Tottenham Hotspur host Eintracht Frankfurt within the first leg of their Europa League quarter-final conflict on Thursday night.
Spurs have been disastrous domestically however nonetheless have a shot at European redemption this season. Underneath-fire Ange Postecoglou and his band of underperforming stars would finish Tottenham’s outstanding 17-year trophy drought by profitable the Europa League, additionally securing Champions League qualification as a welcome byproduct.
Tottenham’s present type and up to date knockout report means that European silverware stays unlikely however they boast arguably essentially the most proficient squad remaining on this yr’s competitors.
Final eight opponents Eintracht are to not be underestimated, nonetheless, with the German facet having loved a mightily spectacular time period underneath the thrilling Dino Toppmoller. Die Adler are at present third within the Bundesliga and have been 6-2 mixture victors over Dutch giants Ajax within the final 16.
Frankfurt additionally boast considered one of Europe’s most in-form centre-forwards, with Hugo Ekitike – who has been linked with the Premier League forward of the summer time window – scoring 19 instances in all competitions this time period.
Here is 90min’s information to the conflict in north London.
Tottenham vs Eintracht Frankfurt head-to-head report (all video games)
Present type (all competitions)
Tottenham
Eintracht Frankfurt
Tottenham 3-1 Southampton – 06/04/25
Werder Bremen 2-0 Eintracht Frankfurt – 05/04/25
Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham – 03/04/25
Eintracht Frankfurt 1-0 Stuttgart – 29/03/25
Fulham 2-0 Tottenham – 16/03/25
Bochum 1-3 Eintracht Frankfurt – 16/03/25
Tottenham 3-1 AZ Alkmaar – 13/03/25
Eintracht Frankfurt 4-1 Ajax – 13/03/25
Tottenham 2-2 Bournemouth – 09/03/25
Eintracht Frankfurt 1-2 Union Berlin – 09/03/25
Nation
TV channel/reside stream
United Kingdom
TNT Sports activities 3, TNT Sports activities Final, discovery+, discovery+ App
United States
Paramount+, ViX
Canada
DAZN Canada
Tottenham have had rotten luck with accidents this season however Postecoglou’s health woes have eased up in latest weeks. Richarlison returned to the bench in the course of the weekend victory over Southampton, which means solely Dejan Kulusevski, Kevin Danso and Radu Dragusin are sidelined for Thursday’s conflict.
Regardless of Wilson Odobert beginning and scoring twice in Tottenham’s final Europa League outing, Brennan Johnson’s weekend brace might see him retain a beginning berth for Frankfurt’s go to. Lucas Bergvall, who was a aim chalked off for offside on the weekend, ought to accomplice Rodrigo Bentancur in midfield, whereas Djed Spence might proceed forward of Future Udogie.
The remainder of the Spurs facet kind of picks itself, with Postecoglou requiring mammoth performances from stars like Cristian Romero, James Maddison and Son Heung-min.
Tottenham predicted lineup vs Frankfurt (4-2-3-1): Vicario; Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Spence; Bergvall, Bentancur; Johnson, Maddison, Son; Solanke.
Elye Wahi was thought of a big doubt for the journey to north London however the ahead, who has made simply six appearances for Frankfurt since his winter swap, has been named within the travelling match squad. Timothy Chandler, one other who was anticipated to overlook out, additionally options.
Nevertheless, Frankfurt stay with out first-choice goalkeeper Kevin Trapp and Ansgar Knauff, Krisztian Lisztes, Eric Ebimbe and Igor Matanovic are all lacking.
2014 World Cup final-winning goalscorer Mario Gotze, now 32, stays essential to Toppmoller’s facet and former Premier League representatives Rasmus Kristensen, Robin Koch, Mahmoud Dahoud and Michy Batshuayi have all made the journey again to England.
Frankfurt predicted lineup vs Tottenham (4-2-3-1): Kaua; Kristensen, Koch, Tuta, Brown; Skhiri, Larsson; Collins, Gotze, Bahoya; Ekitike.
You are by no means totally sure which iteration of Tottenham will flip up on the large stage, with Spurs having confirmed mightily unpredictable each domestically and in Europe this season. Postecoglou will rally the troops forward of a gargantuan encounter and the weekend win over Southampton ought to increase morale barely.
Their German counterparts will not be in the most effective type having misplaced three of their final 5 league matches, however they’ve big attacking potential and swatted the resurgent Ajax apart within the earlier spherical. They’ll trigger Tottenham’s porous rearguard points.
