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Alasdair Gold

Tottenham confirmed team vs Bournemouth: Danjuma on the bench as youngster gets chance

Acting Tottenham boss Cristian Stellini has named the team that he believes can make it six home wins in a row as they host Bournemouth in the Premier League on Saturday afternoon.

Spurs sit three points behind third-placed Newcastle, who are in action in the early game at Aston Villa on Saturday, and Stellini needs his side to build momentum ahead of a week that has them playing three top four rivals in Newcastle, Manchester United and Liverpool in quick succession.

Injuries in Stellini's squad to Yves Bissouma, Rodrigo Bentancur, Emerson Royal, Ryan Sessegnon and Ben Davies, plus Lucas Moura's suspension, mean he cannot change too much within his starting XI.

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Arnaut Danjuma finally got a chance from the bench and made his home debut two and a half months after joining Spurs last weekend and his pressing and movement off the ball played their part in Harry Kane's winning goal. However, there may have been question marks over the Netherlands international's fitness to start a match having had so few minutes since arriving.

That means Dejan Kulusevski gets another start alongside Harry Kane and Son Heung-min, who scored his 100th Premier League in the win against Brighton last weekend.

Elsewhere, Richarlison is back in full training and is on the bench again. The suspended Lucas is helping out the U21s on Saturday in their big game against Blackburn, as is youngster Romaine Mundle, who was promoted to the first team last month. So 17-year-old full-back George Abbott steps up to the bench for the first time.

Here's the team Stellini has selected:

Lloris; Romero, Dier, Lenglet; Porro, Hojbjerg, Skipp, Perisic; Kulusevski, Kane, Son. Subs: Forster, Austin, Sanchez, Tanganga, Abbott, Sarr, Devine, Danjuma, Richarlison.

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