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Spurs confirmed team vs Southampton as Djed Spence and Lucas Bergvall start

Ange Postecoglou has made five changes to his Tottenham Hotspur side to face Bournemouth on Sunday in the Premier League.

Spurs take on the bottom side having dropped themselves to 12th place in the table. Postecoglou's men have gone through a tough spell of results with so many players missing and that only gets worse for the trip to St Mary's as Yves Bissouma joins Rodrigo Bentancur on the suspension list, with Cristian Romero, Micky van de Ven, Guglielmo Vicario, Ben Davies, Richarlison and Wilson Odobert all out injured and Mikey Moore recovering from illness.

The lack of centre-backs means 18-year-old midfielder Archie Gray continues alongside Radu Dragusin in the middle of the defence and with Bissouma and Bentancur suspended, the number six role is handed to Lucas Bergvall, who makes his first Premier League start for the north London outfit.

Tottenham have had to rotate in other areas after the tough midweek draw at Rangers and Djed Spence makes his first competitive start for the north London side. Brennan Johnson drops to the bench, which is made up of five teenagers with two of them just 16-years-old and another 17-year-old.

Here is the Spurs team Postecoglou has selected to face the Saints:

Forster; Spence, Gray, Dragusin, Udogie; Sarr, Bergvall, Maddison; Kulusevski, Solanke, Son. Subs: Austin, Porro, Dorrington, King, Hardy, Olusesi, Johnson, Werner, Lankshear.

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