{"id":652531,"date":"2025-03-08T11:40:43","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T16:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=652531"},"modified":"2025-03-08T11:40:43","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T16:40:43","slug":"tottenham-hotspur-predicted-lineup-vs-bournemouth-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/03\/08\/tottenham-hotspur-predicted-lineup-vs-bournemouth-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham Hotspur Predicted Lineup Vs Bournemouth For March 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Spurs look to respond to two disappointing defeats when they welcome Bournemouth to London at 2 pm on March 9. Ange Postecoglou&#8217;s side looked toothless against AZ Alkmaar in the first leg of their Europa League R9und of 16 clash. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Here is our<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> Tottenham Hotspur predicted lineup as The Lilywhites look for revenge against The Cherries.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Tottenham Hotspur Predicted Lineup Vs Bournemouth For March 9<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">How Tottenham Hotspur Have Lined Up Recently<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Tottenham <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">have Guglielmo Vicario to thank for the scoreline<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> against AZ Alkmaar, which is still\u00a0reversible in the second leg. The Italian goalkeeper made three saves from close range as the hosts exploited holes in the Spurs&#8217; defence.<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Kevin Danso was impressive, winning all six of his aerial duels. He should receive <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">some<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> more senior help at the heart of Spurs&#8217;s defence with Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven returning to the bench against AZ. Destiny Udogie and Djed Spence were the chosen full-backs in midweek as Postecoglou continues to rotate between the pair and Pedro Porro.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Read More:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/02\/03\/crystal-palace-reject-tottenham-hotspur-bid\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Crystal Palace Reject Tottenham Hotspur Bid for England International<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">19-year-old Lucas Bergvall&#8217;s unfortunate own goal shouldn&#8217;t over shadow the improvement the midfielder has made throughout the season. He&#8217;s been keeping more senior midfielders Yves Bissouma and Pepe Matar Sarr on the bench. However, The Lilywhites midfield still looked like it could use a bit more physicality and changes may come against Bournemouth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">After going scoreless in their last two matches, they need some changes in attack. Mathys Tel has not hit the ground running in London, scoring just one goal in six appearances and Postecoglou will likely choose someone else to lead the line this weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Tottenham Hotspur&#8217;s Recent Form and Tactics<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Tottenham can&#8217;t seem to find any consistency at the moment. Their current form resembles the Spurs side we saw before their injury bug hit in December and they were just consistently terrible. Big wins are followed by equally big losses and momentum has been impossible for the Lilywhites to build. Postecoglou will hope that a big win over Bournemouth inspires his side to turn around their Europa League Round of 16 tie against AZ in the second leg next week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Read More:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=652531&amp;action=edit&amp;classic-editor\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2018Player On His Way\u2019: Tottenham Hotspur Beat Out Premier League Rivals To End Crazy Winter Saga<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Despite mixed results, Spurs have stuck to their 4-3-3 formation throughout the season. Without Richarlison and Solanke, <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">there may need to be<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> a tactical change up front.<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> New signing Tel <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">is struggling<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> to get involved in games using the current setup.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Injuries and Suspensions to Consider<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Starman Dejan Kulusevski is<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.premierinjuries.com\/teams\/tottenham-hotspur\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0unlikely to return<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0before the international break with a foot problem. Dominic Solanke was taken off 20 minutes after returning from a knee problem after taking a knee to his rear. The striker will undergo a late fitness test for the Bournemouth game. Ben Davies will also have his fitness tested to see if he can play against The Cherries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Richarlison (calf) and Radu Dragusin (knee) remain on an injury list made significantly smaller by <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">the return of<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> Van de Ven and Romero to the bench against AZ.<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> The pair could both make a return against Bournemouth but are unlikely to start together.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Tottenham Hotspur Predicted Lineup Vs Bournemouth<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">GK: Guglielmo Vicario<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">LB: Destiny Udogie<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">CB: Micky van de Ven<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">CB: Kevin Danso<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">RB: Pedro Porro<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">DM: Rodrigo Bentancur<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">CM: Pape Matar Sarr<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">CM: James Maddison<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">LW: Wilson Odobert<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">RW: Brennan Johnson<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">ST: Heung-min Son<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spurs look to respond to two disappointing defeats when they welcome Bournemouth to London at 2 pm on March 9. Ange Postecoglou&#8217;s side looked toothless against AZ Alkmaar in the first leg of their Europa League R9und of 16 clash. Here is our Tottenham Hotspur predicted lineup as The Lilywhites look for revenge against The [&hellip;]<\/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":[24,3,1831],"tags":[9391],"class_list":["post-652531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tottenham","category-premier-league","category-starting-line-up","tag-tottenham-hotspur-predicted-lineup"],"modified_by":"Ricky Carroll, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652531","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=652531"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":652584,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652531\/revisions\/652584"}],"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=652531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=652531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=652531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}