Tottenham vs Newcastle injury update as Eddie Howe faces potential Bruno Guimaraes blow

Antonio Conte will hope his side can get three points at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium when Eddie Howe's squad travel to N17 on Sunday. When Spurs played Newcastle earlier in the season, goals from Son Heung-min, Harry Kane and Tanguy Ndombele secured a 3-2 victory, ahead of the Italian's arrival.

The Lilywhites are now very much in the battle for a top-four spot, currently sitting three points behind fourth-placed Arsenal. Tottenham's north London rivals do have a game in hand but also face, on paper, a much more difficult final stretch of games in the Premier League season.

All Conte can do is focus on his side's performances and help lead them to maximum points in their final nine games of the campaign. After success and struggles for his players who went on international duty, the Italian will hope they all return to Hotspur Way unscathed.

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Tottenham will be without Japhet Tanganga for the rest of the season, which the club revealed ahead of the international break. Oliver Skipp and Ryan Sessegnon have both been working to recover from their injuries and Conte is likely to give an update on the dup in his pre-match press conference on Friday.

Rodrigo Bentancur, Davinson Sanchez and Cristian Romero all had their final game of the break during the early hours of Thursday morning. However, with only the former playing for his country and Spurs' Premier League action not resuming until Sunday, the 52-year-old will hope the trio return in good time to prepare for the tie.

The Magpies could also face some absences when they travel South for the game in N17. Spurs won't get to see their former defender Kieran Trippier, in a