Overview
- Kick-off is 3pm BST on Saturday, 30 August, at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, with no live UK broadcast due to the 3pm blackout and highlights later on Sky and BBC.
- Tottenham have opened with wins over Burnley (3-0) and at Manchester City (2-0) and can go top of the table with a positive result.
- Thomas Frank confirmed Destiny Udogie is available; Radu Dragusin is about a week to ten days from rejoining team training, and Yves Bissouma remains out.
- Spurs still lack several long-term absentees, including Dejan Kulusevski, James Maddison, Radu Dragusin, Kota Takai and Bryan Gil, with Djed Spence expected to continue at full-back.
- Bournemouth beat Wolves 1-0 but exited the Carabao Cup to Brentford; Adam Smith is expected to replace the suspended Araujo, and reports of late Spurs transfer moves remain unconfirmed as Frank says they are working to add a signing.