Tonight’s game against Spurs looks like a must-win game for two struggling sides.
Having drawn 2-2 at home earlier in the season against Thomas Frank’s men, they’re a team we simply cannot afford to drop points against after Saturday’s defeat to Brentford left us 12th in the table and cut adrift from the European places.
Whilst we have a torrid away record, Spurs’ home record is similarly spotty, making this a golden opportunity for both teams to finally get a much-needed win.
On that note, our hopes of victory where improved on Saturday, as an injury-hit Spurs lost TWO more key players during their 2-0 defeat at Man Utd…
Spurs will be without captain Cristian Romero and a long list of first team starss for tonight’s 7.30pm clash in North London.
A nasty exchange with Casemiro in the first half of Saturday’s game saw the centre-back shown a straight red for the sixth time in his Premier League career, handing him a four-game ban.
It then got worse for Thomas Frank, as left-back Destiny Udogie limped off with an injury that’s set to keep him sidelined for several weeks, meaning Spurs will have 11 senior players missing tonight
See Tottenham’s full list of absentees below, with right-back Pedro Porro, midfielders Rodrigo Bentancur and Lucas Bergvall on a long list of injuries along with star winger Mohammed Kudus.
* CB: Cristian Romero (Suspended)
* CB: Kevin Danso (Ankle)
* RB: Pedro Porro (Thigh)
* LB: Destiny Udogie (Thigh)
* LB: Ben Davies (Ankle)
* CM: Lucas Bergvall (Ankle)
* CM: Rodrigo Bentancur (Hamstring)
* CAM: James Maddison (Knee)
* RW: Dejan Kulusevski (Knee)
* RW: Mohammed Kudus (Thigh)
* ST: Richarlison (Thigh)
Djed Spence could return at full-back for the hosts, but it’s a nightmare period for Spurs, who sit 15th in the Premier League on 29 points after just two home wins all season.
Meanwhile, we were handed a significant boost to our chances when Bruno Guimaraes returned to the squad against Brentford: we’ve failed to win a single game in the Premier League without him since his arrival, and he’s coming back at just the right time.
Elsewhere, it’s hoped Lewis Miley and Anthony Gordon could be back in the squad tonight, but there will be no Joelinton after he was ruled out by Eddie Howe in [Monday’s press conference](https://www.nufcblog.co.uk/2026/02/09/howe-issues-injury-update-on-anthony-gordon-lewis-miley-and-joelinton/).