Tottenham round off their final game of the Europa League league phase with a home encounter against IF Elfsborg on Thursday evening. Sitting sixth in the 36-team league after seven games, Ange Postecoglou's side have their destiny in their own hands as they look to avoid a two-legged knockout phase play-off tie in February.

Three points against their Swedish opponents will seal a place in the round of 16, with a point potentially enough if other results go their way. Spurs certainly won't be resting on their laurels, though, and they will be intent on recording a win to give them a confidence boost going into Sunday's Premier League clash at Brentford.

Once again, Postecoglou is going to be limited in terms of players for the Europa League fixture, with question marks surrounding the fitness of Richarlison, Pape Matar Sarr and James Maddison going into the game. So how exactly could Tottenham line up against Elfsborg in Thursday's 8pm kick-off? Our football.london writers have made their team selections below.

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Alasdair Gold - Tottenham correspondent

It's a bit of a lottery right now when it comes to who Ange Postecoglou will have available to him. It looks like he will be missing James Maddison for at least a couple of weeks but at least one of Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven could get some minutes as Spurs look to be ultra careful with both centre-backs and gradually build them up.

Key for Postecoglou will be how Pape Matar Sarr has recovered after playing when he shouldn't have on Sunday and whether Yves Bissouma is in a position yet to play, having been on the bench but left unused against Leicester.

Mikey Moore will probably come in for this game so as not to push Richarlison's groin too much, although the Brazilian will hopefully be fine. Elsewhere it's business as usual for the same overused players with Brandon Austin coming in for the unregistered Antonin Kinsky.

Gold's team: Austin; Porro, Dragusin, Davies, Gray; Bentancur, Bissouma, Bergvall; Kulusevski, Son, Moore.

Rob Guest - Football writer

Ange Postecoglou's Tottenham team is all going to depend on the fitness of some his players following some bad news last weekend. Richarlison came off in the 54th minute against Leicester due to a groin issue and Pape Matar Sarr shouldn't have played at all, with James Maddison missing out on the squad completely.

Due to Postecoglou's comments regarding Richarlison, it would probably be wise to leave him out of the starting XI on this occasion unless of course he is 100% fit. Tottenham cannot afford further attacking injuries right now and that may present Will Lankshear with an opportunity to lead the line amid Son Heung-min's struggles when played through the middle.

Rodrigo Bentancur and Lucas Bergvall will take up two of three midfield slots against Elfsborg. The duo could be joined by Yves Bissouma in the middle should he be in a position to start after remaining an unused substitute against Leicester last weekend.

Guest's team: Austin; Porro, Dragusin, Davies, Gray; Bissouma, Bentancur, Bergvall; Kulusevski, Lankshear, Son.

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