The last time that Spurs’ Under 21 side met Derby County at this level was in the old Premier League 2 Division One, in a fixture which ended 1-0 to Spurs in the April of 2022. That game was played at Pride Park, the same venue that Spurs’ Under 21 side will face Derby County at on Friday evening in the Premier League 2 (the game starts at 19:00pm). Wayne Burnett’s Spurs side have started the season really well, convincingly winning their first two league games of the season against Manchester City and Newcastle United respectively, playing some really good football in both of those games. Derby County only picked up one point from 20 Premier League 2 games last season, scoring only 13 league goals. They have started this season a lot better, only narrowly losing 2-1 to Leicester City in their opening league game, before then drawing 1-1 at home to a talented Liverpool Under 21 side last Friday. So this won’t be an easy game for Spurs, who have another game on Tuesday, when they face Sunderland’s Under 21 side in their first Under 21 Premier League Cup group-stage fixture of the season. For Derby County tomorrow, some of the players to look out for are forward Dajaune Brown and also very experienced 36 year old player-coach Bradley Johnson. I would like to wish the Spurs Under 21 side all the very best of luck for the game.

My predicted lineup: (4-3-3) Keeley, Ashcroft, Dorrington, Sayers, Robson, Lyons-Foster (c), Craig, Donley, John, Soonsup-Bell, Santiago.

Substitutes from: Gunter, Cassanova, Abbott, Kyerematen, Lankshear.

Injured/unavailable: N/A.

Doubtful: N/A.

Previous meeting: Spurs 1-0.

My score prediction: Spurs 4-0.

My one to watch: Dajaune Brown (17). The Derby County forward scored a good amount of goals for their Under 18 side last season, and Dajaune also scored a goal against Liverpool’s Under 21 side in a 1-1 Premier League 2 draw last Friday.