Will Spurs' reserve defense hold up in front of their home crowd?
Wolves, who have risen above the Premier League relegation zone after Vítor Pereira's first games, visit Tottenham in north London on Sunday. Spurs go into the match as big favorites, but Ange Postecoglou's squad has been far from convincing and there are still plenty of absences in the defense.
Spurs are again coming off a couple of consecutive losses, losing 3-6 at home to Liverpool before Christmas and Nottingham Forest was stronger in the Boxing Day round. If I may say so, spurs undoubtedly had their chances in the last game and a draw would have been a slightly fairer outcome. In the big picture, Tottenham's game has had a lot of good elements, but the player situation is still not perfect, which is inevitably reflected in the collective action, which is shaky, to say the least! In last 7 matches they have managed to win only the crisis clubs City and Soton.
Tottenham team news:
Radu Dragusin and Djed Spence are the latest Spurs absentees – the former injured his ankle at the City Ground and Spence was sent off. Pedro Porro will now be the right-back and even the reserve Alfie Dorrington can be seen in the starting line-up alongside Archie Gray. Guglielmo Vicario, Ben Davies, Cristian Romero, Micky van de Ven, Richarlison and Wilson Odobert will continue to be out.
Wolves now have two games under Pereira and there is good reason to talk about the new manager’s “bounce” after Leicester and Manchester United were beaten without conceding a single goal. There have been whispers within the team that Pereira has brought a new kind of energy to the game and this has certainly been visible on the pitch. Wolves fans are now hoping that the crest of the wave will carry the team as far as possible because there is always a chance for another bad run and they are far from safety.
Wolves team news:
Wolves' biggest star Matheus Cunha may still be out, which of course would significantly affect the balance of power in the match. Wolves will certainly have Enso González, Sasa Kalajdzic, Yerson Mosquera, Boubacar Traoré and Pablo Sarabia who are out sick. Mario Lemina's situation will be monitored even closer to kick-off.
Wolves +1 is a good bet, whether Cunha is on the trip or not. Pereira has already significantly consolidated the Wolves defense in a short time and given Tottenham's injury situation, Wolves are also expected to score a few goals. Spurs are wonderfully inconsistent, they may fail or they may be brilliant, but I see the odds covering well that risk.
Good luck!
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马刺的预备队防守能在主场观众面前站得住脚吗？
在Vítor佩雷拉的第一场比赛后，狼队已经从英超降级区上升到降级区，他们将在周日做客伦敦北部的热刺。热刺作为大热门进入比赛，但安吉波斯特科格洛的阵容远没有令人信服，防守上仍然有很多缺阵。
热刺在圣诞节前主场3-6不敌利物浦，而诺丁汉森林在节礼日的比赛中表现更强。如果我可以这么说的话，热刺毫无疑问在上一场比赛中有他们的机会，平局会是一个稍微公平一点的结果。从大的角度来看，热刺的比赛已经有了很多好的元素，但球员的情况仍然不完美，这不可避免地反映在集体行动上，这是不稳定的，至少可以这么说！在过去的7场比赛中，他们只赢下了危机俱乐部曼城和索顿。
热刺队新闻：
拉杜·德拉古辛和杰德·斯宾塞是热刺最新的缺阵球员——前者在城市球场脚踝受伤，斯宾塞被红牌罚下。佩德罗·波罗现在将成为右后卫，甚至替补球员阿尔菲·多灵顿也可以和阿奇·格雷一起出现在首发阵容中。维卡里奥、戴维斯、罗梅罗、范德文、理查利森和奥多伯特将继续缺阵。
狼队现在在佩雷拉的带领下有两场比赛，在莱斯特城和曼联一球未失被击败后，有充分的理由谈论新教练的“反弹”。在球队内部有传言说佩雷拉给比赛带来了新的活力，这在球场上是显而易见的。狼队的球迷们现在希望这波浪尖能把球队带到尽可能远的地方，因为他们总是有可能再次陷入困境，而且他们离安全还很远。
狼队新闻：
狼队最大的球星库尼亚可能仍然缺席，这当然会严重影响比赛的力量平衡。狼队当然会有恩索González，萨萨·卡拉季茨，耶森·莫斯克拉，布巴卡尔·特劳沃雷尔和巴勃罗·萨拉比亚缺阵。马里奥·莱米纳的情况将在开球前受到密切关注。
狼队+1是一个很好的赌注，不管库尼亚是否在旅途中。佩雷拉已经在短时间内巩固了狼队的防线，考虑到热刺的伤情，狼队也有望取得一些进球。热刺非常不稳定，他们可能会失败，也可能会很出色，但我认为这种可能性很好地覆盖了这种风险。
好运！
