Dortmund vs Tottenham team news: Harry Kane and Erik Lamela on bench, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang starts
Spurs face the Bundesliga outfit in the Europa Leagur round-of-16 first leg at the Westfalenstadion
Your support helps us to tell the story
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.
The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.
Your support makes all the difference.Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino has named Harry Kane and Erik Lamela on the bench for the trip to Borussia Dortmund.
Spurs face the Bundesliga outfit in the Europa League round-of-16 first leg at the Westfalenstadion but have genuine hopes of winning the Premier League.
That is reflected in their starting line-up with Son Heung-min and Nacer Chadli preferred over Kane and Lamela while Tom Carroll and Ryan Mason start in the absence of Erik Dier (rest) and suspended Dele Alli.
Ben Davies starts in at left-back while Kieran Trippier and Joshua Onomah also feature in Germany. Toby Alderweireld and Kevin Wimmer continue in the centre-back positions.
Dortmund, meanwhile, hand starts to in demand Gabonese striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Marco Reus while former Manchester United midfielder Shinji Kagawa is on the bench.
Speaking ahead of the clash this week, Pochettino said: “We are stronger than before. I am happy with the way we have developed our mentality in 21 months. We are showing a good mentality.
“It is a good thing to be disappointed. A few years ago, Arsenal were on a different level and a draw in a big derby was a good result. But we have changed our mentality. We have shown we can compete at this level against Arsenal, a team who have always been in the Champions League in recent years and who invest more money than us.”
Tonight's line-ups...
Borussia Dortmund: Weidenfeller, Durm, Piszczek, Bender, Hummels, Schmelzer, Weigl, Castro, Mkhitaryan, Reus, Aubameyang.
Subs: Bürki, Sahin, Ginter, Leitner, Ramos, Subotic, Kagawa.
Tottenham Hotspur: Lloris, Trippier, Alderweireld, Wimmer, Davies; Carroll, Mason; Onomah, Son, Eriksen; Chadli.
Subs: Vorm, Walker, Carter-Vickers, Bentaleb, Dembele, Lamela, Kane.
Join our commenting forum
Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies
Comments