Tottenham vs Portsmouth

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“ You are a fantastic player and you are also a great player. “We have a huge following wherever we go and selling around 9,000 tickets as quickly as we did is a must. So we have to choose the players we have in the front line. “ It is a great honor to face a manager with the pedigree of Antonio Conte. We have three forwards at the moment and we are going to use them. “It could be an opportunity to give you a break, but we don’t have many players and the choice is ours.

On Saturday, January 7, Tottenham Hotspur will host Portsmouth at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to kick off their FA Cup campaign.

Since a 1-0 defeat in April 1988, Tottenham has not lost to Pompey in their last eight home games, winning six and drawing two. At the Tottenham Stadium, Portsmouth is in for a challenging ninety minutes. The League One team, which hasn’t won in four games, will try to upset the other team and end their drought.

Antonio Conte is expected to rotatte for Tottenham's FA Cup clash with Portsmouth later today but there will be no rest for Harry Kane and Heung-min Son.

Pompey begin life without Danny Cowley as they make the mouth-watering trip to Premier League giants Spurs.

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Writing in his predictions column for BBC Sport, Chris Sutton has been looking ahead to this weekend's FA Cup fixtures.

Of course, Spurs will have a greater chance of winning if they pick their two best players here, but even if they leave both Kane and Son on the bench they should still be favourites. “If Conte rotates his squad, then Pompey obviously have more of a chance, but they have just sacked their manager after a bad run of results and they are not in the sort of form that suggests they can go to Spurs and spring a surprise.” This has the recipe for an upset, but Sutton thinks that Spurs can win comfortably against Pompey if Harry Kane and Son Heung-Min are picked in the starting XI.

With that in mind, it will be fascinating to see just how seriously Conte takes it. Today's clash with an out-of-form League One ...

In a development which should surprise absolutely no-one, Spurs look much better in the second half already. Pompey are playing well & will be much the happier. With that in mind, it will be fascinating to see just how seriously Conte takes it.

Tottenham are currently on a 15-year trophy drought, and haven't won the FA Cup since 1991. Today they face Portsmouth in the third round of the ...

The game will be shown on BBC Red Button and iPlayer. Meanwhile, Portsmouth have just one in five, and recently parted ways with manager [Danny Cowley](/topic/danny-cowley). This fixture was a regular [Premier League](/topic/premier-league) game for Pompey once upon a time, before their descent down the pyramid began.

Tottenham are going on yet another cup run as they chase a first trophy in 14 years - and they'll have to ensure there is no shock upset against League One ...

Pompey go with the same back five however as they look to cause an almighty upset in north London. Halfway through the first-half here and nothing to separate the teams here. Spurs try to counter but Skipp loses control of the ball. He cuts inside and is completely wiped out by Hume who gives away a free-kick in a dangerous position. Spurs are awarded a free-kick just outside the box. Swanson blocks another cross out for another corner - Spurs' seventh of the half. Hackett-Fairfield stands over the ball and whips in a tempting delivery. Let's take a look at the current scores. The ball makes its way to Bryan Gil who tries to dance out of trouble but cannot get his feat sorted. Neither manager has opted to make any changes yet and we are back underway. He plays a quick one-two with Sessegnon and curls a beauty into the far right corner past the helpless Griffiths. The South Korean has a pop at goal but his effort flies widly over.

Minute-by-minute report: Antonio Conte's side begin their road to Wembley against managerless League One opposition. Join Barry Glendenning.

[Tottenham Hotspur](https://www.theguardian.com/football/tottenham-hotspur) Stadium to cheer on their team, which has been picked by caretaker manager Simon Bassey, who will be in the technical area today. [Portsmouth](https://www.theguardian.com/football/portsmouth) penalty area and a little left of centre. Kick-off at White Hart Lane is at 12.30pm (GMT), but stay tuned in the meantime for team news and build-up. Portsmouth make four changes to the line-up that lost against Charlton, two of them enforced. The players of Tottenham are in their usual home kit of white shirts, navy shorts and white socks. The hosts play it out from the back and set about trying to find an opening. Son’s delivery isn’t the best and Portsmouth clear comfortably. [Portsmouth](https://www.theguardian.com/football/portsmouth) defender on his ankle. Portsmouth don’t look at all out of their depth here, seem confident in possession and are moving the ball around nicely. His attempted cross is blocked by the defender and the ball ricochets wide off the Spurs left wing-back. Harry Kane rifles the ball into the defensive wall, collects the rebound and sends a cross towards the far post. An Arsenal player (albeit without making a senior appearance) from the age of six until his move to

Confirmed Tottenham lineup · Confirmed Portsmouth lineup · Kick-off time and venue: 12.30pm GMT, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium · TV channel and live stream: BBC.

With Richarlison and Dejan Kulusevski still sidelined through injury, Conte's assistant Cristian Stellini confirmed Friday that Conte will use the same ...

In a development which should surprise absolutely no-one, Spurs look much better in the second half already. Pompey are playing well & will be much the happier. With that in mind, it will be fascinating to see just how seriously Conte takes it.

Kane needs two goals in the north London derby to overtake Spurs' all-time leading goalscorer after seeing Spurs past Portsmouth in the FA Cup third round.

There was always a question of how he would react to the With his options limited, there was little Conte could do to see the game out but he did hand a rare appearance to Djed Spence, who would now be cup-tied if he did move away on loan this month. There were flashes of invention from the young winger again and Spurs’ task now is to allow him to push higher up the pitch and establish himself in a position where Kane and Son can make the best of his runs, particularly as he continues to adapt physically. Spurs’ opener had nearly come from a far unlikelier source moments earlier when Emerson Royal met Son Heung-min’s cross and headed onto the post. Fraser Forster, who spent eight years on Southampton’s books, was already the most unpopular man in the away end when he managed to get down to deny Hackett’s ambitious scissor kick. While that has cost them so many times this season, there was a little more leeway here against League One opposition, who sacked manager Danny Cowley in midweek after a winless nine-game streak.

Kane had hardly been in the game in a dull opening half but curled home a superb effort five minutes into the second period to take his Tottenham tally to 265 ...

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