Bournemouth’s former top scorer, Dominic Solanke, lasted 20 minutes as a delayed substitute before surpassing Alkmaar, but Postecoglou described the striker’s injury as a “blow” and did not rule out it.
Colleagues Micky Van de Ven and Cristian Romero remained unused substitutes against the Dutch side in a delayed decision by Postecoglou.
“When I saw the stadium, I decided that I wouldn’t risk them,” the Australian explained. “Two additional days of training and will be in the mixture.”
Ben Davies has “moved on” and has “an opportunity” to return from an injury, but defender Radu Dragusin, attacker Dejan Kulusevski and Forward Richarlison are among the other absences of Postecoglou.
🚨ange Postecoglou insisted that a “difficult step” was partly to blame for the “frustrating performance” of Tottenham at Az Alkmaar:
🗣️ “It was a difficult step and we really didn’t handle it well. Apart from that, we were just not aggressive enough.”#Thfc | #Coyspic.twitter.com/zpghlzzflf
– Last word for Spurs (@lastWordonspurs) March 6 2025
The Center-Back Illia Zabarnyi will serve the final match of a three-game suspension for Bournemouth, but the right-back Julian Araujo is available after Hamstring surgery.
Ryan Christie is a doubt with an injury to the groin that kept the medium outside the wolves, while defenders Marcos Senesi and Adam Smith and Forward Enes Unal remain outside.
Tottenham vs bournemouth Expected lines
Tottenham Starting xi: Vicar, Spence, Gray, Danse, Udogie, Bergvall, Bentancur, Maddler, Johnson, Tel.
Bournemouth Starting xi: Kepa, Kerkez, Huijsen, Hill, Cook, Christie, Adams, Semenyo, Kluivert, Tavernier, Evanilson
How to watch Spurs vs Bournemouth: Live Stream, TV channel
The start on Sunday is at 14:00 GMT and fans in the United Kingdom can tune in to Live at Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Sports Ultra, covering from 13:00.
The live flow is available in a huge variety of devices through the Sky Go app.
