WBA Vs Spurs – Match Preview

TEAM NEWS

West Brom head coach Tony Pulis will give midfielder Darren Fletcher a fitness test after he picked up a dead leg playing for Scotland.

Salomon Rondon only returned from international duty with Venezuela on Thursday so will also be assessed.

Tottenham midfielder Mousa Dembele is struggling with a foot problem he picked up during training and is a doubt.

Striker Harry Kane remains sidelined with an ankle injury.

File photo dated 10-09-2016 of Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Tuesday September 13, 2016. Mauricio Pochettino has dismissed suggestions Tottenham could struggle with the transition to Wembley when they host Monaco in the Champions League on Wednesday. See PA story SOCCER Tottenham. Photo credit should read Dave Thompson/PA Wire

WHAT THE MANAGERS SAY

West Brom head coach Tony Pulis: “Spurs didn’t get over the line last year but that will make them more determined. They’re a good, young side and it’ll be tough.

“Pochettino’s teams are well coached. They work up and down the pitch exceptionally well. They’ve got real talent.”

Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino: “Now we must be clever and we need to understand that it will be a tough game, maybe more difficult than Manchester City.

“If we’re not focused, or if we don’t play with the same intensity, the same passion, we will suffer a lot against a team that is very physical and strong.

“In the Premier League you can never play 80 or 70% of your capacity, you always need to be 100%.”

(BBC Sport predicts 2-0 Tottenham win)

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