Tottenham Hotspur’s 2017-18 Premier League season is set to get underway and the lineups for their opener against Newcastle United at St James’ Park, Newcastle have been announced.
The Magpies, last season’s Championship winners, are trotting out in a 4-3-3 formation with Rob Elliot between the sticks. Summer signing Javier Manquillo and Paul Dummet are the full-backs for Sunday’s tie with new boy Florian Lejeune and Ciaran Clark Rafael Benitez’s first-choice centre-backs.
Jonjo Shelvey, Isaac Hayden and Matt Richie play in a three-man midfield while Christian Atsu, Dwight Gayle and Ayoze Perez lead the line for the host side.
Tottenham, who are yet to sign a player this transfer window, are in their standard 4-2-3-1 formation, albeit with a few notable changes.
Ben Davies and Kyle Walker-Peters start at left and right-back, respectively.
Hugo Lloris essays the role of sweeper-keeper and has the solid duo of Toby Alderweireld and Jan Vertonghen in front of him. Mousa Dembele and Eric Dies anchor the midfield with Harry Kane leading the line. Dele Alli and Christian Eriksen start behind him but it is the inclusion of Moussa Sissoko that will raise a few eyebrows considering how poor the Frenchman was last season.
This is how Newcastle United will line up against @SpursOfficial in the @premierleague this afternoon… #NUFC #125YearsUnited pic.twitter.com/9XykxBRZ8Z
— Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) August 13, 2017
#THFC: Lloris (C), Walker-Peters, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Davies, Dier, Dembele, Sissoko, Eriksen, Dele, Kane. #COYS pic.twitter.com/FggvlhAoDk
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) August 13, 2017
Teams
Newcastle United: Elliot, Clark, Dummett, Shelvey, Gayle, Ritchie, Hayden, Ayoze Perez, Manquillo, Lejeune, Atsu
Tottenham Hotspur: Lloris, Walker-Peters, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Davies, Dier, Dembele, Sissoko, Eriksen, Dele, Kane