Spurs welcome Ipswich Town to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in the Premier League for the first time this Sunday.
The Lilywhites are still yearning for consistency after being on the wrong side of a 3-2 scoreline away at Turkish giants Galatasaray on Thursday night.
The visitors, meanwhile, are yet to win a game on their return to England’s top flight with five draws and five losses in ten games.
Cristian Romero faces a late fitness test after the Argentine missed the trip to Turkey with a toe injury he sustained against Aston Villa last weekend.
Every Spurs player involved in that Europa League game returned home unscathed and Djed Spence has returned to training, but the likes of Micky van de Ven, Richarlison, Timo Werner and Mikey Moore remain sidelined.
Kalvin Phillips is suspended for Sunday’s game after the midfielder was sent off for two bookable offences in the Tractor Boys’ draw with Leicester City last weekend, while Chiedozie Ogbene, Axel Tuanzebe and Jacob Greaves are sidelined with injuries.
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Tottenham: WLWWL
The Premier League’s top scorers will be looking to add to their tally this Sunday while securing consecutive league victories.
Tottenham put four of their 22 goals scored in the league this term past Aston Villa in one half last weekend as Ange Postecoglou’s side came from behind to batter the Villans.
The north London outfit were brought back down to Earth in midweek as they came the wrong side of a five-goal thriller in Europe.
Spurs academy graduate Will Lankshear recorded his first senior goal but his night would end prematurely as he was shown a red card after receiving two bookings.
They have won four out of their five home games this season with their only loss coming in the North London derby to Arsenal.
Ipswich: DLLLD
The Tractor Boys are desperate for their first Premier League win since 2002 as their first three point haul of the season has alluded them so far.
They were seconds away from claiming that triumph they crave last weekend but Jordan Ayew equalised in the fourth minute of second half stoppage time to make Ipswich wait at least a little longer for that winning feeling.
Ipswich have drawn the most games out of any Premier League team this season with half of their ten games ending in stalemates so far.
As much as that draw with Leicester would have frustrated them, at the very least it stopped the rut of three successive league losses.
Kieran McKenna used to be employed by Tottenham as their U18 coach back in 2016 and the Irishman will be looking to get one over his former club in North London.
