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Struggling Spurs without Dominic Solanke as they desperately seek a win at Goodison Park

Tottenham travel to face Everton this afternoon desperate to improve on a dismal run of Premier League form. Spurs blew another lead in the latest north London derby against Arsenal in midweek to make it just one win from their last nine top-flight matches and only five in 17 across all competitions, dropping them to 15th and increasing the pressure on manager Ange Postecoglou.

The goal-shy Toffees - who have a woeful record against Spurs - have lost three league games in a row without scoring and currently hover just one point above the relegation zone in 16th place with only a trio of wins to their name all season so far. Follow Everton vs Tottenham live below!

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7 minutes ago

Postecoglou: Spurs need Ben Davies' experience

It’s a big boost for Tottenham - now without 10 senior players - to have Ben Davies back today, while many fans will be excited to see Archie Gray in his favoured midfield position after he stepped up so admirably at centre-back over recent weeks.

But it’s a very youthful unit alongside fellow 18-year-old Lucas Bergvall and Pape Matar Sarr, who himself is only 22.

Asked how his side would look today, Postecoglou told Sky Sports: “No idea. We'll have a look. I had 11 fit players and the ones I put out there.

"It's great to get Ben back. [He's] probably not ready for 90 minutes, so it's about trying to manage his time as well, but it's good to get him back in.

“He's an experienced player. We're gonna need his experience today.

“We want to play our football, want to be aggressive, and, you know, we want to take that mindset out.

“We'll need that today against a good Everton team.”

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16 minutes ago

Postecoglou offers update on Solanke, Bissouma and Johnson

Speaking to Sky Sports ahead of today’s game at Goodison, Ange Postecoglou had the following to say on the absences of Dominic Solanke, Yves Bissouma and Brennan Johnson for Tottenham...

"Brennan and Bissouma picked up knocks against Arsenal,” he said.

“Biss is not too bad. Brennan, probably a little bit more significant.

“And then, yeah, Dom just started training and sort of tweaked his knee while trying to have a shot and missed today. We're not sure about the extent of it.

"It's always a blow when you lose key players for any club, and, obviously, in the situation we're in, that's further exemplified by, you know, the fact that we don't really have the depth to cover it at the moment, but that's okay.

“We've got 11 fit players, and that's what you need to start a game."

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41 minutes ago

O'Brien and Lindstrom drafted in for Everton

David Moyes makes two changes to the Everton team beaten 1-0 by Aston Villa on his Goodison Park homecoming in midweek.

Jake O'Brien replaces Ashley Young to make his first Premier League start in defence, while Leeds loanee Jack Harrison makes way for Jesper Lindstrom.

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44 minutes ago

No Solanke, Bissouma or Johnson for Spurs with Gray in midfield

So no Dominic Solanke as expected for Tottenham, with Yves Bissouma and Brennan Johnson also out with those knocks sustained in the north London derby in midweek.

Richarlison is still only fit enough for the bench, so James Maddison joins Dejan Kulusevski and captain Heung-min Son in attack.

Ben Davies comes straight back into defence after six weeks out with a hamstring strain, allowing teenager Archie Gray to move forward into a more natural home in central midfield.

Davies for Bissouma and Maddison for Solanke are the two changes from the team that started against Arsenal.

New signing Yang Min-hyeok comes onto a very youthful bench along with fellow teenager Damola Ajayi.

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58 minutes ago

Everton lineup

Everton XI: Pickford, O'Brien, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko, Lindstrom, Mangala, Doucoure, Gana Gueye, Ndiaye, Calvert-Lewin

Subs: Virginia, Begovic, Patterson, Keane, Harrison, Beto, Young, Armstrong, Sherif

1 hour ago

Tottenham lineup

Tottenham XI: Kinsky, Porro, Dragusin, Davies, Spence, Sarr, Gray, Bergvall, Kulusevski, Maddison, Son

Subs: Austin, Reguilon, Hardy, Ajayi, Olusesi, Min-Hyeok, Moore, Richarlison, Lankshear

1 hour ago

Postecoglou backs Richarlison to make Tottenham impact

The rumoured injury to Dominic Solanke means that Richarlison could well be set for an expanded role for Tottenham against his former club this afternoon.

The Brazilian forward made his latest comeback after more than two months out injured with a late cameo off the bench against Arsenal, just his eighth appearance of the season across all competitions.

Richarlison has scored just once for Spurs this term, though took to social media on Friday and appeared to rubbish speculation that he has told friends that he wants to leave the club in favour of a big-money move to Saudi Arabia.

But Ange Postecoglou is confident that the 27-year-old - who joined Tottenham from Everton for £60m in the summer of 2022 - can still make an important impact in the months ahead.

"We've been really careful in the way we've brought him back this time," Postecoglou said.

"He is one of these guys that does lead by example, particularly when he plays.

"With Richy, it's about him gaining confidence in his body as well. We can do that in the next few weeks.

"He'll certainly play a part in the Everton game.

“Hopefully get him some more minutes than the other night, because if we can keep him fit, I've got no doubt he'll be a really important player for us. I've got no doubt about that.

"When he played last year, that run of games, he was really good for us. I think he's a really good fit for the way we play, in a couple of positions, centrally or out wide.

"If we can keep him fit between now and the end of the season, I'm sure he's going to make an impact."

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1 hour ago

Postecoglou: Talk of relegation or Europe 'irrelevant' for Spurs

As has been pointed out multiple times this week, struggling and depleted Tottenham are currently closer to the relegation zone than they are to the top six.

Another bad result on Merseyside today against an Everton team that can’t get a goal, much less a win would make it very hard to argue that they aren’t in serious danger of becoming embroiled in a fight just to preserve their Premier League status.

However, Ange Postecoglou said on Friday that any talk of relegation fears was “irrelevant” when he was asked about Ruben Amorim admitting that Manchester United were in a survival scrap last month after his side dropped to 14th in the table.

"That's like me thinking about qualifying for Europe - it's irrelevant,” he said.

"I respect Ruben's opinion in this but it's irrelevant to me. Nothing is more important than us playing well and getting a result at Everton on the weekend.

"All these kinds of things will play out as they play out, but it's not like, whether I say, 'Listen, we have to win on Sunday so we have a chance to get in Europe' or 'we have to win on Sunday because it keeps us out of a relegation battle'.

"If that's where the motivation lies, then we've got no chance because we'll be chasing things every week.

"What our motivation needs to be is to turn out on Sunday and play more like the football team we know we can be and get our three points and move on from there to Europe in midweek. That's all you can focus on."

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1 hour ago

Everton's dismal record against Tottenham

Per Opta, only Fulham have dropped more points from winning positions this season than Tottenham’s 18 and only Wolves, Leicester and Southampton have lost more than their 11 games, which is tied with Ipswich.

They can, however, take some heart from their recent record against Everton, who have only won one of the last 24 league meetings between the two sides.

They have not won any of the last 11 games against them at home and were thrashed 4-0 in north London back in August, with Heung-min Son notching a brace to go along with goals from Yves Bissouma and Cristian Romero in Spurs’ first win of the season.

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1 hour ago

Battle between desperate teams at Goodison

Today really is a battle of two teams who are absolutely desperate for a win.

Everton have only won three league games all season to sit 16th and only one point above the relegation zone as things stand, with Aston Villa having spoiled the David Moyes homecoming in midweek.

They do have a game in hand, but it’s the rearranged Merseyside derby against leaders Liverpool coming up next month.

Tottenham quickly blowing another lead at Arsenal in the latest north London derby on Wednesday means they have now won just one of their last nine in the league (against bottom club Southampton) and only five of the last 17 across all competitions.

They have lost 11 league games already this season out of 21 to perch just one place above today’s hosts in 15th, albeit with a seven-point gap.

For all the legitimate excuses about the seemingly never-ending injury crisis and need for reinforcements in the transfer market, Ange Postecoglou surely has to start turning this ship around soon.

Only eight points now separate Spurs from the bottom three, so you can’t rule them out from a relegation scrap, which seems ridiculous to write.