Tottenham will host Wigan Athletic this Saturday at White Hart Lane in the Premier League, and will be targeting a win after crashing out of the Capital One Cup last night.
Spurs travelled to Carrow Road to face Norwich City, and were shocked by two late goals which ended their league cup run.
Having bounced back from last month’s 2-4 defeat at the hands of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 by winning against Southampton at St, Mary’s Stadium last week, Spurs will be looking for a second consecutive win in the league.
Wigan are also fresh from a victory, but have their http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684 cut out for them as they prepare to travel to White Hart Lane to face the in-form Tottenham team.
Tottenham Hotspur
Expected starting line-up:
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Aaron-Lennon-c3062.
Tottenham are still without defender http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jan-Vertonghen-c17814 will continue his role as make shift left-back while Caulker resumes his centre back partnership with Gallas.
Lloris expected to be on the bench, but might be started if Villas-Boas deems appropriate. Moussa Dembele is out injured, struggling with a recurring hip injury and Scott Parker is ruled out until Christmas.
Up front, Clint Dempsey starts in the attacking midfield role, restricting Gylfi Sigurdsson on the bench. Gareth Bale and Aaron Lennon feature on the wings with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jermain-Defoe-c18359 in the striker role.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Emmanuel-Adebayor-c12526 will miss out on the game after Spurs assistant manager Steffen Freund revealed yesterday that the striker was sick.
Tottenham have a strong squad, capable of scoring a handful of goals. However, their defensive record has been pretty much average and they have shown a knack for conceding late goals.
Wigan Athletic
Expected starting line-up:
Ali Al-Habsi, Gary Caldwell, Ivan Ramis, Maynor Figueroa, James McCarthy, James McArthur, Emmerson Boyce, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Shaun-Maloney-c33274.
Wigan are expected to field out the same players that won against West Ham United at the DW Stadium last week.
The ever reliable Al-Habsi starts in goal, with a back four of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Maynor-Figueroa-c25071.
James McArthur and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/James-McCarthy-c17702 start in midfield, with Beausejour and Maloney on the wings.
Di Santo and Kone start up front for Wigan, with Kone proving to be a major goal scoring threat for the Latics.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Martinez-c24468 sees fit.
Final Score
Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Wigan
Wigan have a decent team going forward, but will have a hard time struggling with Tottenham’s pace and incisive passing play.
Tottenham have too much start quality for Wigan to cope with. I expect Gareth Bale and Defoe to feature on the score sheet, with Wigan grabbing a consolation goal courtesy of Kone.
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