Friday night football is on the agenda for Ange Postecoglou and Tottenham as they make the trip to Nottingham Forest. Visiting the City Ground twice last year during Antonio Conte's spell as head coach, the Lilywhites were victorious in the league but unfortunately crashed out of the Carabao Cup at the beginning of November.
Tottenham will not want a repeat of that showing, especially as they come into the fixture in good form after hitting Newcastle United for four last weekend. As Spurs are first up this weekend, they can up the pressure on the rest of the top four by getting three points on the board nice and early.
So what team will Postecoglou select to face Nottingham Forest? Our Tottenham Hotspur reporters at football.london have selected the side they would pick for the clash against Steve Cooper's team.
Ange Postecoglou would likely have gone with the same team that did so well against Newcastle but that injury for Giovani Lo Celso has likely confirmed that decision.
Both Richarlison and Pape Matar Sarr came in and did well, making a big difference in attack and midfield, while the defence looked well balanced although both Cristian Romero and Destiny Udogie, fresh from his new contract, will have to be wary about picking up their fifth yellow card to earn a suspension.
The balance with Dejan Kulusevski in the deeper role, albeit on the left a side he's not as used to despite being left-footed, was perfect in the midfield with creativity alongside the energy of Sarr and Yves Bissouma, while ahead of them the pace of Brennan Johnson and Son Heung-min was a danger for Newcastle throughout the contest and should do the same against Forest.
Gold's team: Vicario; Porro, Romero, Davies, Udogie; Bissouma, Sarr,
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