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Sports Mole previews Saturday’s Premier League clash between Tottenham Hotspur and Brighton & Hove Albion, alongside with predictions, team news and possible lineups.
On the hunt for a fifth successive Premier League home victory, Tottenham Hotspur welcome Brighton & Hove Albion to their North London home on Saturday afternoon.
The Lilywhites threw away a pair of 1-aim leads in a dramatic 2-2 procedure with Everton final weekend, whereas the Seagulls soared to a 4-1 victory over M23 derby foes Crystal Palace.
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Pink-sizzling Tottenham attacker and erstwhile Everton boy Richarlison lower a very uncomfortable decide as he struck twice at his susceptible stomping ground final weekend, but the expressions on the faces of his Lilywhites teammates were magnificent as temperamental attain beefy time on Merseyside.
The Brazil world beat Jordan Pickford all finally ends up with two magnificent finishes either facet of an unorthodox Jack Harrison leveller within the most principal half, and with four minutes of destroy time long gone, Tottenham were undone from one other plan part as Jarrad Branthwaite nodded in a final-gasp leveller from close vary.
The Toffees’ first aim used to be shrouded in a thick cloud of controversy, as Guglielmo Vicario – whom Everton were focused on time and time but again from corners – felt that he used to be being illegally impeded by Harrison, leading Ange Postecoglou to query officers’ “reluctance” to blow for perceived fouls on goalkeepers in his publish-sport press conference.
A identical incident passed off the North London slice in their FA Cup loss to Manchester City, and with Aston Villa pummelling Sheffield United 5-0 later within the day, Tottenham have slipped all the vogue down to fifth recount within the Premier League table, albeit magnificent two facets at the again of the Lions, whom they are going to overtake with a fetch sooner than Unai Emery‘s team battle Manchester United on Sunday.
Successful magnificent one in every of their final four matches whereas conceding seven targets alongside the vogue every so often makes for gratifying studying for the Lilywhites faithful, nor does the very fact that they have got got no longer saved a Premier League trim sheet at home since October, but every of their final four Tottenham Hotspur Stadium top-flight fixtures has ended in victory.
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Scoring in a Thirty sixth consecutive Premier League sport would additionally leer Tottenham match the second-longest creep within the competition’s history, though Brighton wanted no attacking classes once they hosted the Lilywhites in December, nor when prolonged-time adversaries Crystal Palace paid a plod to final weekend.
No Eberechi Eze and no Michael Olise – barring a brief nine-minute cameo sooner than destroy struck once but again – supposed no relaxing for the Eagles at the Amex Stadium, the put Lewis Dunk, Jack Hinshelwood, Facundo Buonanotte and Joao Pedro all made the catch bulge in a gratifying derby day for the males in blue and white.
Responding perfectly to their harrowing 4-0 beating at the hands of Luton Town, Brighton – in spite of their successfully-documented inconsistency – still have Europe in their sights as they lie eighth within the rankings, magnificent one point at the again of West Ham United within the seventh and final continental recount.
The thrashing of Palace continued a distinctive goalscoring run for Roberto De Zerbi‘s males, though, as they have got alternated from netting no less than 4 targets in one sport to drawing a blank within the following over their previous seven fixtures – a horrifying omen for the more superstitious Seagulls supporters heading up to the capital this weekend.
Going winless in 5 top-flight games on the boulevard – besides to failing to hunt out the catch in every of their final two – additionally serves to diminish the boldness of the guests, and whereas they place four previous Spurs on the South Wing in December, they have got by no manner beaten the Lilywhites in consecutive league fixtures.
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With South Korea and Mali eradicated from the Asian Cup and Africa Cup of Nations respectively, Tottenham must still be boosted by the returns of captain Son Heung-min and ex-Brighton man Yves Bissouma for the plod to of Brighton, though the latter will desire a once-over after remarkably playing by malaria throughout the continental tournament.
Giovani Lo Celso‘s thigh hiss would possibly perchance solve in time for the Argentine to be eager too, but Ryan Sessegnon is anticipated to reside out with a identical hiss, whereas Manor Solomon has suffered a setback in his recuperation from knee surgical operation and is still within the care of the medical team.
Son’s return will spell threat for Timo Werner‘s recount within the XI, despite some gleaming flashes from the RB Leipzig loanee within the previous few weeks, whereas Dejan Kulusevski must still construct a recall to the starting lineup over Brennan Johnson, who lasted magnificent over an hour at Goodison Park.
Brighton must still welcome an effervescent attacker of their very have again to domestic action this weekend within the form of Japan’s Kaoru Mitoma, who recovered from an ankle destroy to characteristic in his facet’s final two Asian Cup fixtures.
Nonetheless, fellow winger Simon Adingra is gearing up to bid Ivory Wing within the AFCON final in opposition to Nigeria, whereas knee victims Julio Enciso, Solly March and Joel Veltman remain out of contention alongside James Milner (thigh).
On-mortgage Barcelona attacker Ansu Fati made his return from a calf destroy as a leisurely replace within the crushing of Palace, but it definitely could be a shock to leer De Zerbi invent any alterations to a a hit facet, barring a possible Evan Ferguson to Danny Welbeck switch up front.
Tottenham Hotspur possible starting lineup:
Vicario; Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Udogie; Sarr, Hojbjerg; Kulusevski, Maddison, Son; Richarlison
Brighton & Hove Albion possible starting lineup:
Verbruggen; Van Hecke, Igor, Dunk; Hinshelwood, Deplorable, Gilmour, Lamptey; Buonanotte, Pedro; Ferguson
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Whether Brighton’s thumping of Palace is the catalyst for a constant run remains to be seen, but the Seagulls have failed to follow up a prolific point to with an equally dominant displaying over the final few weeks, and their attacking exploits on the boulevard leave plenty to be desired.
Tottenham are still inclined to the distinctive defensive lapse at home and are but to march to a in actual fact convincing fetch in 2024, but with a taste for wins at home and the return of Son offering rather the fillip, Postecoglou’s free-scoring unit must still still emerge triumphant.
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