Tottenham-Newcastle lineups confirmed as Ange Postecoglou hands debut to 25-year-old

Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper Brandon Austin volition marque his competitory debut for the Lilywhites successful their Premier League clash with Newcastle United.

Spurs are already missing first-choice shot-stopper Guglielmo Vicario owed to an ankle injury, portion second-choice Fraser Forster has seemingly succumbed to the sickness bug that has been sweeping done the Tottenham camp.

Spurs are said to person struck a deal to motion Slavia Prague goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky for £12.5m, but arsenic the 21-year-old is not yet astatine Ange Postecoglou's disposal, Austin has travel successful for his archetypal appearance.

The 25-year-old has been connected the books astatine Tottenham since 2007 and volition yet marque his maiden quality for the Lilywhites 18 years later, getting the motion implicit chap home-grown goalkeeper Alfie Whiteman.

Austin for Forster is 1 of 5 changes that Postecoglou has made to the Tottenham lineup from their 2-2 gully with Wolverhampton Wanderers connected December 29, arsenic Destiny Udogie, Rodrigo Bentancur, Yves Bissouma and Son Heung-min besides driblet retired of the side.

Sven Botman starts for Newcastle aft injury

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Udogie picked up a superior hamstring injury successful the stalemate with Wolves, truthful Djed Spence returns from suspension astatine left-back, but Bentancur is present serving his ain prohibition and has been replaced by Pape Sarr.

Postecoglou has besides seen acceptable to regenerate Bissouma with Lucas Bergvall successful the motor room, portion Timo Werner steps successful for Son connected the near flank, arsenic James Maddison is snubbed erstwhile again.

Meanwhile, Newcastle brag Eddie Howe has made 2 changes to his lineup from their 2-0 occurrence astatine Manchester United connected Monday, and the Magpies brag has made the immense telephone to commencement Sven Botman successful defence.

The Dutchman makes his archetypal elder quality for Newcastle since suffering an ACL wounded astir 10 months ago, though helium did implicit 60 minutes of an Under-21s triumph implicit Chelsea connected December 16.

Botman steps successful for the suspended Fabian Schar successful defence, wherever Tino Livramento besides replaces ex-Spurs full-back Kieran Trippier, who came disconnected with a sound successful the triumph astatine Old Trafford.

Six places and 8 points abstracted Spurs and Newcastle successful the Premier League table, with Postecoglou's squad languishing successful the bottommost fractional and the Magpies conscionable 3 points disconnected the Champions League spots.

Tottenham starting lineup: Austin; Porro, Gray, Dragusin, Spence; Bergvall, Sarr; Johnson, Kulusevski, Werner; Solanke
Subs: Whiteman, Reguilon, Dorrington, Hardy, Bissouma, Maddison, Olusesi, Son, Lankshear

Newcastle starting lineup: Dubravka; Livramento, Botman, Burn, Hall; Guimaraes, Tonali, Joelinton; Murphy, Isak, Gordon
Subs: Vlachodimos, Trippier, Barnes, Osula, Almiron, Kelly, Willock, Longstaff, Miley

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