Tottenham vs Leicester: Lineups, team news, confirmed starting teams as Maddison misses out through injury

The fixture has the highest goals-per-game ratio of any Premier League match to have been played at least 30 times

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Tottenham are targeting a first win in seven Premier League matches when they host second-bottom Leicester City on Sunday (2pm GMT).

Spurs have suffered three successive league defeats, losing 3-2 at Everton last Sunday following losses away to Arsenal and at home to Newcastle.

Leicester are in even worse form, losing their last seven league games and last winning away in the top flight at rock-bottom Southampton on October 19.

101GreatGoals.com has you covered for the line-ups, team news and confirmed starting sides for Tottenham vs Leicester.

Tottenham lineup vs Leicester

James Maddison scored Tottenham’s opener as part of an influential display in their 3-2 Europa League win at Hoffenheim on Thursday, but the playmaker is not in their matchday squad against the Foxes.

Manager Ange Postecoglou says he hopes the issue will only keep Maddison out for one game because the midfielder is “a bit sore”.

Forward Richarlison makes his first home league appearance for almost three months and first start at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium since February 2024.

New signing Antonin Kinsky returns in goal and Pape Matar Sarr, who had been a doubt, starts. Fellow injury concern Yves Bissouma is on the bench, but Djed Spence is injured.

Defenders Destiny Udogie, Micky van de Ven and Cristian Romero, midfielder Wilson Odobert and forwards Brennan Johnson and Timo Werner are among Tottenham’s long list of sidelined players.

Tottenham starting XI: Kinsky, Pedro Porro, Dragusin, Davies, Gray, Sarr, Bergvall, Bentancur, Son, Kulusevski, Richarlison

Subs: Austin, Reguilon, Bissouma, Ajayi, Olusesi, Min-hyeok, Moore, Lankshear

Leicester lineup vs Tottenham

Leicester make one attacking change in pursuit of a first goal in five home league matches: Bobby De Cordova-Reid comes in for Stephy Mavididi.

Full-back Woyo Coulibaly is on the bench after joining from Italian club Parma for a reported fee of £3 million on January 15.

Goalkeeper Mads Hermansen, defender Ricardo Pereira and midfielders Wilfred Ndidi and Issahaku Fatawu are among their injury absentees.

Leicester starting XI: Stolarczyk, Justin, Vestergaard, Faes, Kristiansen, Soumare, Winks, Cordova-Reid, El Khannouss, Ayew, Vardy

Subs: Iversen, Coulibaly, Coady, Okoli, Skipp, McAteer, Buonanotte, Mavididi, Daka

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