{"id":649891,"date":"2024-12-28T07:38:06","date_gmt":"2024-12-28T12:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=649891"},"modified":"2024-12-28T07:48:29","modified_gmt":"2024-12-28T12:48:29","slug":"tottenham-hotspur-predicted-lineup-wolves-dec-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/12\/28\/tottenham-hotspur-predicted-lineup-wolves-dec-29\/","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham Hotspur Predicted Lineup vs. Wolves for Dec. 29"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spurs cannot lick their wounds from a difficult Christmas period when they face Wolves at 3:00 on December 29. An extensive injury list hasn’t helped Ange Postecoglou’s side but they will still be disappointed with their performances during defeats to Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. Here is our Tottenham Hotspur predicted lineup for a must-win game for both sides.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tottenham Hotspur Predicted Lineup Vs Wolves For Dec. 29<\/span><\/h2>\n

How Tottenham Have Lined Up Recently<\/span><\/h3>\n

Fraser Forster continues to fill in for\u00a0<\/span>Guglielmo Vicario<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and had a much quieter game against Forest. The 36-year-old only made two saves and was much better with the ball at his feet, completing 17 of his 18 attempted passes. Tottenham will be forced into changes at the back. Djed Spence was sent off in the 94th minute when he earned his second yellow card and Radu Dragusin went off in the 87th minute with a sore ankle.<\/span><\/p>\n

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This led to defensive midfielder Yves Bissouma coming on as a centre-back. It remains to be seen whether Postecoglou trusts the Mali international to start a game there or instead turns to youngster Alfie Dorrington.\u00a0<\/span>Rodrigo Bentancur<\/span><\/a>returned from suspension but only lasted 64\u00a0 minutes before being replaced by Lucas Bergvall. Pape Matar Sarr kept his place and won all four ground duels.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the attack, Brennan Johnson replaced James Maddison in the starting lineup. Dominic Solanke was wasteful in possession, losing the ball 19 times. Heung-min Son showed improvement from the Liverpool game but still didn’t hit the heights of his Southampton display.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Boxing Day’s defeat was only the fourth time Tottenham failed to score in a game this season. Spurs had 70% of possession but could only create one big chance. They were wasteful with the ball, with Dejan Kulusevski losing possession 27 times over the course of the game. Postecoglou loves to play a fast and fearless attacking style but that only works if his players are tidy in attacking situations.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Against Forest, Kulusevski operated almost alongside Dominic Solanke and Tottenham’s wingers were their most advanced players. This left Tottenham’s back four, already missing Micky van de Ven and Cristian Romero, exposed. Postecoglou has been stubborn when asked questions about his style in recent weeks. However, giving his inexperienced backline a little more help could go a long way to helping turn their season around.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Radu Dragusin<\/span><\/a>\u00a0could still feature against Wolves – with Tottenham waiting to see how he responds to treatment for an ankle injury. The Romanian international’s absence would force Spurs into further defensive changes after Spence’s late red card against Forest.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Postecoglou is already without Vicario (ankle), Richarlison (thigh), Ben Davies (thigh), Wilson Odobert (thigh), Romero (thigh), and Van de Ven (thigh) for the important clash.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tottenham Hotspur Predicted Lineup Vs Wolves<\/span><\/h3>\n

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

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

CB: Yves Bissouma<\/span><\/p>\n

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

LB: Destiny Udogie<\/span><\/p>\n

CM: Rodrigo Bentancur<\/span><\/p>\n

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

AM: James Maddison<\/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":"

Spurs cannot lick their wounds from a difficult Christmas period when they face Wolves at 3:00 on December 29. An extensive injury list hasn’t helped Ange Postecoglou’s side but they will still be disappointed with their performances during defeats to Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. Here is our Tottenham Hotspur predicted lineup for a must-win game […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5054,"featured_media":648548,"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":[24,3],"tags":[9391],"class_list":["post-649891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tottenham","category-premier-league","tag-tottenham-hotspur-predicted-lineup"],"modified_by":"Ricky Carroll, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649891","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=649891"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":649951,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649891\/revisions\/649951"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/648548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=649891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=649891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=649891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}