Tottenham Hotspur are set to take on West Ham United in Saturday’s mouth-watering capital derby contest at the London Stadium.
After a fantastic start to the season, swatting aside Burnley and Manchester City, Spurs were brought back down to earth two weeks ago.
Frank suffered his first defeat as Tottenham manager as Evanilson’s 5th-minute strike condemned Spurs to a 1-0 loss on home soil.
The Danish tactician has had a fortnight to stew over what went wrong and will be keen for his side to get back to winning ways in Saturday’s grudge match against West Ham.
How Tottenham could line up
Guglielmo Vicario will retain his place between the sticks with a familiar back four of Pedro Porro, Cristian Romero, Micky van de Ven, and Djed Spence ahead of him.
Spence is set to retain his place in the squad after making his England debut in the 5-0 win over Serbia.
Destiny Udogie is back and fit, but he now has a serious fight on his hands to reclaim his starting berth.
Joao Palhinha and Rodrigo Bentancur should anchor the midfield, but the major talking point from this weekend’s contest is Mohammed Kudus’ return to the London Stadium.
The Ghanian broke a 14-year transfer drought between both sides when he switched West Ham for Spurs earlier this summer and could be met with a hostile reception on his return.
Kudus has already established himself as one of the first names on Frank’s team sheet and should retain his spot on the left flank.
That leaves Brennan Johnson in limbo, with Xavi Simons likely to make his full debut on the left flank ahead of his Welsh counterpart.
Frank could decide to start both players, but that’ll mean dropping Pape Matar Sarr, who has been impressive in the opening three Premier League games.
Randal Kolo Muani is also in contention but should start on the bench, with Richarlison likely to lead the line on Saturday.
Predicted XI;
(4-2-3-1): Vicario; Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Spence; Palhinha, Bentancur; Kudus, Sarr, Simons; Richarlison.