Date: Thursday 26th December, 2024
Time: 4:00 pm
Stadium City Ground, Nottingham
Referee Craig Pawson (England)
Goal Scorer:
Team News
Nottingham
While Tottenham will be welcoming a South American midfielder back from a ban, Nottingham Forest have lost one of their own to suspension, as Nicolas Dominguez was cautioned for the fifth time this season in the win over Brentford.
Dominguez was only a second-half substitute at the Gtech Community Stadium anyway, as Santo sprung a surprise by switching to a 3-4-2-1 shape, introducing Morato into the backline as Elliot Anderson and Morgan Gibbs-White formed an attack-minded midfield pairing.
Ryan Yates will expect to return for a tie of this magnitude, potentially in place of Anderson if Santo keeps faith with Morato in defence, but Danilo (ankle) and Ibrahim Sangare (hamstring) remain out.
Nottingham Forest possible starting lineup:
Sels; Morato, Murillo, Milenkovic; Aina, Yates, Gibbs-White, Moreno; Hudson-Odoi, Elanga; Wood
Tottenham
Seven games later, Tottenham midfield fulcrum Rodrigo Bentancur is finally available for domestic fixtures again after his lengthy suspension, and Postecoglou has also confirmed that Destiny Udogie should be fine after he was restricted to a watching brief over the weekend.
However, the visitors still cannot call upon Guglielmo Vicario (ankle), Cristian Romero (thigh), Micky van de Ven (hamstring), Mikey Moore (illness), Wilson Odobert (hamstring), Richarlison (thigh) and Ben Davies (thigh), although the latter might be back for the Wolverhampton Wanderers clash on December 29.
As Bentancur has been kept ticking over in the Europa League during his domestic ban, Postecoglou should have no qualms about throwing him back in for Thursday's game, where Son Heung-min will aim to build on the four goals and two assists he has registered in previous Boxing Day matches.
Tottenham Hotspur possible starting lineup:
Forster; Porro, Gray, Dragusin, Udogie; Bergvall, Bentancur; Kulusevski, Maddison, Son; Solanke
Prediction: Nottingham Forest 2-2 Tottenham Hotspur
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