Postecoglou forced to start £70k-per-week star who was ‘outclassed’ in NLD: Tottenham predicted XI v Everton | OneFootball

Out-of-form Tottenham Hotspur look to end their rot with a win away against Everton at Goodison Park tomorrow. Spurs have only one win in their last nine league games, losing 11 of their 21 Premier League matches this season.

Tottenham sit in 13th place on the league log, yet to win a league game in 2025. Any other manager would have been dismissed for that egregious run, but Ange Postecoglou still has the backing of the club to turn this tide.

Many will point to his makeshift defence. Injuries to Guglielmo Vicario, Destiny Ugodie, Rodrigo Bentancur, and Ben Davies have decimated the roster.

He has been without the trusted pairing of Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven for large chunks of the season, but Spurs remain wildly erratic and inconsistent.

Postecoglou’s tactics, while brave and exciting, can be self-sabotaging. Since Postecoglou arrived at Tottenham last season, 210 goals have been scored in Spurs’ 59 Premier League games (117 for, 93 against), at an average of 3.6 per match – that is the highest figure among all managers to have overseen at least 50 games in the competition.

A loss to Everton would send alarm bells ringing as it would be only the third time Spurs have started a new year with three successive Premier League defeats.

Tottenham vs Everton: Head to Head

Thankfully for Spurs, the record books point to Tottenham as favourites for this showdown. They have lost only one of their last 24 Premier League games against Everton (W12, D11).

Tottenham are unbeaten on their last 11 Premier League trips to Everton (D8, W3). The north Londoners are gunning for their first league double over the Toffees since 2017/18. Spurs won the reverse fixture 4-0.

Team News

Postecoglou has revealed that Brennan Johnson and Yves Bissouma are doubtful for the game due to soreness from the mid-week loss against Arsenal, forcing Pape Matar Sarr back into the XI after a poor showing versus the Gunners.

In one scathing review, Express wrote on Matar Sarr, “Outclassed by Arsenal’s hard-working and creative midfield.” The 22-year-old, who earns £70,000 per week (Spotrac), might have to anchor the engine room.

The squad also remains without Vicario, Van de Ven, Romero, Udogie, Bentancur, Wilson Odobert, and Timo Werner.

Tottenham Predicted XI v Everton

(4-2-3-1): Antonin Kinsky; Pedro Porro, Archie Gray, Radu Dragusin, Djed Spence; Pape Matar Sarr, Lucas Bergvall; Son Heung-min, James Maddison, Dejan Kulusevski; Dominic Solanke.