{"id":649565,"date":"2024-12-15T06:17:45","date_gmt":"2024-12-15T11:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=649565"},"modified":"2024-12-15T06:17:45","modified_gmt":"2024-12-15T11:17:45","slug":"tottenham-predicted-lineup-southampton-dec-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/12\/15\/tottenham-predicted-lineup-southampton-dec-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham Predicted Lineup vs. Southampton For Dec. 15: Injury Crisis Worsens"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tottenham Hotspur looks to return to winning ways when they play Southampton at 7 pm on December 15. Ange Postecoglou is going through his toughest spell in London with his side’s current fitness problems doing him no favours. Here is your Tottenham predicted lineup for an important Premier League clash.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tottenham Predicted Lineup vs. \u00a0Southampton<\/span><\/h2>\n

How Tottenham have lined up recently\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Unlike rivals Chelsea, who have a different squad for the Premier League and Europa Conference League, Tottenham\u2019s poor squad depth does not allow them to rotate that heavily for European competitions. Fraser Forster continues to impress as Spurs\u2019 temporary number 1 and made some standout saves against Rangers.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In defence, Tottenham are struggling with several injuries and players needing rest. Full-back\u2019s Destiny Udogie and Pedro Porro both looked tired against Rangers and Djed Spence, who is not registered for the Europa League, may finally get a chance to start. The versatile Archie Gray is currently filling in as a centre-back and will look to improve his partnership with Radu Dragusin for the trip to Southampton.<\/span><\/p>\n

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With Yves Bissouma and\u00a0<\/span>Rodrigo Bentancur suspended<\/span><\/a>, Pape Matar Sarr will be the deepest midfielder. This will allow James Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski to play alongside each other in a very attacking midfield. Postecoglou may also turn to Lucas Bergvall, who hasn\u2019t started since a 3-2 loss to Galatasary in November.<\/span><\/p>\n

In attack,\u00a0\u00a0Postecoglou was furious, with Timo Werner\u2019s unacceptable first-half performance against Rangers. The winger completed just 69% of his passes and failed all attempted dribbles. Brennan Johnson was also withdrawn early on against Rangers after struggling to impact the game. Dominic Solanke should return upfront meaning Heung-min Son can return to the left wing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tottenham’s Recent Form and Tactics<\/span><\/h3>\n

Tottenham haven’t won since a 4-0 thrashing of Manchester City on November 23. This was the last game that\u00a0<\/span>Guglielmo Vicario<\/span><\/a>\u00a0played before he was forced to have surgery on a broken ankle. Forster has played well in the Italian’s absence but Spurs have struggled massively defensively, conceding nine goals in five matches.<\/span><\/p>\n

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This has led to calls for Postecoglou to adapt his high-risk style while his goalkeeper and first-choice centre-backs, Micky van de Ven and Cristian Romero, are out injured. It is expected the stubborn 59-year-old will stick to his principles, with his attacking 4-3-3 system. Dejan Kulusevski’s goal against Rangers was his second in as many matches. Spurs will need their Swedish star to continue his good form if they are going to return to winning ways.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tottenham Injuries and Suspensions To Consider<\/span><\/h3>\n

Tottenham <\/span>are experiencing their<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>‘worst ever’<\/span><\/a>\u00a0injury crisis. The club <\/span>have<\/span> launched a review of its medical department to try and find the cause of these sudden season-ruining injuries. The crisis has completely destroyed Postecoglou’s squad depth and <\/span>has<\/span> seen them fall down the Premier League and Europa League tables.<\/span><\/p>\n

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After returning against Chelsea, Romero and Van de Ven suffered new injuries and will likely be out until around the new year. Bissouma and Bentancur are both suspended, further weakening Spurs’ options. Vicario (ankle), Richarlison (thigh), Ben Davies (Thigh), Wilson Oderbert (thigh), and Mikey Moore (illness) are all out for the trip to Southampton.<\/span><\/p>\n

Spurs Predicted Lineup Vs Southampton<\/span><\/h3>\n

GK: Fraser Forster<\/span><\/p>\n

RB: Pedro Porro<\/span><\/p>\n

CB: Radu Dragusin<\/span><\/p>\n

CB: Archie Gray<\/span><\/p>\n

LB: Djed Spence<\/span><\/p>\n

DM: Pape Matar Sarr<\/span><\/p>\n

MF James Maddison<\/span><\/p>\n

MF: Dejan Kulusevski<\/span><\/p>\n

RW: Brennan Johnson<\/span><\/p>\n

ST: Dominic Solanke<\/span><\/p>\n

LW: Heung-min Son<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tottenham Hotspur looks to return to winning ways when they play Southampton at 7 pm on December 15. Ange Postecoglou is going through his toughest spell in London with his side’s current fitness problems doing him no favours. Here is your Tottenham predicted lineup for an important Premier League clash. Tottenham Predicted Lineup vs. \u00a0Southampton […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5054,"featured_media":633963,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1831,24],"tags":[9391],"class_list":["post-649565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-starting-line-up","category-tottenham","tag-tottenham-hotspur-predicted-lineup"],"modified_by":"Ricky Carroll, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5054"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=649565"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":649578,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649565\/revisions\/649578"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/633963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=649565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=649565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=649565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}