{"id":665740,"date":"2026-03-01T03:30:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T08:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=665740"},"modified":"2026-02-27T14:58:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T19:58:59","slug":"tottenham-hotspur-team-news-predicted-lineup-vs-fulham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2026\/03\/01\/tottenham-hotspur-team-news-predicted-lineup-vs-fulham\/","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham Hotspur Team News and Predicted Lineup vs Fulham"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tottenham Hotspur travel across London to face Fulham on Sunday at 2:00pm. They head to Craven Cottage following a heavy 4-1 defeat to Arsenal. In his second match in charge, interim head coach Igor Tudor faces the challenge of leading Spurs to their first Premier League win of 2026. With just a four-point buffer to the relegation zone, wins are becoming increasingly necessary. <\/span>Hosts Fulham enjoyed an impressive 3-1 victory at Sunderland last weekend. Marco Silva\u2019s side are currently 10th in the league and still playing with the incentive of European qualification. However, their form has been inconsistent of late \u2013 winning two and losing four in their last six league matches.\u00a0<\/span>Here is the latest Tottenham team news and predicted starting lineup vs Fulham.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tottenham Predicted Lineup and Team News Ahead of Fulham Clash<\/b><\/h2>\n

How Tottenham Have Lined Up<\/b><\/h3>\n

Spurs deployed a 3-5-2 formation against Arsenal, but despite Igor Tudor\u2019s preference for high pressing, his side were pinned back for large periods. Tudor\u2019s team spent the vast majority of the match in their own half, allowing Arsenal 60% possession. The midfield trio of Yves Bissouma, Connor Gallagher and Pape Sarr provided a layer of added security in the North London Derby. Against a Fulham side on an inconsistent run, Spurs may look to set up more aggressively.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Read More<\/strong>: Tottenham Appoint Igor Tudor as Interim Manager: A Look at What He Brings<\/a><\/p>\n

A 3-4-2-1 more similar to Tudor\u2019s preferred setup is expected on Sunday, with a front three tasked with pressing high. Spurs struggled to build from the back against Arsenal due to a lack of progressive passers. Tudor could counter that personnel shortcoming by allowing Xavi Simons increased freedom to drop and collect deeper. Wing-backs are expected to be more essential to build-up, after Arsenal limited Djed Spence and Archie Gray\u2019s influence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Tudor has suggested his desire to impose his more intense style may be limited due to the condition of returning players. Speaking in his press conference<\/a>, Tudor said: \u201cIt\u2019s fantastic to go to press up\u2026 [but] if you have too many problems back, then you need to think about the style.\u201d As a result, the Tottenham team news takes on even greater importance.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Injury Updates and Suspension News<\/b><\/h3>\n

Cristian Romero will serve the third match of a four-match suspension, following his sending off against Manchester United.<\/span><\/p>\n

There are no fresh injury concerns. According to Tudor, there was a \u201csmall problem for Micky van de Ven, but he will be in.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Pedro Porro and Kevin Danso are set to return. When asked if they were back, Tudor said: \u201cYes, that\u2019s right.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Read More<\/strong>: <\/span>From Leader to Liability: Examining Whether Cristian Romero Is Becoming a Liability<\/a><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Dejan Kulusevski and Destiny Udogie are recovering, but are unlikely to be ready for Fulham. Tudor said: \u201cI know the days, but not exactly now.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Wilson Odobert, Ben Davies, Rodrigo Bentancur, Lucas Bergvall, James Maddison and Mohamed Kudus are all ruled out.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tottenham Predicted Lineup\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n

GK – Vicario<\/span><\/p>\n

CB – Palhinha<\/span><\/p>\n

CB – Dragusin<\/span><\/p>\n

CB – Van de Ven<\/span><\/p>\n

RWB – Porro<\/span><\/p>\n

LWB – Spence<\/span><\/p>\n

CM – Bissouma<\/span><\/p>\n

CM – Sarr<\/span><\/p>\n

RW – Gallagher<\/span><\/p>\n

LW – Simons<\/span><\/p>\n

ST – Kolo Muani<\/span><\/p>\n

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Tottenham Hotspur travel across London to face Fulham on Sunday at 2:00pm. They head to Craven Cottage following a heavy 4-1 defeat to Arsenal. In his second match in charge, interim head coach Igor Tudor faces the challenge of leading Spurs to their first Premier League win of 2026. With just a four-point buffer to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5771,"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":[3,30,24],"tags":[9391],"class_list":["post-665740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-news","category-tottenham","tag-tottenham-hotspur-predicted-lineup"],"modified_by":"Ricky Carroll, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665740","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\/5771"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=665740"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":665784,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665740\/revisions\/665784"}],"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=665740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}