Tottenham and Coventry City announced the starting lineups for their match at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in the English Premier League on Monday.
The hosts start at the bottom of the table but have secured their third point of the season with a result 1-1 draw with Manchester United On October 10th.
Newly promoted Coventry lost their first four league matches, but won two successive matches with a 1-0 win over Nottingham Forest before defeating Newcastle 4-1 at home a week ago.
Tottenham can jump from City to 16th place if they win, while the Sky Blues will advance to 14th place with a draw and rise to at least 11th place if they win.
Tottenham have confirmed their starting lineup against Coventry City
Tottenham made five changes from their draw at Old Trafford.
Dejan Kulusevski is on the bench and could make his first appearance since May 11, 2025 after a knee injury.
Injured are Pedro Porro (hamstring), Lukas Bergvall (bruise), Mykhailo Modric (ankle), Savio (muscle), Wilson Odubert and Xavi Simons (both knees).
Rodrigo Bentancur is serving the first game of a three-match ban after striking United defender Luke Shaw.
Tottenham: Antonin Kinski, Archie Gray, Tosin Adarabioyo, Jean-Paul van Hecke, James Maddison, Archie Gray, Sandro Tonali, Dominic Solanke, Mohamed Quddus, Omar Marmoush, Micky van de Ven
Alternatives: Martin Dubravka, Markus Sinise, Ben Davies, Conor Gallagher, Mateusz Fernandes, Dejan Kulusevski, Callum Oluseyi, Luca Williams-Barnett, Matthijs Till
Coventry’s full lineup against Tottenham
Coventry made one change after their win over Newcastle, bringing on Tatsuhiro Sakamoto for Efron Mason-Clarke.
Ken Kesler Hayden is on the bench after a hamstring injury but Uriel Aminda (calf), Luke Wolfenden (knee), Josh Eccles (knock) and Haji Wright (muscle) are absent.
Coventry City: Carl Rushworth, Milan Van Ewijk, Bobby Thomas, Ethan Pinnock, Jay DaSilva, Caleb Yerenecki, Matt Grimes, Jack Rodoni, Tatsuhiro Sakamoto, Brandon Thomas Asante, Siddiqi Sharif.
Alternatives: Daniel Bentley, Ellis Sims, Efron Mason-Clark, Stephen Mfuni, Taiwo Onyi, Frank Onyeka, Ken Kessler Hayden, Victor Torpe, Gustavo Hammer
Where to watch Tottenham vs. Coventry: TV channel, live stream online
The match will kick off on Monday at 20:00 GMT (15:00 ET / 12:00 PT), with live coverage in the UK on Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Sports Ultra.
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Statistics for the Tottenham and Coventry match in the English Premier League
- Tottenham have won their last five matches against Coventry in all competitions, most recently a 2-1 away win in the FA Cup in September 2024 under Ange Postecoglou.
- They have registered three wins in their last 25 home Premier League matches (D7 L15). Since their first match at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in April 2019, only Wolves at Molineux (57) and Southampton at St Mary’s (52) have suffered more defeats at a single stadium than Spurs have at their current home ground (50).
- Tottenham are still without a win in the Premier League this season (D3 L3) and have scored just two goals. Only in 1912/13 (first 12 matches) and 2008/09 (first 8 matches) has a team had a longer winless start to a league season, while this is their second lowest tally in their first six league matches ever, behind the two goals they scored in 2006/07.
- Only three teams have made more touches in the opposition penalty area in the Premier League this season than Tottenham (182) and only two teams have completed more passes into the final third of the pitch (770).
- Roberto De Zerbi’s side are last in terms of shot conversion rate (3.6%) and have underperformed xG by 3.6 goals (3 goals from 6.6 xG)
- Coventry visits Tottenham for the first time since their 3-0 loss in the FA Cup third round in 2012/13 and has not achieved a win in five matches against Tottenham (D2 L3) since a 2-1 win on the final day of the 1996/97 Premier League.
- City can make it back-to-back away wins for the first time since August 2000, while keeping their last consecutive clean sheet in March 1998.
- The Sky Blues are enjoying their best win in the competition since winning the Championship in January and February 1998, when they won five in a row under Gordon Strachan.
- In the history of the Premier League, only three teams have lost their first four matches and then won three in a row: Derby in 1899/00, Arsenal in 1923/24 and Aston Villa in 1997/98.
- Against Newcastle, Seddiqi Sherif scored on his first Premier League match for Coventry. Sherif can now join the three City players who have scored in their first two Premier League matches: John Williams (August 1992), Mick Quinn (November 1992) and Dion Dublin (September 1994).
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