Tottenham Hotspur will welcome Eintracht Frankfurt and their crowd of traveling supporters to London on Wednesday for a crucial matchday four encounters in the UEFA Champions League with kickoff at 10 pm.
Despite a challenging week, Tottenham battled to secure an impressive victory away to Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday.
Spurs had not been beaten in any of their previous 10 matches in all competitions and secured qualification for the Champions League knockouts by winning all six of their group games.
But some recent results, most notably the damaging defeat they suffered in the North London derby against Arsenal and their late collapse away to Sporting Lisbon, has overshadowed a very solid start to the season.
They must ensure they take all three points from this encounter, though. Otherwise, they will heap huge pressure on themselves to take maximum points from their final two matches as qualification may fall out of their own hands.
Bochum recorded their first win and first clean sheet of the season against Eintracht Frankfurt, who are also struggling at the wrong end of the table. The win will have left Frankfurt manager Oliver Glasner furious at his side’s capitulation.
Their inconsistency is encapsulated with results like this coming weeks after beating league leaders Union Berlin in their last domestic home game and hammering fellow Champions League entrants RB Leipzig 4-0 a month ago.
Tottenham vs. Frankfurt Head to Head
Both sides had one game against each other that ended in a draw. Here is a look at their previous encounters:
Home
- Brighton 0-1 Tottenham
- Frankfurt 0-0 Tottenham
- Arsenal 3-1 Tottenham
- Tottenham 6-2 Leicester
Away
- Bochum 3-0 Frankfurt
- Frankfurt 0-0 Tottenham
- Frankfurt 2-0 Union Berlin
- Stuttgart 1-3 Frankfurt
Tottenham Team News
Despite being substituted off late in the game against Brighton, Conte believes that Kane’s ankle injury is not serious. He may be able to play on Sunday against Newcastle. However, Dejan Kulusevski remains on the sidelines with a thigh injury picked up while away with Sweden at the end of September.
Frankfurt Team News
Lucas Alario and Rafael Borre started at Bochum after Randal Kolo Muani was suspended for the tie against Union Berlin. Still, Glasner is likely to revert to his favored formation of 4-4-2 here, with Muani replacing either of the forwards.
Prediction and Odds
Frankfurt’s defeat at the weekend may have been a setback, but the team has plenty of fresh talent and will surely perform better this week.
- Home Win
- Goals Under 2.5
- First Half: 0-0
