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Alasdair Gold & Rob Guest

Tottenham team confirmed vs Bournemouth: Vertonghen, Lamela and Bergwijn come in, Son on bench

Jose Mourinho has made three changes to his Tottenham team for this evening's Premier League clash against Bournemouth.

Returning to winning ways on Monday evening with a 1-0 victory over Everton, the Spurs head coach has shuffled his pack with the north London derby against Arsenal coming up on Sunday.

Eric Dier, who serves the first game of his four-match ban, is replaced at centre-back by Jan Vertonghen.

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Erik Lamela and Steven Bergwijn also come into the team with Lucas Moura and Son Heung-min dropping to the bench.

Spurs will be expected to make it two wins on the bounce given Bournemouth's dreadful form over the past few months.

Although Eddie Howe's men are four points off safety and haven't won since the start of February, Mourinho is still expecting a tough encounter on the south coast.

"I know that. I know that but there's nothing I can do and I prefer in this moment to focus on Bournemouth and to forget what's coming after that," he said at his press conference on the fact that Arsenal have two days more rest than Spurs ahead of Sunday's clash.

"Bournemouth is the kind of team that always gives me reason when I don't look to the table, I look to the potential of the team. It's not important for me that they're in a relegation position.

"It's not important for me that they're fighting for survival - I look not to the table but to the potential of the team, the quality of Eddie Howe, to the organisation that his team is showing year after year.

"And I can also focus on many good results that they had against the better teams.

"So it's a good, strong enough position - it's a difficult enough match for me in this moment to [not] be thinking about what next."

Here's the Tottenham starting XI Mourinho has named to take on the Cherries:

Tottenham XI vs Bournemouth: Lloris (C), Aurier, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Davies, Winks, Sissoko, Lo Celso, Lamela, Bergwijn, Kane. Subs: Gazzaniga, Sanchez, White, Sessegnon, Skipp, Gedson, Ndombele, Lucas, Son.

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