Tottenham are hunting a third successive Premier League win when they travel to Ipswich Town on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n
While Spurs were recently dumped out of both domestic cup competitions in the space of a few days, morale was boosted in N17 following last Sunday’s 1-0 victory over Manchester United. Ange Postecoglou’s side had earned some respite a couple of weeks prior by beating Brentford 2-0 away from home.<\/p>\n
Unthinkable relegation fears have thus been eased, with Saturday’s visitors climbing up to 12th in the Premier League table. It’s going to take a run they haven’t enjoyed since Postecolgou’s first ten games in charge for the Lilywhites to make a serious push for the European spots.<\/p>\n
Ipswich claimed their first league win of the season in the reverse fixture back in November, and Kieran McKenna’s side are currently best placed out of the newly promoted teams to make a fight of survival.<\/p>\n
The Tractor Boys ended a four-game losing run in the Premier League last week by claiming a hard-fought point at Aston Villa despite playing much of the contest with ten men.<\/p>\n
Ipswich have a fairly extensive injury list, one lengthened by loan signing Julio Enciso. The playmaker hurt his knee early on in the draw at Villa Park last Saturday and is set for a month on the sidelines.<\/p>\n
Axel Tuanzebe will also serve a one-game suspension after picking up two yellow cards last weekend.<\/p>\n
Wes Burns, Conor Chaplin, Chiedozie Ogbene and Christian Walton are all out for the hosts, while late decisions will be made on Sammie Szmodics, Leif Davis and captain Sam Morsy.<\/p>\n
January addition Alex Palmer impressed against Aston Villa and is a certainty to start between the posts for Spurs’ visit.<\/p>\n
Kevin Danso and Rodrigo Bentancur both picked up knocks during the 1-0 win over Man Utd, with the latter spotted with an ice pack on his knee after his substitution. However, the pair have trained as usual ahead of Saturday’s game and are expected to start.<\/p>\n
Son Heung-min also looked to be suffering physically last week and there have been calls for the captain to drop out of Postecoglou’s XI. Mikey Moore is an exciting option in reserve, while Wilson Odobert returned to action last week following a lengthy layoff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"