Tottenham need luck to be on their side when they visit Stamford Bridge on Thursday evening. Spurs do not fare well at the home of Chelsea and their last win there came back in April 2018 as Mauricio Pochettino masterminded a 3-1 win.
The Lilywhites have to try and put their wretched record to bed for good, with Thursday a new opportunity for them to do so ahead of a crucial period in their campaign. Chelsea have struggled a bit of late but they do sit fourth in the table at present and they are on course to secure Champions League football for next term.
Amid a host of injury issues earlier in the season, Ange Postecoglou does have the vast majority of his playing squad available and hopefully there will be some positive news regarding Kevin Danso, Dejan Kulusevski and Richarlison. So who should the head coach select in his Tottenham team to take on Chelsea? Our Spurs writers at football.london have had their say below.
Rob Guest - Football writer
Ange Postecoglou's Tottenham squad should be nice and refreshed for Thursday's game at Stamford Bridge due to not having a game last weekend. The hope will be that they can go on to deliver a big performance at a ground where they have really struggled to give them a huge boost for a key run of fixtures coming up.
Micky van de Ven should be in a position now to play regularly and he will take his place alongside Cristian Romero at the heart of defence. Pedro Porro then comes back into the team and that means Djed Spence moves across to the left as Destiny Udogie drops out altogether, with Guglielmo Vicario in goal as ever.
In midfield, Lucas Bergvall and James Maddison are a must as they were dearly missed in the first half at Fulham last time out. That will come as unfortunate news to Archie Gray despite delivering a decent showing in midfield at Craven Cottage.
Changes then need to be made in attack as Brennan Johnson didn't do enough prior to the international break. Wilson Odobert should start on the right-wing after some positive displays of late, with Son Heung-min replacing Mathys Tel on the left.
Guest's team: Vicario; Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Spence; Bentancur, Bergvall, Maddison; Odobert, Solanke, Son.
Lee Wilmot - Head of Football
After two-and-a-half weeks Tottenham Hotspur are back. But, given the opposition we may well wish they were not.
Trips to Stamford Bridge to play Chelsea are never fun, but there's a certain amount of hope going into this one given Ange Postecoglou should be almost full strength.
Guglielmo Vicario plays in goal and there should only really be one question in the back-line. Micky van de Ven has to play alongside Cristian Romero, given he has had enough recovery and training time now.
The question is who plays at left-back if Pedro Porro comes in at right-back as he should? I'm going for Djed Spence, he's earnt the right and he takes his place ahead of Destiny Udogie for me.
In midfield, only Rodrigo Bentancur keeps his place from the trio who started against Fulham. Lucas Bergvall and James Maddison come in alongside him.
Then, up front, it's Dominic Solanke, flanked by Son Heung-min on one side and, if fit, Dejan Kulusevski on the other. Wilson Odobert deserves to play, but he can be an impact player from the bench.
Wilmot's team: Vicario; Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Spence; Bergvall, Bentancur, Maddison; Kulusevski, Solanke, Son.
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