Spurs’ predicted team vs. Manchester United comes as Conte makes a formation decision with a twist.

Here is the Tottenham Hotspur lineup we believe Antonio Conte will field when his team travels to Old Trafford to face Manchester United in the Premier League.

On Wednesday evening, Antonio Conte’s Tottenham Hotspur team will face Manchester United in a formation decision.

Spurs performed admirably at Old Trafford under Conte last season but were undone by a Cristiano Ronaldo hat-trick in a 3-2 loss. This time, the north London club will be hoping to return home with a better result against a United side now led by Erik ten Hag.

The 3-5-2 formation has looked good in recent weeks whenever used by Spurs but Conte seems set on using the 3-4-3 at Old Trafford as it’s the system he’s worked with the players the most on.

Unless it was a pre-match bluff, the Italian repeatedly said in a press conference on Monday that he would prefer to start with the 3-4-3 formation and named Lucas Moura, Bryan Gil, and Ivan Perisic as the players who could step in for the injured Richarlison. The Spurs boss did not actually rule the injured Dejan Kulusevski out of contention for the game but even if he did make a late stride towards fitness then he would likely be on the bench.

Conte has always looked to use Ryan Sessegnon in big games against the likes of Manchester City, Liverpool, and Chelsea and the England U21 star has often delivered his best performances in those encounters so the Spurs might go down that road again, using Perisic in the front three as the fittest of the trio he mentioned above. If the Croatian does play in that front three then Conte will have to decide whether he plays on the left or right, with Son Heung-min equally adaptable.

Then it’s a choice between Clement Lenglet and Ben Davies on the left of the back three and Matt Doherty will likely get the chance to impress again at right wing-back.

Yves Bissouma also impressed against Everton but if Conte wants just two in the center of the park then it’s likely to be the equally impressive Rodrigo Bentancur and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg. Bissouma can always be introduced to make a 3-5-2 at any point in the game.

Here is the team we reckon Conte will select for the game in Manchester:

3-4-3: Lloris; Romero, Dier, Davies; Doherty, Hojbjerg, Bentancur, Sessegnon; Perisic, Kane, Son.