Spurs given opposition injury boosts ahead of tomorrow | OneFootball

Tomorrow afternoon, Spurs will welcome Manchester United to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, for match day 25 of the Premier League season, with both teams in pretty dire straits coming into the game.

Earlier in the week, it was confirmed by Ange Postecoglou that Guglielmo Vicario, Destiny Udogie, and James Maddison are all set to be back for the game, in a huge boost. There has now been another injury boost given to Spurs - in terms of the opposition.

On Saturday, it was confirmed that United's Amad Diallo, who has been a rare shining light in a dismal season, is out for the season - and will therefore miss the game tomorrow. Furthermore, beyond tomorrow, this weakens a Europa League rival.

Despite playing for just 35 minutes, Diallo scored and assisted against Spurs when the two teams met in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium back in December. He has also scored against Liverpool and Manchester City this season, and in general is just a real threat - whether it be as a right wing-back or as a number ten in Ruben Amorim's 343 system.

Manchester United dealt injury blows ahead of showdown with Spurs

Meanwhile, it was also confirmed that midfielder Kobbie Mainoo is set to miss the game with an injury. Perhaps not as important a player as Diallo, but United's midfield options definitely look very thin without him. Particularly as Manuel Ugarte has been listed as a "major doubt" in the same report.

This could mean that Amorim is forced to go with a midfield two of Casemiro, and former Spurs midfielder Christian Eriksen. On a pitch as big as Spurs', that is something that they have no excuse but to exploit. This would be such a missed opportunity if Ange's side are not able to pick up three points.

In the two previous meetings this season, Spurs have come out on top in both. That said, a lot has changed since the aforementioned Carabao Cup win in December, never mind the Premier League win back in September, so let's see.

For example, in the win at Old Trafford, we saw Micky van de Ven, Cristian Romero, Timo Werner, Dominic Solanke, and Brennan Johnson all start. None of those players will be available tomorrow, it would appear. Then, you had Erik ten Hag still in charge for the hosts.

As for the Carabao Cup game, Fraser Forster started (whom could forget, bless him), as well as Radu Dragusin and Solanke. So, yeah - those two games are not really relevant to tomorrow, but make no bones about it - anything that isn't three points would be a big failure.