Spurs vs AFC Bournemouth official line ups | OneFootball

Later on this afternoon, Tottenham Hotspur will be looking to bounce back from their disappointing midweek defeat away to AZ Alkmaar in the Europa League, when they welcome AFC Bournemouth to North London in the Premier League. The game is set to kick off at 14:00 GMT, and is live on Sky Sports for those in the UK.

How both teams line up for the Premier League showdown this afternoon

For the task at hand, Spurs manager Ange Postecoglou has opted for a line up of; Vicario; Porro, Romero, Danso, Spence; Bentancur, Bissouma, Sarr; Johnson, Solanke, Odobert.

Meanwhile, the bench consists of; Kinsky, Udogie, van de Ven, Gray, Bergvall, Maddison, Tel, Son, Scarlett.

Ange has made six changes to the side that lost in the Netherlands three days ago, as Porro, Romero, Sarr, Bissouma, Solanke and Odobert replace Udogie, Gray, Bergvall, Maddison, and Son.

Great to see Romero back in the side for the first time since the defeat at home to Chelsea in December. Let's hope he is fit to last at least 60-70 minutes. Also encouraging that Solanke's knock on Thursday was nothing serious, and he is back to face his former club.

Got to admit, quite a defensive midfield for a home game? Perhaps it will work for breaking up Bournemouth's play, and allowing Spurs to get space in transition. Let's see.

As for the visitors, Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola has gone with the following XI; Kepa; Cook, Hill, Hujisen, Kerkez; Adams, Christie; Semenyo, Kluivert, Tavernier; Evanilson.

The Spurs linked Illias Zabaryni misses the game as a result of serving the final game of his three games suspension, though fellow centre half, and also Spurs linked - Dean Hujisen - starts the game. He scored the winner when thew two sides met at the Vitality Stadium back in December.

Safe to say, this game is very insignificant compared to the second leg against Alkmaar on Thursday evening. However, winning is a good habit, losing is a bad habit, and unfortuantely Spurs have done too much of the latter this season. Although this game may not be overly important, there will be, understandably, a huge outpouring of anger after the game, should Spurs once again fail to win a game.

Ange could certainly do without that. All of the eggs may be in the Europa League basket, but there is no guarantee that Spurs win that. If they don't, well, he will need to be a lot higher up than this in the table, to give himself the best chance possible of keeping his job next season. A trophyless season whilst finishing in the bottom half would be a disaster, regardless of context and circumstances.