Portsmouth are going through a poor run of form in League One. They are sitting 12th with 31 points from 22 games.
Tottenham Hotspur will be keen to come up with a deep run in the FA Cup when they play host to Portsmouth in the third round. The Saturday evening contest will be heavily in favour of the Premier League side due to their superior quality of the squad. Besides, Portsmouth will be heading into this game managerless following the sacking of Danny Cowley. Thereby, a lot is not expected from the visitors in this clash, however, they could make the most of the underdog’s tag.
Portsmouth are going through a poor run of form in League One. They are sitting 12th with 31 points from 22 games. Portsmouth are winless in their last five League One games and have lost three of them. They could thereby rest their players in the FA Cup in order to keep them fit for the league games. Meanwhile, Tottenham Hotspur ended their indifferent form of late by hammering Crystal Palace 4-0 in their last game. That victory has brought them back into the top four race. They are currently sitting fifth in the Premier League table with 33 points from 18 games. Â
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Tottenham Hotspur are set to miss the majority of players for this match owing to injuries. Rodrigo Bentancur will join Dejan Kulusevski, Richarlison and Lucas Moura on the sideleines. However, Yves Bissouma’s return will be a big boost for them. Meanwhile, Portsmouth will be sweating over the fitness situation of Clark Robertson. Besides, they will miss Marlon Pack through suspension, while Dane Scarlett, who is on loan from Tottenham, will not be able to play against his parent club.
Tottenham Hotspur possible line-up: Forster, Tanganga, Sanchez, Davies, Spence, Bissouma, Sarr, Sessegnon; Gil, Son, Kane
Portsmouth possible line-up: Griffiths, Swanson, Morrison, Raggett, Ogilvie, Hackett, Morrell, Mingi, Koroma, Jacobs, Pigott
Tottenham Hotspur
Opponents | Score |
Crystal Palace | 0-4 (W) |
Aston Villa | 0-2 (L) |
Brentford | 2-2 |
Nice | 1-1 |
Motherwell | 4-0 (W) |
Portsmouth
Opponents | Score |
Charlton | 1-3 (L) |
Ipswich | 2-2 |
Exeter | 0-0 |
MK Dons | 0-2 (L) |
Stevenage | 3-0 (W) |
Last 5 matches (all competitions) | Results |
Tottenham Hotspur lose to Portsmouth | 0-2 |
Tottenham Hotspur beat Portsmouth | 2-0 |
Portsmouth lose to Tottenham Hotspur | 1-2 |
Tottenham Hotspur draw Portsmouth | 1-1 |
Portsmouth beat Tottenham Hotspur | 2-0 |
The FA Cup match between Tottenham Hotspur and Portsmouth will take place at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday at 6 pm IST.
The live telecast of the FA Cup match between Tottenham Hotspur and Portsmouth can be seen on TalkSport Radio UK, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button, BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra, BBC Sport Web in the United Kingdom.