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Evening all. The battle no one seemingly wants to win resumes as Tottenham look to boost their top-four prospects with victory at home to lowly Brighton tonight. But it’s a huge match for Brighton too, with Chris Hughton’s side three points above the relegation zone and having the chance to move six points clear of Cardiff with three games to go after tonight. Kick-off is at 7.45pm. Stay here for live updates throughout. Team news is next…

Premier League / Matchday 33
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium / 23.04.2019
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Pete Sharland
ByPete Sharland

Updated 23/04/2019 at 20:37 GMT

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Brighton have not scored in their past five league games, picking up just a point along the way. Worryingly, they've had just five shots on target in those five games too...
And Spurs at their new home? Three games, three wins, seven goals scored, none conceded.
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Hughton knows his Brighton side need a result to ease their relegation fears tonight…
“We're a team of our level playing in the Premier League and, up until probably the last month or so, we've been in a decent enough position in the league," he said.
“Probably our poorest period came at the worst time, but that happens when you're playing in a division as difficult as this one and when you are the level of club that we are.
"We have to find formulas and pull out results to get the points that we need."
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Will that new stadium bounce continue, or will the upcoming Champions League semi-final prove a distraction for Mauricio Pochettino’s side?
"We hope we can keep going, getting the same result," Pochettino said. "It is going to be fantastic and it is going to be helpful for us playing in the new stadium with our fans and we hope and wish to repeat the performances of the previous results.
"We are not thinking of Ajax. We showed that [against Man City]. Now our energy is in Brighton. It is so clear that we have two objectives - one is to be in the top four at the end of the season and the other is to beat Ajax, but we need to go step-by-step."
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Remaining fixtures and points
  • 3rd: Spurs (67pts) : Brighton (H), West Ham (H), Bournemouth (A), Everton (H)
  • 4th: Chelsea (67pts): Man Utd (A), Watford (H), Leicester (A)
  • 5th: Arsenal (66pts): Wolves (A), Leicester (A), Brighton (H), Burnley (A)
  • 6th: Man Utd (64pts): Man City (H), Chelsea (H), Huddersfield (A), Cardiff (H)
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Pochettino makes five changes from the 1-0 defeat at Man City on the weekend as Danny Rose, Kieran Trippier, Fernando Llorente, Victor Wanyama and Hugo Lloris all come in.
There are six Brighton changes - Bernardo, Martin Montoya, Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Jurgen Locadia, Florin Andone and Yves Bissouma all return to the XI.
TEAMS
Tottenham XI: Lloris, Trippier, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Rose, Wanyama, Eriksen, Alli, Moura, Son, Llorente
Subs: Gazzaniga, Sanchez, Janssen, Dier, Foyth, Davies, Skipp
Brighton XI: Ryan, Bernardo, Duffy, Dunk, Stephens, Bissouma, Montoya, Gross, Jahanbakhsh, Locadia, Andone
Subs: Button, Bong, Kayal, Balogun, Murray, March, Burn