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Spurs face struggling Foxes amid dire form and injury problems

Spurs bid to get back to winning ways in the Premier League as they welcome struggling Leicester to north London. Ange Postecoglou’s side have lost seven of their last 10 league games and failure to beat a Leicester, who have lost seven on the bounce and are near-certainties for relegation, would pile more pressure on Postecoglou.

Spurs rarely make life easy and fans will no doubt be fearing the prospect of slipping up against a team they will be strongly expected to beat. Follow all the action LIVE with Standard Sport’s dedicated match blog, featuring expert insight and analysis from Dan Kilpatrick at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Live updates

24 minutes ago

Tottenham dealt fresh injury blow as Ange Postecoglou explains James Maddison absence

Ange Postecoglou has explained why James Maddison is not in the Tottenham squad for their game against Leicester.

Maddison was a surprise absence when Postecoglou named his team for Sunday’s Premier League clash at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

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26 minutes ago

Richarlison must now step up for Ange Postecoglou after summer transfer disaster

Tottenham's injury crisis has reached the point where Ange Postecoglou will have just four senior forwards available for the foreseeable future, unless the club signs another attacker before the February 3 deadline.

Of these, an exhausted Heung-min Son is having to "grind his way through" matches, according to the head coach; Dejan Kulusevski appears equally jaded and would prefer to play in midfield; and Mikey Moore is just 17 and has recently returned from two months out with a nasty virus.

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42 minutes ago

Confirmed Leicester lineup

Leicester XI: Stolarczyk; Justin, Vestergaard, Faes, Kristiansen; Winks, Soumare, El Khannouss; De Cordova-Reid, Vardy, Ayew

Subs: Iversen, Coulibaly, Coady, Okoli, Skipp, McAteer, Buonanotte, Mavididi, Daka

46 minutes ago

Confirmed Tottenham lineup

Tottenham XI: Kinsky; Porro, Dragusin, Davies, Gray; Bentancur, Bergvall, Sarr; Kulusevski, Richarlison, Son

Subs: Austin, Reguilon, Bissouma, Ajayi, Olusei, Min-Hyeok, Moore, Lankshear

1 hour ago

Tottenham vs Leicester stats

- Tottenham have lost five of their past six Premier League matches, drawing the other

- Spurs have suffered 12 defeats in their first 22 league games of a season for the first time since 1997-98

- Ange Postecoglou could become the second Spurs manager to lose four successive Premier League games on two separate occasions, emulating David Pleat in 2003-04

- Leicester could equal the club record of eight successive league defeats, set between March and April 2001

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Head to head history and results

Tottenham wins: 61

Draws: 22

Leicester wins: 38

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Postecoglou: No need for anonymous sources to explain Spurs struggles

Ange Postecoglou says injuries are the only explanation for Tottenham's troubled form and has insisted the club is “in a much better place in all areas” than when he took over in the summer of 2023.

Spurs are slumped to 15th in the table, leaving Postecoglou's tactics in the spotlight and the head coach under pressure to reverse the slide.

Spurs could be without 11 first-teamers this afternoon, including four of his regular back five and key forward Dominic Solanke.

Asked for insight into why Tottenham were struggling for points, Postecoglou said: “Just injuries.

“You can walk outside and say ‘Jeez, it’s really bright’ and look at the sun and think ‘maybe it’s not the sun.’ But it’s the sun, mate. We’ve just got injuries.

“You can do a million investigations and talk to anonymous sources but you don’t need to talk to anonymous sources you can talk to me.

“Every decision that is made is on me. I’m responsible for it. I’m the one that is guiding this. If you’re looking for a head on a stick take mine.

"But I am absolutely 100 per cent confident that we are in a much better place in all areas of the club today than we were when I started.”

1 hour ago

Head to head history and results

Tottenham wins: 61

Draws: 22

Leicester wins: 38

1 hour ago

Tottenham vs Leicester prediction

Spurs may be in dire form but their attacking players surely have enough to overcome Leicester, who are one of few teams in the league in worse form than them.

The Foxes have lost seven on the spin and new manager Ruud van Nistelrooy is already under pressure. Anything less than a win for Spurs would be a disaster.

Tottenham to win, 2-1.