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Tottenham team confirmed vs Wolfsberger AC: Kane, Son and Bale on the bench, Dier and Alli start

Jose Mourinho has made a number of changes to his Tottenham team for this evening's Europa League tie against Wolfsberger AC.

Leading 4-1 from the first leg in Budapest last Thursday, the head coach has elected to rest a number of his key players for Sunday's home match against Burnley.

Hugo Lloris, Tanguy Ndombele, Son Heung-min and Harry Kane all drop out of the XI, with Gareth Bale's place on the bench a hint that he may be involved from the start when the Clarets visit N17.

Eric Dier and Erik Lamela remain in the starting XI from the weekend, with the likes of Joe Hart, Toby Alderweireld, Dele Alli, Steven Bergwijn and Carlos Vinicius also coming into the side.

Spurs youngsters Dane Scarlett, Nile John, Dilan Markanday and Marcel Lavinier are also part of the squad.

Speaking ahead of the game, Mourinho stated the importance of winning after a bad run of form following five league defeats in their last six games.

"We want of course to qualify, that’s the most important thing. But when you in a bad run of results you need victories and I believe what everybody wants in that dressing room is not just to qualify, but to win the match," he said.

"In football anything is possible and you always have to be respecting the nature of football and the nature of sport and know anything can happen. But the reality is a 4-1 victory away is very good.

"So it’s not about losing 3-0 or 2-0 and qualifying, it’s about qualifying and winning the match. So our approach will be very similar to the first leg. We go there with a strong side.

"We go with a bench to help us turn the direction of a game if we need to and at the same time with three or four young players we would love to give the chance to play minutes with the first team, but our first team line up will be very similar to the one that started in Hungary because we want to go strong."

Here is the Tottenham team Mourinho has selected for the game:

Tottenham XI: Hart, Doherty, Dier, Alderweireld, Davies; Sissoko, Winks; Lamela, Alli, Bergwijn; Vinicius

Subs: Lloris, Reguilon, Son, Bale, Kane, Tanganga, Moura, Ndombele, Scarlett, Lavinier, Markanday, John

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