starting line-up on Sunday and after Randal Kolo Muani's display under Tudor, following their fruitful time together at Juventus, it makes sense to get both forwards on the pitch at the same time.

In order to get players into their more natural positions for this game, if Porro and Danso cannot start yet, then it might make sense to switch to a back four and get Joao Palhinha back into the midfield against his former club with Archie Gray having more experience as a right-back than as a wing-back.

I'd like to see Souza come in on the left for the balance but for experience Tudor may well stick with Djed Spence in that role. Then it's about which midfielders get the nod in an area of the pitch where there are some options, albeit not too many because some of them will have to play out wide to cover for the absent wingers.

Gold's Tottenham XI vs Fulham: Vicario; Gray, Dragusin, Van de Ven, Spence; Palhinha, Bissouma; Kolo Muani, Gallagher, Xavi; Solanke.

Ryan Taylor

I want to see a slight tactical switch when Spurs travel to Craven Cottage this weekend.

Igor Tudor's hands were slightly tied for the North London Derby but the prospect of pairing Randal Kolo Muani and Dominic Solanke in attack is salivating.

I'd bring Pedro Porro and Kevin Danso straight back in, with Danso, Joao Palhinha and Micky van de Ven making up the back-three.

Porro comes in at right wing-back and I'd pair Conor Gallagher with Pape Matar Sarr in central midfield. Then, here comes the hot take, I'd start Souza at left wing-back over Djed Spence.

My reason is I've become tired of seeing Spurs play with a right-footer on the left side this season and while Souza is inexperienced, he's left-footed which should provide nice balance.

I'd then go with Xavi Simons as the No.10 behind Kolo Muani and Solanke, who could work really nicely together.

This XI may also feel harsh on Archie Gray but I don't see the need to start both him and Conor Gallagher.

Taylor's Tottenham XI vs Fulham: Vicario; Danso, Palhinha, Van de Ven; Porro, Sarr, Gallagher, Souza; Xavi; Kolo Muani, Solanke.