Ange Postecoglou has made three changes to his Tottenham team to face Hoffenheim in the Europa League on Thursday night.

Spurs need four points to progress in the competition by finishing in the top eight in the big 32-team league which would bypass the extra play-off round next month.

Postecoglou has got 14 players unavailable for the game in Germany. Guglielmo Vicario, Micky van de Ven, Destiny Udogie, Yves Bissouma, Brennan Johnson, Wilson Odobert, Dominic Solanke, Timo Werner and Pape Matar Sarr are all out injured and Antonin Kinsky, Djed Spence, Sergio Reguilon and Yang Min-hyeok are not registered to play in the competition.

Cristian Romero is back in training but Postecoglou believes the Argentine will need another week or so until he can return to action. Rodrigo Bentancur is back after going through the concussion protocol following his head injury against Liverpool earlier this month.

Brandon Austin has come in for Kinsky to make his second appearances for Tottenham, while Archie Gray switches to left-back. Richarlison starts up top between Son Heung-min and Dejan Kulusevski.

Here is the Tottenham team Postecoglou has selected with only eight subs rather than the 12 allowed.

Austin; Porro, Dragusin, Davies, Gray; Bergvall, Bentancur, Maddison; Kulusevski, Richarlison, Son. Subs: Forster, Whiteman, Hardy, Cassanova, Olusesi, Ajayi, Moore, Lankshear.

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