Tottenham Hotspur are looking to overturn a 5-2 deficit in second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie with Atletico Madrid.
Spurs need to make a big comeback if they are to have any chance of returning to the competition next season, as they battle relegation domestically.
Tottenham predicted lineup vs Atletico Madrid
Tottenham (4-2-3-1): Vicario; Danso, Romero, Van de Ven; Porro, Palhinha, Gallagher, Sarr, Gray; Muani, Solanke.
Igor Tudor’s men are now winless in their past eight games across all competitions, with six defeats bookended by two draws.
Tottenham team news vs Atletico Madrid
Tudor has a whole series of injuries to deal with for this game. But he is likely to keep faith with most of the team that started Sunday’s encouraging draw with Liverpool.
Tottenham would love to have Joao Palhinha available after a clash of heads in the first leg. But the game comes too early for him.
Cristian Romero, who was the other party in the head collision, is available for this game after coming off the better of the two players.
There is also good news with Dutch defender Micky van de Ven available serving a domestic suspension at the weekend. But striker Richarlison, who scored the late equaliser at Anfield, will miss the game having picked up three Champions League yellow cards this season.
Conor Gallagher will face a late fitness test after falling ill before the Liverpool game. And a late decision will also be made on Lucas Bergvall and Destiny Udogie. But the pair might have to settle for a spot on the bench.
Meanwhile, Wilson Odobert, James Maddison, Dejan Kulusevski, Rodrigo Bentancur, Mohammed Kudus, Ben Davies and Yves Bissouma are all out.
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Tottenham’s differing home form
Europa League winners Tottenham have suffered a terrible season. It was epitomised by a dreadful start to the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie against Atletico Madrid.
Two glaring errors by goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky led to him being substituted after 17 minutes with Tottenham already 3-0 down. While Spurs salvaged some pride with two goals, a 5-2 defeat has left them with a mountain to climb if they are to reach the last eight.
Spurs have won just two home league games this season, with just one success since they beat fellow strugglers Burnley on the opening weekend of the campaign. But their record on their own patch in Europe has been excellent. Tottenham have beaten Villarreal, Copenhagen, Slavia Prague and Borussia Dortmund all without conceding a goal.
However, with their Premier League position perilous, it would not be a surprise if Tottenham played this one with one eye on a crucial clash against Nottingham Forest, one of only four teams below them in the table, on Sunday.
Manager Tudor would love to have more players available to him for that one so avoiding any further injury problems could almost be seen as a priority.
Should that happen and they gain three points against Forest, it would be a decent way to go into the final international break of the season.
Their priorities have changed with eight games of the domestic season remaining, but after Wednesday night’s game against a team who were clearly superior in the first leg, Spurs may soon get the opportunity to concentrate on the league.
