Tottenham Hotspur head coach Ange Postecoglou must cope without the suspended Yves Bissouma for Monday's Premier League London derby with Fulham.

The Mali midfielder was dismissed for two bookable offences in a 1-0 win over Luton Town two weekends ago, firstly making a cynical foul before a needless dive on the stroke of the break.

Bissouma joins long-term injury victims Manor Solomon (knee), Ivan Perisic (knee), Ryan Sessegnon (thigh), Alfie Whiteman (ankle) and Rodrigo Bentancur (knee) on the hosts' absentee list, but the latter is now training with the group again, eight months on from his devastating ACL problem.

With Bissouma out of contention, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg will be given an increasingly rare opportunity to impress from the first whistle, joining Pape Sarr and James Maddison in the Spurs engine room.

Despite already accruing two strikes and five assists this season, Maddison is yet to directly contribute to a goal at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, where September's Premier League Player of the Month Son Heung-min will captain the side.

The South Korea international suffered a slight injury scare during the international break, but Postecoglou has confirmed that he will be fine to line up alongside Richarlison and Dejan Kulusevski, while Brennan Johnson could potentially make his comeback from a hamstring issue as well.

Cristian Romero was another minor casualty of the hiatus with an ankle concern, but the Argentine has been passed fit to join Micky van de Ven, Pedro Porro, Destiny Udogie and Guglielmo Vicario in an unaltered defence.

Tottenham Hotspur possible starting lineup: Vicario; Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Udogie; Sarr, Hojbjerg; Kulusevski, Maddison, Son; Richarlison body check tags ::