Tottenham Hotspur will look to serve up another famous night in their new stadium when they host Bayern Munich on Tuesday night.
It will be Spurs’ second Champions League group game of the season following their disappointing 2-2 draw against Olympiacos last month – they led 2-0 in Athens before being pegged back and returning to London with just the one point.
That result was followed up with poor performances against Leicester City and Colchester United – they were knocked out of the Carabao Cup on penalties by the latter – although they did bounce back with a 2-1 win against Southampton at the weekend despite playing the majority of the encounter with 10 men.
Serge Aurier was the man to see red, but seeing as the suspension only applies to domestic games, will he make Mauricio Pochettino’s starting XI tonight?
Here is our predicted Tottenham side…
Captain Hugo Lloris starts in goal despite his huge error against Saints on Saturday, where he gifted Danny Ings a goal having attempted a failed Cruyff Turn.
In defence, Pochettino sticks with Sissoko at right-back after the Frenchman filled in admirably there against Ralph Hasenhuttl’s men following Aurier’s first-half dismissal, with the backline remaining the same aside from that with Jan Vertonghen, Toby Alderweireld and Danny Rose all on the team-sheet.
We expect the Argentine to go with more of a 4-3-3 system with Christian Eriksen dropping back in Sissoko’s absence alongside Tanguy Ndombele and Harry Winks, who will be tasked with stopping the in-form Philippe Coutinho.
That means there is a spot for Lucas Moura in attack, and he certainly has the big-game Champions League pedigree following his brilliant hat-trick to take the north London outfit to the final against Ajax last term.
The Brazilian joins Son Heung-min and Harry Kane in attack, with the latter looking to add to the goal he netted against Southampton.
