Spurs, if they are well-versed in De Zerbi’s ideas and in-tune with each other, should have too much quality for Hoffenheim here.

Do they have the firepower in attack with the absence of Xavi Simons, Mohammed Kudus and Dejan Kulusevski?

Can Richarlison score enough goals for them? Is Solanke injured again?

Tottenham to win, 2-1.

Koki Machida and Andrej Kramaric are the German side’s two injury absentees.

Machida. the centre-back, has a bone injury, while Kramaric is struggling with a groin problem.

Otherwise, Christian Ilzner has a full complement to pick from.

He will have the likes of former West Ham right-back Vladimir Coufal, ex-Stoke midfielder Wouter Berger and Belgian prospect Nathan de Cat all to call upon here.

Micky van de Ven, another candidate for the captaincy who recently signed a bumper new contract, has also been left out by De Zerbi since returning from extended leave after the World Cup.

It is unclear whether Van de Ven is struggling for fitness, but De Zerbi will hope to have him involved in some way this weekend.

De Zerbi is likely to be able to call upon World Cup winner Pedro Porro after he received a guard of honour upon his return to the club’s training ground this week.

There is hope that Mohammed Kudus could play for the first time since January after returning to full-team training following a serious quad injury.

His return is being managed, with De Zerbi admitting the club initially rushed Kudus back before he suffered a setback in his recovery in April.

However, he is said to be closing in on a return to full fitness, in a major boost to Spurs’ attacking options.

Spurs are likely to field two completely different starting lineups in each game, with those who are partially or not involved at all today likely to play on Sunday as De Zerbi looks to get his squad up to full fitness ahead of the Premier League getting under way next weekend.

Some of those players who were not involved against Getafe, including new signings Mateus Fernandes and Marcos Senesi, then played an in-house friendly later in the day.

Despite playing two separate friendlies, there were still a number of notable absentees from both teams that will concern De Zerbi as the new season approaches.

James Maddison, who is in contention to take the captaincy once Cristian Romero departs for Atletico Madrid, has still yet to feature in pre-season.

Spurs are taking a cautious approach as he continues to recover from an anterior cruciate ligament injury that ruled him out for most of last term.

In the UK, fans will be able to watch the game online via SPURSPLAY, Tottenham’s in-house video streaming service. Kick-off is at 3pm BST.

An annual subscription to SPURSPLAY currently costs from £45 in the UK.

... to Standard Sport’s LIVE coverage of Tottenham’s pre-season friendly against Hoffenheim.

Spurs take on the Bundesliga side twice over this weekend, but this is the one that fans are able to watch, with the other match taking place behind closed doors tomorrow.

Stay tuned for all the updates, with kick off at 3pm BST.