Tottenham vs Bournemouth LIVE: Spurs bid to avoid second straight loss to south coast side in final game of 2023 – kick-off time, team news and how to follow

Tottenham will be keen to ensure a swift return to winning ways when they face Bournemouth in their final game of the year.

Spurs saw their mini mid-season revival suffer a dent after falling to a 4-2 defeat to Brighton that left them outside the top four.

Ange Postecoglou's men looked to be rediscovering their early campaign form with three successive wins before losing at the Amex.

A clash against in-form Bournemouth will now represent a stern final test of 2023, with the Cherries claiming four straight victories.

Bournemouth will also be buoyed having won this exact fixture 3-2 last season, albeit the club did lose on their previous five trips to Tottenham.

Dominic Solanke is continuing to enjoy a remarkable season, with his goal against Fulham coming after his first Premier League hat-trick.

The 26-year-old is now level on 12 for the season with Mohamed Salah, with the duo only behind Erling Haaland in the overall charts.

Solanke has scored eight goals in his last seven Premier League games, having taken until his 39th league appearance to open his account for the Cherries following his £19m move from Liverpool in January 2019.

Only Joshua King (16 in 2016-17) and Callum Wilson (14 in 2018-19) have scored more for Bournemouth in a single Premier League campaign than Solanke this term.

Solanke could become just the second Cherries player to score in four in a row in the top-flight after Newcastle's Wilson in September 2019.

Spurs boss Postecoglou responded to whether Romero's injury accelerated any January transfer plans.

He said: «No, it doesn’t change anything. Disappointing to lose him, for sure. We obviously missed him with the suspension and now, we’d just got him back and kind of steadied things up and obviously we have