Match Day: Before their match against Brighton on Sunday, Tottenham received a boost.
Match Day: Before their match against Brighton on Sunday, Tottenham received a boost.
The next Premier League matchup between Tottenham Hotspur and Brighton & Hove Albion
is scheduled for this coming Sunday afternoon.
It is the last Premier League game before the October international break,
and Brighton is expected to be missing a key player.
Voetbal International, a Dutch media outlet,
reports that the Dutch defender will “definitely” miss the match on Sunday.
He hasn’t played since the Seagulls’ 2-2 draw with Nottingham Forest on September 22 due to a groin injury.
Consequently, Lewis Dunk and Adam Webster, the CB duo, might have to start for Fabian Hurzeler.
Spurs have a great opportunity to take advantage of the pair’s pace, or lack thereof,
which was repeatedly exposed in their recent loss to Chelsea.
Prior to their match against Brighton on Sunday, Tottenham received a boost.
Fabian Hurzeler played a high line at Stamford Bridge,
and Chelsea kept piercing their backline with passes over the top despite both players’ lack of pace and agility.
Even if Igor Julio did substitute Adam Webster in the second half and could start here,
Spurs will still benefit from van Hecke’s absence from Hurzeler’s lineup on Sunday.
The finest opportunities for Spurs come from transition,
and Ange Postecoglou’s team will have plenty of them if he plays on Sunday.
Should Heung Min-Son be suited for the role, this may be precisely the kind of environment in which the thirty-two-year-old excels.
On a related point, this may indicate that Micky Van De Ven is included in the Netherlands team for their Nations League matches against Germany and Hungary.
He should be regardless of his form, but this strengthens his argument.
Given Matthijs De Ligt’s awful play, which Van De Ven outran on Sunday during his amazing single run,
the Spurs central defender may even start in place of Virgil Van Dijk.
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