How Tottenham could line up vs Galatasaray as £40m star returns | OneFootball

Tottenham Hotspur have enjoyed a week to remember, bouncing back from a shocking defeat against Crystal Palace to secure back-to-back wins against Manchester City and Aston Villa.

The north Londoners bested the reigning Premier League champions in the fourth round of the EFL Cup, claiming a 2-1 to book a spot in the quarter-finals.

Ange Postecoglou recently took a trip down memory lane to remind everyone of his stellar track record of winning trophies in his second season at previous clubs.

The jury is still out on whether the Australian can repeat that success in England, but the win against Man City certainly has Spurs fans dreaming of their first piece of silverware since 2008.

Riding the momentum of their morale-boosting triumph, Tottenham made it consecutive wins after coming from behind to beat Aston Villa 4-1 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Their frustrating inconsistency reared its ugly head when Morgan Rogers gave Villa the lead.

However, a phenomenal second-half display saw Spurs turn the game on its head via goals from Brennan Johnson and James Maddison on either side of a Dominic Solanke brace.

Heading into Thursday’s Europa League clash against Galatasaray, Postecoglou is expected to ring the changes to his starting line-up as is often the case.

But he’d still demand more of the same from his side, keen to maintain their perfect start to the Europa League.

We’re expecting Postecoglou to make up to seven changes to the side that thrashed Villa on home turf, with Maddison returning to the starting line-up for the first time since the Palace defeat.

Guglielmo Vicatio starts in goal, while Archie Gray, Radu Dragusin, and Ben Davies form the makeshift back four, with only Destiny Udogie retaining his spot.

Maddison should line up alongside Yves Bissouma and the highly rated Lucas Bergvall in a revamped midfield, while Timo Werner replaces Son Heung-min to partner Solanke and Johnson in attack.

Predicted XI

(4-3-3): Vicario; Udogie, Davies, Dragusin, Gray; Maddison, Bissouma, Bergvall; Werner, Solanke, Johnson.