Tottenham XI vs Rangers: Starting lineup, confirmed team news, injury latest for Europa League game today | OneFootball

Spurs battling defensive crisis as Ange Postecoglou prepares for Glasgow return

@Dan_KP

Tottenham are in the midst of a defensive injury nightmare as they take on Rangers in the Europa League tonight.

Yves Bissouma and Rodrigo Bentancur start in midfielder, with James Maddison filling the third spot in midfield after starting on the bench for the 4-3 defeat at home to Chelsea on Sunday.

Teenager Will Lankshear is in on bench, with Heung-min Son leading the as Dominic Solanke gets a rest, while Timo Werner starts on the left. Brennan Johnson is fine to feature after illness.

Ben Davies, Wilson Odobert, Richarlison (all hamstring), Guglielmo Vicario (foot) and Mikey Moore (illness) are also sidelined, while Djed Spence and Sergio Reguilon are not in Tottenham’s Europa League squad.

Confirmed team news

Rangers XI: Butland; Tavernier, Souttar, Propper, Jefte; Raskin, Bajrami; Cerny, Diomande, Yilmaz; Igamane

Subs: Kelly, Cortes, Barron, Bessers, Dowell, Sterling, Balogun, King, McCausland, Fraser, Rice, Curtis

Tottenham XI: Forster; Porro, Dragusin, Gray, Udogie; Bissouma, Bentancur, Maddison; Werner, Johnson, Son

Subs: Austin, Whiteman, Bergvall, Solanke, Kulusevski, Sarr, Lankshear, Dorrington, Olusesi, Williams-Barnett, Hardy

Injured: Van de Ven, Romero, Odobert, Davies, Richarlison, Vicario, Moore

Ineligible: Spence, Reguilon

Time and date: 8pm GMT on Thursday December 12, 2024

Venue: Ibrox, Glasgow

TV channel and live stream: TNT Sports

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