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WOLVES 1-1 SPURS
Saiss Ndombele
Saiss Ndombele
Spurs: Lloris (C), Doherty, Sanchez, Dier, Davies, Reguilon (Bergwijn), Hojbjerg, Winks, Ndombele (Sissoko), Son (Lamela), Kane.
Subs: Hart, Alderweireld, Rodon, Tanganga, Aurier, Dele.
Wolves: Patricio, Semedo, Coady (c), Saiss, Marcal, Neves, Moutinho, Neto, Podence, Traore, Silva.
Subs: Ruddy, Hoever, Ait-Nouri, Vitinha, Perry, Cundle, Kilman, Otasowie, Corbeanu.
Official Site Match Centre
Jose Mourinho makes three changes to the team that started against Stoke in the quarter-final of the Carabao Cup on Wednesday night. Sergio Reguilon, Tanguy Mdombele and Heung-Min Son come back in for Dele, Gareth Bale and Lucas. Japhet Tanganga is back on the bench after recovering from injury.
REFEREE: ----------- Paul Tierney ???????
TEAM FORM: ------ Wolves - WLLWL ------ Spurs - WDLLW ----- (All competitions)
We will be looking to bounce back from successive Premier League defeats when we continue our 2020-21 campaign away to Wolves on Sunday night. We have lost our last two in the league to Liverpool and Leicester City, which has seen us drop down into sixth position in the table, while Wolves currently occupy 11th position.
Consistency has been a real problem for Wolves this season, with the team winning six but also losing six of their 14 matches, and a total of 20 points from 14 matches has left them in 11th spot in the table. They have actually lost three of their last four in the Premier League, including a disappointing 2-1 away to Burnley on Monday night. But Wolves did beat Chelsea 2-1 in their last game at Molineux, though, and are certainly capable of overcoming the best sides in the division despite struggling to perform on a week-to-week basis. The 2017-18 Championship winners, who finished seventh in the top flight last season, will have had Europa League ambitions again this term, but it remains to be seen whether they are capable of holding down a spot high up the table in the coming months. Wolves will follow this match with a trip to an in-form Manchester United on December 29 and could find themselves slipping further down the division if they suffer two disappointing results.
We, meanwhile, managed to book our spot in the semi-finals of the EFL Cup on Wednesday night courtesy of a 3-1 victory away to Championship side Stoke City. We were mentioned as possible title contenders earlier this season, but we are without a win in their last three league matches, drawing with Palace before losing to Liverpool and Leicester. We have slipped down into sixth position in the table, six points behind leaders Liverpool, although a win against Wolves would set us up nicely leading into back-to-back home games with Fulham and Leeds United on December 30 and January 2 respectively.
Wolves have actually won two of the last three Premier League meetings between us, but we have been victorious on each of their last three visits to Molineux. Our away form this season has been strong, winning four of our seven matches, suffering just one defeat in the process, and we will be eyeing our eighth league win of the season.
Wolves will again be without the services of Raul Jiminez and Jonny through injury, while Leander Dendonker is unlikely to be available for selection. Nuno is expected to make changes from the side that started against Burnley on Monday night, with Willy Boly potentially coming in for Max Kilman at the back, while Fabio Silva could replace Owen Otasowie in attack. Adama Traore could again be on the bench for the home side, though, with Daniel Podence, Pedro Neto and Silva likely to feature as the front three, with Joao Moutinho and Ruben neves both lining up in midfield.
As for us, Tanganga is definitely out with a shoulder problem, while Lo Celso will also be unavailable due to the thigh issue that he picked up against Leicester. Bale has also emerged as a doubt, having suffered a calf injury in the first half of the clash with Stoke, but the Wales international is unlikely to start even if he is available for selection. There are not expected to be any surprises in our eleven, with Kane, Son and Bergwijn likely to feature in the attacking positions, while Ndombele should also be in the team.
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