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Tottenham team confirmed vs Arsenal as Lucas Bergvall starts again with James Maddison on bench

Lucas Bergvall celebrates after scoring for Tottenham (Photo by Harry Murphy - Danehouse/Getty Images)
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Ange Postecoglou has named his Tottenham to face Arsenal in the latest north London derby in the Premier League at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday night.

Both sides come into the game having played extra-time in their FA Cup ties at the weekend, Spurs eventually overcoming non-league Tamworth and Arsenal going out of the competition following a penalty shoot-out with 10-man Manchester United.

After that game, Tottenham lost Timo Werner to a hamstring problem but have Richarlison back and available to play after two months out with a hamstring injury. The concussed Rodrigo Bentancur remains in the stages of going through the protocol for that and Postecoglou has decided to

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Lucas Bergvall gets another start in a big game and with Pape Matar Sarr keeping his place from Sunday, while James Maddison returns to the bench.

Antonin Kinsky gets another experience of the English game with his third game for Tottenham after a month without football as the Czech league paused in mid-December.

Here is the Tottenham team that Postecoglou has selected:

Kinsky; Porro, Dragusin, Gray, Spence; Sarr, Bissouma, Bergvall; Kulusevski, Solanke, Son. Subs: Austin, Reguilon, Hardy, Olusesi, Maddison, Moore, Johnson, Richarlison, Lankshear.

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