Spurs v Wolves early injury news as 12 out and 2 doubts

Wolves are hoping to make it three consecutive wins under new manager Vitor Pereira as they travel to Spurs in the Premier League on December 29.

The Portuguese boss got up and running with a 3-0 win against Leicester City just before Christmas. Wolves then defeated Man United on Boxing Day courtesy of goals from Matheus Cunha and Hwang hee-Chan.

Spurs suffered a 1-0 defeat to Nottingham Forest at the City Ground with Djed Spence being sent off late on. The table has Spurs in 11th and Wolves in 17th with eight points separating the two sides.

Tottenham will already be without Spence following his dismissal but they’re without several key players due to injury. Wolves know what it’s like to contend with an injury crisis. Here’s the latest team news from both camps.

Wolves team news

Former club captain Mario Lemina remains doubtful after missing the last two games due to a calf injury. Vitor Pereira described Lemina as having a 'small' injury and that he didn't want to take the risk of playing him against Leicester City, but then he didn't play in his first home game either.

Enso Gonzalez, Sasa Kalajdzic and Yerson Mosquera are all dealing with their respective ACL injuries. Kalajdzic suffered his the longest ago and that’s why he was with Eintracht Frankfurt.

He’s expected to return to the New Year whilst Gonzalez posted on social media earlier this month he was doing some work on his road to recovery. Mosquera’s was suffered in September, and like Gonzalez his campaign is over.

Boubacar Traore was ruled out until Christmas a couple of months ago after needing a procedure on his knee. The 23-year-old suffered his injury against Burnley in the Carabao Cup in August and now a return in January looks more likely. Pablo Sarabia has a calf problem, and hasn’t played for five games now.

Out: Yerson Mosquera, Enso Gonzalez, Sasa Kalajdzic, Boubacar Traore, and Pablo Sarabia. Doubt: Mario Lemina.

Spurs team news

Guglielmo Vicario suffered an ankle injury against Manchester City in November. The Italian is expected to be out until March with Fraser Forster playing in his absence.

Richarlison has been out injured with a hamstring injury since the beginning of November. He's been limited to just seven games this season, and he's not expected back until the middle of January.

As mentioned Djed Spence is suspended for two games. He picked up two yellow cards and that isn't something Spurs can appeal against which is a blow as they’ve got several players injured in defence.

Wilson Odobert underwent surgery on his right hamstring in November which has made for a difficult start to life in North London. He's made just five appearances for Spurs since joining from Burnley for £25m in August.

Wales international Ben Davies recently returned to training, but Ange Postecoglou revealed in his pre-match press conference that he suffered a setback. He is now set to be out for several weeks.

Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven are both out until the New Year. The pair were forced off with injury in the 4-3 defeat to Chelsea earlier in December. Romero suffered a quad problem whilst Van de Ven has a hamstring injury.

Radu Dragusin came off towards the end of the defeat to Forest. He was feeling sore after hurting his ankle and was unable to continue with it being a case of wait and see.

He doubled down on Dragusin in his pre-match conference and said: “A bit early to tell. He tweaked his ankle last night and felt like he couldn't continue. So we'll just have to wait and see. Kind of wait until he gets in today and then assess it from there.”

Out: Guglielmo Vicario, Richarlison, Djed Spence, Wilson Odobert, Cristian Romero, Micky van de Ven, and Ben Davies. Doubt: Radu Dragusin.