Sydney FC vs Tottenham Hotspur - prediction, team news, lineups

Looking to support their 100% grounds successful pre-season, Tottenham Hotspur sojourn Australia to look Sydney FC for the Sydney Super Cup connected Wednesday morning.

Spurs secured a comfortable triumph implicit Auckland FC successful New Zealand past clip retired and present clash with the Sky Blues, who narrowly missed retired connected A-League glory successful 2025-26.

Match preview

Taking complaint of the New South Wales broadside successful March, erstwhile Socceroo prima Patrick Kisnorbo enjoyed a seven-match unbeaten tally astatine the commencement of his reign, guiding Sydney FC to the expansive last of the A-League.

However, the Sky Blues were incapable to unafraid their sixth Australian top-flight rubric aft falling to a 1-0 decision astatine Go Media Stadium successful New Zealand, wherever a Cameron Howieson effort clinched the trophy for enlargement broadside Auckland.

After that cruel disappointment successful precocious May, Sydney returned to competitory matters successful the past 32 of the Australia Cup past Tuesday, erstwhile a hat-trick from Tiago Quintal headlined a 5-1 drubbing of Bayswater City.

Kisnorbo's troops are not backmost successful A-League enactment until a clash with section rivals Western Sydney Wanderers connected October 16, but the Sky Blues are relishing the accidental to pit their wits against a Premier League elephantine this week.

Despite possessing the fifth-best location grounds successful the A-League past season, Sydney are successful the midst of a six-match winless streak (D4 L2) astatine Allianz Stadium, with their astir caller competitory triumph astatine the venue coming against Brisbane Roar successful February.

It has been a lawsuit of truthful far, truthful bully successful pre-season for Roberto De Zerbi and Tottenham Hotspur, who person enjoyed affable triumphs implicit MK Dons and Auckland, scoring 3 goals and keeping consecutive cleanable sheets.

Over 40,000 supporters - a grounds assemblage for a shot lucifer successful New Zealand - packed into the iconic Eden Park connected Sunday morning, erstwhile strikes from Dane Scarlett and Richarlison sealed a 2-0 Spurs triumph implicit the existent A-League champions.

De Zerbi opted to tract a young starting XI successful Auckland, with 17-year-old Luca Williams-Barnett continuing to impressment this summertime arsenic helium looks to someway compression his mode into the first-team plans successful North London.

Spurs made a raft of elder changes astatine the hr mark, affording the Eden Park assemblage the luxury of seeing prima names specified arsenic Richarlison and Mateus Fernandes successful the flesh, with the second scoring an fantabulous extremity connected his debut against MK Dons earlier this month.

The erstwhile West Ham United maestro is 1 of six high-profile arrivals astatine the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium already this summer, with the Lilywhites keen to region themselves from the bottommost of the Premier League standings successful 2026-27.

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Team News

Making his competitory debut for Sydney during the thrashing of Bayswater successful the Australia Cup past week, Takahiro Sekine could beryllium successful enactment for his maiden commencement connected Wednesday.

Jordan Courtney-Perkins could articulation the Japanese defender successful the backline of the Sky Blues, with the 23-year-old forcing his mode into the starting XI nether Kisnorbo past season.

The hosts' attacking ranks are made up astir exclusively of Australians, with Spanish striker Victor Campuzano bringing La Liga acquisition courtesy of his days astatine Espanyol.

Tottenham are without a fig of semipermanent absentees, including Xavi Simons (knee), Wilson Odobert (knee) and Dejan Kulusevski (knee).

Travelling with the squad but yet to diagnostic connected this pre-season tour, James Maddison and Destiny Udogie are inactive recovering from fittingness setbacks.

Signing from Newcastle United this summer, Sandro Tonali could diagnostic successful Sydney aft recovering from a hamstring injury.

Expect Spurs' young stars to beryllium fixed a accidental to radiance astatine Allianz Stadium, with Scarlett, Jamie Donley and Mikey Moore pushing for consecutive starts connected this tour.

Sydney FC imaginable starting lineup:

Hoefsloot; Grant, Popovic, Courtney-Perkins, Garuccio; Kamijo, Youlley, De Jesus, Quintal, Akon; Macallister

Tottenham Hotspur imaginable starting lineup:

Dubravka; Gray, Van Hecke, Davies, Robertson; Williams-Barnett, Gallagher; Yang, Donley, Moore; Richarlison

We say: Sydney FC 0-3 Tottenham Hotspur

With Tottenham expected to tract a beardown starting XI, Sydney could beryllium successful terrible antiaircraft occupation connected their ain spot connected Wednesday.

Spurs person a fig of caller signings that are hopeless to impressment and grounds a confidence-boosting triumph astatine Allianz Stadium.