Tottenham Hotspur vs Leeds United - prediction, team news, lineups

A blockbuster bottom-half conflict closes Premier League gameweek 36, arsenic Tottenham Hotspur and Leeds United collide astatine the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium connected Monday night.

The Lilywhites could triumph 3 consecutive top-flight matches for the archetypal clip this season, portion their Yorkshire counterparts volition beryllium mathematically harmless with an 11th triumph of the term.

Match preview

Survival specialists Sean Dyche and Sam Allardyce whitethorn person answered the telephone had Tottenham travel calling, but the hosts decided to gamble with the semipermanent imaginativeness of Roberto De Zerbi, and that gamble is - susurration it softly - paying off.

Across gameweeks 33, 34 and 35, lone 2 teams picked up much Premier League points than the Europa League holders, who recovered from the heartbreak of their Brighton & Hove Albion gully with gritty back-to-back wins successful the West Midlands.

After earning Premier League triumph fig 1 of 2026 astatine Wolverhampton Wanderers, Tottenham capitalised connected Aston Villa's Europa League distraction with a merited 2-1 occurrence astatine Villa Park, wherever Conor Gallagher and Richarlison produced the goods successful the opening 25 minutes.

Also indebted to Brentford for doing them a favour against West Ham United, Spurs commencement the play with their destiny successful their ain hands, lying 17th successful the Premier League table with a one-point buffer implicit the Irons.

West Ham tin leapfrog the Lilywhites with a daze triumph implicit Arsenal connected Sunday, erstwhile Tottenham fans should enactment their North London rivalry to 1 broadside for a mates of hours, and their squad could beryllium 4 points wide of the driblet portion with 2 games remaining successful this gameweek's imagination scenario.

The hosts' appalling location grounds of 11 points from 17 games whitethorn not transportation overmuch value connected Monday too, arsenic the De Zerbi interaction is backed up by the stats; his Tottenham broadside person won possession successful the last 3rd 5.3 times per lucifer connected average, the highest fig for immoderate manager who has taken complaint of 4+ games successful the 2025-26 Premier League.

Leeds' improvements person been noticeable implicit the past fewer months alternatively than the past fewer matches, and Daniel Farke's men could adjacent person their Premier League information assured earlier kicking a shot connected Monday night.

Seven points wide of West Ham with 3 games remaining, the Whites tin nary longer beryllium relegated if the Irons suffer to Arsenal connected Sunday; otherwise, they simply request to lucifer oregon amended the Hammers' effect to enactment up.

Monday's visitors are already successful an incredibly advantageous position, though, arsenic nary squad has ever been relegated from the Premier League with their existent full of 43 points, 10 of which person been won crossed their past 4 matches.

Shaking disconnected the Chelsea-inflicted FA Cup semi-final heartbreak astatine Wembley, Leeds strode to a 3-1 triumph implicit doomed Burnley 2 Fridays ago, arsenic Anton Stach, Noah Okafor and Dominic Calvert-Lewin helped widen their side's unbeaten Premier League tally to six matches.

Farke's charges person besides avoided decision successful each of their past six league games connected the road, though they would already beryllium harmless had they been capable to person draws into wins distant from home, wherever they person played retired a staggering 8 stalemates from their past 10 successful the apical flight.

The Whites were besides edged retired 2-1 by Spurs astatine Elland Road successful October, which marked Tottenham's 5th consecutive Premier League triumph implicit Monday's visitors, a streak that includes an enthralling 4-3 location triumph successful precocious 2022.

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Team News

Tottenham were handed a mates of customary wounded scares astatine Villa Park, wherever Rodrigo Bentancur and Richarlison were forced disconnected the field, but the brace are expected to beryllium good for Monday's game.

However, the clash should travel excessively soon for Dominic Solanke (hamstring), portion Guglielmo Vicario (hernia), Dejan Kulusevski (knee), Wilson Odobert (knee), Ben Davies (ankle), Mohammed Kudus (thigh), Xavi Simons (knee) and Cristian Romero (knee) are inactive sidelined.

An unused substitute 2 weeks running, James Maddison whitethorn beryllium successful enactment for his archetypal minutes of the play against Leeds, though they would undoubtedly travel disconnected the bench.

As for Leeds, Farke delivered a crushing stroke successful his pre-game property conference, revealing that in-form attacker Okafor had picked up a calf wounded and would not beryllium disposable for his side's adjacent 2 games.

The Switzerland planetary was aiming to physique connected a stellar instrumentality of 7 extremity involvements from his past 7 Premier League games, including six strikes of his ain - 1 each 68 minutes.

Lukas Nmecha and Brenden Aaronson volition vie to deputise for Okafor, who is joined successful the attraction country by Gabriel Gudmundsson (thigh) and Ilia Gruev (knee), but Pascal Struijk (hip) mightiness beryllium successful contention to play.

Tottenham Hotspur imaginable starting lineup:

Kinsky; Porro, Danso, Van de Ven, Udogie; Bentancur, Palhinha; Kolo Muani, Gallagher, Tel; Richarlison

Leeds United imaginable starting lineup:

Darlow; Bijol, Struijk, Rodon; Bogle, Stach, Tanaka, Ampadu, Justin; Nmecha, Calvert-Lewin

We say: Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Leeds United

Prior to the commencement of gameweek 36, Leeds' Okafor boasted the champion minutes-per-goal ratio of immoderate Premier League subordinate to play astatine slightest 200 minutes since February 1, truthful his lack connected Monday could beryllium devastating for the Whites.

However, the omissions of Simons, Romero, Kulusevski and co person not majorly hampered a Tottenham broadside playing with greater strength and belief, and we tin representation the De Zerbi-inspired Lilywhites edging person to endurance with different immense 3 points.

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