Antonio Conte will have to decide whether to stick or twist in a number of positions when he names his Tottenham Hotspur starting XI to face Sporting CP in the Champions League on Tuesday evening.
The unexpected postponement of the Manchester City fixture means Conte has had to alter his rotation plans this week with more time to recover players for the match which is then followed swiftly by a Premier League game against Leicester only a few days after the match in Lisbon.
Conte's main decisions will come in defence, as well as with the wing-backs and up front. At the back, the Italian must decide whether Clement Lenglet makes a third consecutive start or whether Welshman Ben Davies comes back into the starting line-up.
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With the wing-backs Conte must decide whether to stick with Ivan Perisic and Emerson Royal, or turn to Ryan Sessegnon or Matt Doherty, with the match against the Foxes also to consider.
Then up front, Dejan Kulusevski has dropped to the bench for the past two matches despite impressing whenever he has come on and Conte must decide whether it's time to rotate another one of his attacking options to bring the Swede back in.
Richarlison's two goals in the match against Marseille would surely make him an unlikely player to drop out. Conte did suggest that he would have no issue with rotating Son Heung-min out of the line-up to rest him at some point but it remains to be seen whether this is such a game to do so.
Here's the team we reckon Conte might go with in Portugal on Tuesday night:
3-4-3: Lloris; Romero, Dier, Davies; Emerson, Hojbjerg, Bentancur, Perisic; Richarlison, Kane, Son.
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