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Tranmere vs Tottenham: Confirmed team news and commentary - LIVE! Tottenham begin their FA Cup campaign on the road to Tranmere Rovers tonight. Spurs crashed out of the competition at the semi-final stages last season after defeat to Man Utd. Mauricio Pochettino is expected to make a string of changes tonight are the busy festive period. Follow all the action with Standard Sport's LIVE blog! Team newsMousa Dembele and Jan Vertonghen have returned to training after their respective injuries but are not in contention for tonight's clash. Eric Dier and Victor Wanyama are also unavailable along with Erik Lamela, who has recovered from a calf problem but is now ruled out through illness.
The message from George Graham during my time at Arsenal was always: “There’s going to be a big cup shock somewhere this weekend, lads. Let’s just make sure it’s not us. ”Unfortunately, it was indeed us in 1991, when lowly Wrexham mugged the English champions. Can Micky Mellon’s lot achieve something similar against a team likely to contain a few youngsters? With Spurs facing Chelsea next week in the Carabao Cup semi-final, the FA Cup takes second billing.
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TV channel and live stream online coverageThe match will be televised live on BT Sport 2, with coverage starting from 7. 30pm. BT Sport subscribers will be able to stream the match online via the video player and the BT Sport app. Head to head (h2h) history and resultsThe two sides have met on eight occasions in the past with Spurs winning six of those. The hosts are still without a victory. 1546623272Good evening and welcome to Standard Sport's LIVE coverage of Tranmere vs Tottenham in the third round of the FA Cup. All your team news and build-up is on the way. 1546625721Here we go then.
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Academy products Kyle Walker-Peters, 21, and Oliver Skipp, 18, are set to start and youngsters Timothy Eyoma, Troy Parrott and George Marsh are likely to be in the squad. Tottenham’s heavy fixture schedule — they played four games between December 23 and January 1 — and forthcoming Carabao Cup semi-final double-header against Chelsea mean Pochettino is set to rotate. Meanwhile, out-of-favour forward Vincent Janssen — who has not played for Spurs since August 2017 — could play against Liverpool Under-23s on Monday. The Dutchman is not part of Pochettino’s plans may be sold this month. Tottenham (4-2-3-1): Gazzaniga; Walker-Peters, Sanchez, Foyth, Davies; Skipp, Sissoko; Moura, Eriksen, Son; LlorenteScore prediction: Tranmere 0-3 TottenhamPochettino will no doubt be tempted to rest the likes of Harry Kane, Heung-min Son and Toby Alderweireld after the busy festive period. But the Argentine has managed his squad carefully in recent weeks with nothing less than a comfortable result against a side 74 places below them in the English football league system expected.
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The third round of the FA Cup is one of the finest weekends in football, and it kicks off in around 90 minutes' time, as League Two Tranmere welcome Premier League Tottenham to Prenton Park. Magic. Photo: PA 1546626490We're expecting rotation rather than a complete overhaul of the Spurs line-up tonight, after Mauricio Pochettino vowed to select only players who have started in the Premier League or Champions League already this season. That could still mean more playing time for the likes of Oliver Skipp and Kyle Walker-Peters, who have made the step up from the Spurs academy in recent weeks.
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