Tottenham Hotspur return to Premier League action on Saturday afternoon as they host Everton in a 3pm kick-off in north London.
Spurs will be eager to put their disappointing draw at Leicester behind them and pick up their first win of the new campaign.
Tottenham were rampant in the first half at the King Power Stadium but failed to take their chances and ultimately had to settle for a point.
Ange Postecoglou’s charges will face an Everton side that has a long and difficult season ahead of them.
Last weekend, the Toffees fell to a humbling 3-0 defeat in front of their own fans as Brighton ran riot at Goodison Park.
Chris Sutton and Paul Merson have now had their say on who they think will win between Tottenham and Everton at N17.
Chris Sutton backs Tottenham to run out 3-1 winners
Sutton, writing on BBC Sport, believes Spurs will be more clinical this time round and get their first win of the season, specifically a 3-1 victory.
“Spurs could have been eight up at half-time against Leicester but didn’t take the chances and that will have been a bit of a sickener, it will have felt like a defeat,” he said.
“There are high hopes for Ange Postecoglou in his second season and they made great progress last year.
“Everton played well for the first 20 minutes against Brighton and are a team who will sit and frustrate the life out of Tottenham and then counter.
“They ran Tottenham close last season but I will say Spurs at home, in front of their own fans, need to be more clinical and will be.”
Paul Merson tips Spurs for clean sheet win over Everton
Paul Merson, writing on Sportskeeda, echoed Sutton’s sentiments in that Tottenham’s draw with Leicester would have been a bitter pill to swallow.
And like Sutton, the Sky Sports pundit believes Spurs will make amends for Monday night and record a routine 2-0 win against Everton.
Merson also spoke about Dominic Solanke, saying there will be much more pressure if he misses at Spurs compared to at Bournemouth.
“Tottenham were held to a draw by Leicester City in the opening game and I’ve never seen a game of two halves like that one,” said Merson.
“Dominic Solanke has to convert his chances when they are presented to him.
“Don’t get me wrong, I do like him as a player, but he is not at Bournemouth anymore and his misses won’t go under the radar now.
“I thought Spurs were outstanding in the first half against Leicester. However, they did not put the game to bed and it cost them three points.
“It must have been a very disappointing result for Spurs.
“They have got to be consistent throughout the 90 minutes. At the moment, they play good only in patches during games and that has to change.
“If they had scored the second goal against Leicester, I think it could’ve even been 4-0 or 5-0.
“Despite that disappointment, I’m backing Spurs to get a win even though it wouldn’t come easy.
“Everton can make it hard for them, but I just don’t see Tottenham missing that many chances again.
“Looks like it’ll be another long season for Sean Dyche’s Everton.”
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Tottenham team news against Everton
Postecoglou confirmed to the Spurs media team that Dominic Solanke and Rodrigo Bentancur will miss the Everton game.
Solanke picked up a knock against Leicester, while Bentancur is being given more time to recover after his head injury on Monday.
Postecoglou also confirmed that Yves Bissouma is back in contention and Pedro Porro is also fine, having trained this week.
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