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Jonathan Woodgate
Former England defender on BBC Radio 5 Live

Spurs have been so fortunate to get a manager of Antonio Conte's standing. He's won four Serie A titles, as well as the Premier League and an FA Cup with Chelsea. And he's managed Italy. So for Tottenham to get Conte has been a real coup.

He's got a real connection with the fans, they absolutely adore him. If you watch Conte on the sideline he just oozes passion. I think he is doing a great job.

If you think about it, they are four points off West Ham [in fourth] with four games in hand. They have got every chance of finishing fourth - if they keep on playing like they can under Conte.

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The easiest set of team news of the evening comes from Villa Park, where both sides are unchanged from their last games.

New signing Calum Chambers does make the bench for Aston Villa, who beat Everton 1-0 last time out.

Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Cash, Digne, Konsa, Mings, Luiz, McGinn, Ramsey, Buendia, Watkins, Coutinho.

Subs: Sanson, Chambers, Young, Ings, Olsen, Hause, Chukwuemeka, Iroegbunam, Chrisene.

Leeds' unchanged team is perhaps a bit more surprising considering they lost 1-0 at home to Newcastle and have Adam Forshaw fit again. However, the midfielder is on a bench that also includes Joe Gelhardt, Tyler Roberts and the fit-again Jamie Shackleton.

Daniel James continues in the centre-forward role.

Leeds XI: Meslier, Ayling, Dallas, Llorente, Struijk, Koch, Klich, Rodrigo, Raphinha, Harrison, James.

Subs: Forshaw, Roberts, Klaesson, Bate, Gelhardt, Hjelde, McKinstry, Shackleton, Kenneh.

Norwich City

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Wouldn't quite be the great escape, but it certainly would be a very, very good one.

Mark Lawrenson
BBC Football expert

Norwich have not just improved, they have started winning games - which must be a real boost after their results earlier in the season.

Counting the FA Cup, the Canaries have won four of their past five, when they had only managed three victories in their previous 21 matches.

Crystal Palace are ticking along quite nicely in mid-table but I actually fancy Norwich to win again. They are creating chances, are full of confidence and Dean Smith is showing everyone what a good manager he is.

Prediction: 2-1

Lawro's full predictions v Rolo Tomassi keyboardist James Spence.

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Antonio Conte sticks with the same Tottenham side that beat Brighton in the FA Cup on Saturday, with new signings Rodrigo Bentancur and Dejan Kulusevski on the bench.

Spurs XI: Lloris, Royal, Sanchez, Romero, Davies, Reguilon, Winks, Hojbjerg, Son, Moura, Kane.

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Southampton make 10 changes to the side that scraped through in extra-time against Coventry, with only James Ward-Prowse keeping his place.

Goalkeeper Fraser Forster and defenders Romain Perraud, Kyle Walker-Peters, Jan Bednarek and Mohammed Salisu all come in, while Oriol Romeu and Stuart Armstrong join Ward-Prowse in midfield, with Mohamed Elyounoussi, Che Adams and Armando Broja named in attack.

Saints XI: Forster, Walker-Peters, Bednarek, Salisu, Perraud, Romeu, Ward-Prowse, Armstrong, Elyounoussi, Broja, Adams.

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There are three changes to the Norwich side from the 1-0 win over Wolves in the FA Cup last weekend.

Angus Gunn comes in for Michael McGovern in goal with Tim Krul still out with a shoulder injury.

Josh Sargent isn't in the squad. Max Aarons and Teemu Pukki return to the side.

Norwich XI: Gunn, Aarons, Gibson, Hanley, Placheta, Rashica, Lees-Melou, Williams, Pukki, McLean, Idah.

Subs: McGovern, Byram, Zimmermann, Gilmour, Dowell, Normann, Tzolis, Rowe, Giannoulis.

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There are four changes to the Crystal Palace side from the 2-0 FA Cup win over Hartlepool.

Vicente Guaita returns in goal. Martin Kelly isn't in the squad. Wilfried Zaha, Joachim Andersen and Will Hughes are back in the side. Eberechi Eze is on the bench.

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita, Ward, Mitchell, Guehi, Olise, Zaha, Hughes, Mateta, Schlupp, Andersen, Gallagher.

Subs: Butland, Milivojevic, Tomkins, Ayew, Eze, Clyne, McArthur, Benteke, Edouard.

Manchester City make five changes to the side that beat Fulham in the FA Cup on Saturday.

Ruben Dias, Aymeric Laporte, Rodri, Bernardo Silva and Raheem Sterling replace Kyle Walker, Nathan Ake, Fernandinho, Ilkay Gundogan and Jack Grealish.

City XI: Ederson, Cancelo, Stones, Dias, Laporte, De Bruyne, Rodri, Silva, Mahrez, Foden, Sterling.

The big news for Brentford is that striker Ivan Toney misses out with a calf injury in one of three changes to the side that were beaten by Everton on Saturday.

Ethan Pinnock, Frank Onyeka and Saman Ghoddos come in for Mads Bech Sorensen, Vitaly Janelt and Toney.

Brentford XI: Raya, Roerslav, Ajer, Jansson, Pinnock, Henry, Jensen, Norgaard, Onyeka, Ghoddos, Canos.

Team news from the 19:45 kick-offs is coming right up.

Aston Villa, Southampton and Crystal Palace all have a chance to break into the top 10 tonight, depending on results in each other's matches. Although Leicester, who currently sit in 10th, have games in hand on all three.

Brentford and Leeds are not far off. Marcelo Bielsa's side are six points above the relegation zone.

10 points separates Leicester in 10th and Norwich in 18th, who can move out of the drop zone tonight too.

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Four games tonight, Manchester City further looking to consolidate their position at the top of the table. Here's what we have:

Manchester City v Brentford

Norwich v Crystal Palace

Tottenham v Southampton

Aston Villa v Leeds (20:00)

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Covid postponements means teams are playing catch-up.

Games that should have taken place earlier in the season are now being squeezed in on an already jam-packed schedule.

Teams from the top and bottom of the table are in action tonight, will the delay help or hinder their hopes?

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