Joelinton passed fit and Jacob Murphy benched – Official team news vs Spurs

The team sheets are out ahead of today’s 4.30pm kick off in North London, which sees us take on Antonio Conte’s Tottenham.

Without further ado, here’s the side Eddie Howe has gone with:

STARTING XI: Pope – Trippier, Schär, Botman, Burn – Longstaff, Guimarães, Willock – Almiron, Wilson, Joelinton.

SUBS: Karius, Lascelles, Lewis, Targett, Manquillo, Shelvey, Murphy, Fraser, Wood.

So, Howe has made one change, seeing Joe Willock replace Jacob Murphy. Joelinton has also been passed fit to play despite a knee injury and is expected to play down the left.

Javier Manquillo has returned to the bench, meaning there’s no Elliot Anderson in the squad.

Allan Saint-Maximin and Alexander Isak remain absent, with Matt Ritchie, Karl Darlow, Paul Dummett and Emil Krafth also missing through injury.

For Spurs, Harry Kane and Son Heung-min both start in attack, however there’s plenty of changes from Conte; who has handed rests to Romero, Perisic, Hjobjerg and Doherty.

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