Tottenham Hotspur meets London rivals, Chelsea, after beating Southampton 4-1 in their Premier League opener.
The question for Tottenham manager Antonio Conte this weekend is whether to change the winning team for the visit of his former club Chelsea or keep the same line-up.
Spurs started the season without any of their six newcomers in the starting eleven with a 4-1 win over Southampton.
Conte's biggest decision for Sunday will likely come on the flanks, with Ivan Perisic going to be the more experienced choice ahead of Ryan Sessegnon, who equalized against the Saints with his first league goal for the club.
At the other end, the Italian faces a choice between Matt Doherty and Emerson Royal, while Yves Bissuma put pressure on midfield duo Pierre-Emile Hodgeberg and Rodrigo Bentancourt. Richarlison is available after serving a one-match suspension and could make his Stamford Bridge debut but new signing Clement Lenglet is unavailable due to adductor fatigue.
Oliver Skipp has been out of shape for "a few weeks" with a broken ankle.
I don't think it would be a good idea if Antonio Conte decided to keep the same team that beat Southampton 4-1 last weekend. This is because Southampton has never been a challenging team for the Top Six, and not just for the Top Six, but for other teams who are slightly stronger than them.
I remember that the same Southampton last season was beaten by Chelsea by 6 goals and United by 4 goals so you can't just take the Southampton game to prove that Tottenham has the strongest team to beat Chelsea. I hope Antonio Conte makes some small changes to the previous squad.
Antonio Conte and his Tottenham team will take this time as a revenge period after they were beaten by Chelsea multiple times last season without winning just a game in all their 4 meetings.
Tottenham prediction XI (3-4-3): Lloris; Romero, Dier, Davies; Emerson, Hoiberg, Bentancur, Sessegnon; Kulusevski, son, Kane.
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