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Key events
Chelsea beat Heidenheim 2-0 in League of Conferences Europe.
As for Europa League table, Spurs are eighth as we go to press.
Roma is 21st out of 36.
Rodrigo Bentancourt’s ban valid for domestic matches only, among others:
David Hytner
Guglielmo Vicario has undergone surgery to repair a fractured ankle he sustained Tottenham’s 4-0 win in the Premier League against Manchester City on Saturday. The news has rocked the club so soon after such a morale-boosting result and will deprive them of one of their key players and leaders at a busy time of the season.
Isn’t it wonderful remember those pre-Brexit days when Ranieri led Leicester to the Premier League title?
But that was then, this is now, and all that.
Will Unwin has Manchester United vs Bodio/Glimt right here:
Four changes for Tottenham then with Forster in the nets as Gray, Bentancourt and Johnson also come on.
Team news
Tottenham (4-3-3): Forster; Poro, Draguzin, Davies, Gray; Sarr, Bentancourt, Johnson; Kulusevski, Solanke, Son (capt.). Substitutes: Austin, Wightman, Bisuma, Udogi, Maddison, Bergvall, Werner, Olusezi, Williams-Barnett, Hardy, King.
Roma (3-4-2-1): Svilar, Mancini, Hummels, Ndicka; Celik, Cone, Paredes, Angelino; Dybala, El Shaarawi; Dovbik. Substitutes: Marin, Ryan, Cristante, Pellegrini, Abdulhamid, Soule, Le Feue, Baldanzi, Salemakers, Zalewski, Pisilli, Sangare.
Preamble
Ange Postecoglou said it was “a really key part of the season“. He was speaking before his Tottenham players opened an industrial-sized can Manchester City at the Etihad last Saturdayso hats off to him, the initial point was positive.
But Spurs still have eight games to play before Christmas, starting with Roma tonight and such an overloaded spell will provide a stern test for Project Postecoglou and Ange-ball. For every 4-0 defeat of the Premier League champions, there seems to be a shock defeat at the hands of Crystal Palace or Ipswich, so the jury remains out on Tottenham’s long-term prospects under the Greek-Australian.
Whatever happens tonight, however, should be entertaining as Claudio Ranieri is back in charge of Roma for the third time in his career. The 73-year-old’s first game as caretaker manager was a 1-0 loss at Napoli last Sunday. Can the wily old fox ruin Ange’s holiday plans? We’re about to find out.
Start: 20:00 Great Britain
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