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

Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane in pre-match training at the Westfalenstadion (Getty Images)

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.