Tottenham make a couple of rotational changes, Danny Rose and Serge Aurier replacing Kieran Trippier and Ben Davies, but they also have a couple of pressing injury problems. Dele Alli’s slight hamstring strain means that Son Heung-Min comes into the attack, while injuries to both Hugo Lloris and Michel Vorm have forced Mauricio Pochettino to turn to his third-choice goalkeeper, Paulo Gazzaniga. It’s the former Southampton goalkeeper’s debut. No pressure, Paulo.
Crystal Palace will hope to test Gazzaniga’s nerves with, er ... hmm ... well ... oh. The Premier League’s bottom side still don’t have a fit striker, with Christian Benteke and Connor Wickham still out, meaning that Wilfried Zaha and Andros Townsend continue as a free-jazz front two. There’s better news elsewhere, though. Yes, calf-knack victim Patrick van Aanholt has had to be replaced by Timothy Fosu-Mensah at left-back, but what a boost it is to have Mamadou Sakho back in central defence. James Tomkins drops to the bench.
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