Tottenham confirmed team vs Crystal Palace - Mikey Moore starts, Timo Werner sub, Son absent

Ange Postecoglou has named Mikey Moore in his Tottenham team to take on Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Sunday afternoon. In action on Thursday night against AZ Alkmaar in the Europa League, .

Heavily rotating his team in Europe and giving his first-team regulars a well-earned breather, the Australian has reverted to his preferred Premier League XI for the game at Selhurst Park. go into the game in a really good run of form and another three points will see them close in on the top four.

As expected, returns in goal despite Fraser Forster's impressive display in the win over AZ Alkmaar. Pedro Porro, Cristian Romero, Micky van de Ven and Destiny Udogie then make up the back four.

In the middle of the park, Postecoglou has opted for Yves Bissouma, and James Maddison as his midfield trio. Pape Matar Sarr delivered a fine performance in the second half of last Saturday's win over West Ham but Maddison has been preferred to him in the team.

, Postecoglou has selected Moore as his option on the left-wing rather than Timo Werner. Dominic Solanke and then join Moore in the front three.

Speaking in his pre-match press conference on Friday, Postecoglou admitted he is expecting a tough challenge from Crystal Palace despite their poor start to the campaign.

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"It’s always dangerous in the Premier League," he explained. "You just mentioned the Brighton game, and there’s never a game when you go in thinking it’s going to be a comfortable afternoon or evening. Especially away from home, the Premier League is always challenging.

"As you said, they’re going through a tough spell. I have no doubt they’ll get out of it because they do have some quality in the front third and they’re a hard working team. I think for us what’s important is that we’re on a good run, we’ve been on a good run for a while, and we want to continue that. And the basis of that good run is how and we’re working and sticking to our principles."

Here is the Tottenham team Postecoglou has selected to take on Crystal Palace:

Confirmed Tottenham XI: Vicario; Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Udogie; Bissouma, Kulusevski, Maddison; Johnson, Solanke, Moore.

Substitutes: Forster, Davies, Gray, Dragusin, Bentancur, Sarr, Bergvall, Werner, Richarlison.

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