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Rob Guest

Tottenham predicted team vs Wycombe: Bale and Lamela start, Kane and Son rested for Liverpool

Jose Mourinho is expected to make a number of changes to his Tottenham team this evening for the FA Cup fourth round clash away at Wycombe Wanderers.

Although the Lilywhites haven't been in action since last Sunday's 3-1 win over Sheffield United, the head coach will have one eye on the Premier League game at home to Liverpool on Thursday evening.

As Spurs aren't exactly going to have much time to prepare at Hotspur Way for the crunch clash in N17, Mourinho will likely drop a number of regulars down to the substitutes' bench with the Reds in mind.

But who exactly will come in as Tottenham look to avoid an FA Cup upset against the Championship basement boys?

Well, the first change will come in goal as Joe Hart starts ahead of Hugo Lloris as he did in the previous round away at Marine.

Mourinho confirmed on Friday in his pre-match press conference that both Matt Doherty and Serge Aurier are doubts for the game, thus giving him the opportunity to start Japhet Tanganga at right-back.

Toby Alderweireld and Davinson Sanchez are then likely to come in after not starting last weekend, with Ben Davies shifting over to left-back after his role in the three-man defence at Bramall Lane.

Harry Winks and Moussa Sissoko are also contenders to get the nod in the middle of the park, especially as Mourinho will want to keep Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and Tanguy Ndombele fresh to face Liverpool.

Erik Lamela needs game time and should come in, with Gareth Bale, Lucas Moura and Carlos Vinicius also doing likewise.

On paper it may look like a straightforward game given the Chairboys are bottom of the Championship but Mourinho knows what to expect in the famous competition.

He added: "I had lots of experience in the FA Cup and okay Marine was an extreme situation but I played against League Two and League One. I won and I lost. I lost in a season when I was champion with Chelsea. We lost in the FA Cup at home against League One opponents [Bradford].

"I went with Manchester United to Yeovil. I went with Chelsea to Shrewsbury. It’s a pity the local people cannot enjoy it.

"It was a pity Marine people had to be in the streets. It’s a pity that Wycombe supporters cannot be in the stadium but I look to them not as a small team. They are Championship and Championship is fully professional."

Here is the team that we reckon Mourinho will choose to face Wycombe Wanderers.

4-2-3-1: Hart; Tanganga, Alderweireld, Sanchez, Davies; Sissoko, Winks; Bale, Lamela, Lucas; Vinicius.

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