Pedro Porro, Ben Davies and Pape Matar Sarr could all be in the Tottenham Hotspur team to face Manchester City in the Premier League on Saturday evening

Tottenham predicted team vs Man City - Postecoglou makes midfield decision to counter Guardiola

by · football.london

Here's the Tottenham Hotspur team we reckon Ange Postecoglou will select to face Manchester City in the Premier League on Saturday

Ange Postecoglou has found his options severely limited in certain areas as he takes his Tottenham side to face the current Premier League champions Manchester City on Saturday.

Pep Guardiola has a number of his key players back fit and ready to face Spurs, but Postecoglou has lost yet another one of his big names with vice-captain Cristian Romero unavailable with a persistent toe injury. The Argentine has also become a father for the second time this week, with the arrival of his daughter Lucy, and his head coach told him to take some time off to tend to his new-born child and deal with a couple of injuries that have dogged him for the past three weeks.

Romero joins a Tottenham absence list that includes the banned Rodrigo Bentancur, the hamstrung Micky van de Ven, Richarlison and Wilson Odobert and the virus-hit Mikey Moore.

City do have some problems in central midfield with Mateo Kovacic ruled out for a month, adding to a lack of options in the defensive midfield role with Rodri out for the season.

The two sides met last month in the Carabao Cup with much-changed sides with Tottenham coming out on top on that occasion.

Here's the team that we reckon Postecoglou could select to face Guardiola's men this time at the Etihad Stadium.

Goalkeeper - Guglielmo Vicario

Vicario didn't have the greatest of games for Italy and will need to put that behind him in a match in which he's likely to face plenty of shots.

Right-back - Pedro Porro

A good match with Spain before getting a rest on Monday should leave the full-back refreshed for this game.

Centre-back - Radu Dragusin

The young Romanian has had a shaky few games for Spurs and international duty might just have come at the right time to reset ahead of this big test.(Image: Sebastian Frej/MB Media/Getty Images)

Centre-back - Ben Davies

Captained Wales during a big week and should be sharp and ready for this game and he's going to need to be.(Image: Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)

Left-back - Destiny Udogie

A couple of substitute appearances for Italy should mean Udogie is fresh for Tottenham.(Image: Catherine Ivill - AMA/Getty Images)

Central midfield - Pape Matar Sarr

Tottenham will need legs and energy in their midfield and Sarr can bring that for them. He scored against City in the Carabao Cup game.(Image: Aston Villa/Aston Villa FC via Getty Images)

Central midfield - Yves Bissouma

With Bentancur's suspension there's a lot of pressure on Bissouma to be the main man in the midfield.(Image: Nigel French/Sportsphoto/Allstar via Getty Images)

Central midfield - Dejan Kulusevski

The Swede has been in fine form this season and Spurs need him to carry on his run of fine performances at the Etihad.(Image: Photo by Alex Pantling/Getty Images)

Right wing - Brennan Johnson

A goal and an assist for Wales in the week and the young attacker will need to be at his best on Saturday.(Image: Marc Atkins/Getty Images)

Centre forward - Dominic Solanke

A quiet fortnight for England which was probably needed after jarring his knee against Ipswich.(Image: (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images))

Left wing - Son Heung-min

Spurs need a big performance from their captain in a stadium he's done so well in before.(Image: (Photo by Rob Newell - CameraSport via Getty Images))