Tottenham Hotspur vs IF Elsborg scores, results, time, tips, odds, weather, how to watch

The big news on the teamsheets is the return from injury of Spurs’ star centre-back Micky van de Ven, who has been sidelined since December 9. He’s so important to the way Tottenham builds up from the back, so he’s an important inclusion – but fans will be watching him play through the gaps in their fingers, because another re-injury would be … let’s not even go there.

Here’s the Spurs XI:

They are, of course, still missing Dominic Solanke, Gugliermo Vicario, James Maddison, Destiny Udogie, Brennan Johnson, Timo Werner, Cristian Romero, Djed Spence and Wilson Odobert, most of whom are starting XI players.

Anyway, here’s the Elfsborg line-up: