Match preview for Tottenham v Frankfurt
Tottenham head into their most pivotal match of the season as far as they welcome German aspect Frankfurt to North London for the primary leg of their Europa League quarter-final conflict on Thursday evening.
Ange Postecoglou has confronted rising scrutiny just lately, with questions over his future gaining much more traction after the current defeat to Chelsea.
Spurs did safe a 3-1 win over already-relegated Southampton on the weekend, although it did little to fix the rift between the supervisor and a number of the fanbase.
Nevertheless, a convincing efficiency in opposition to Frankfurt might go a good distance in restoring religion.
That is Spurs’ first European quarter-final since their iconic 2019 run after they eradicated Manchester Metropolis on away objectives in a Champions League traditional.
However traditionally, Tottenham have struggled at this stage of European competitors, successful simply one in every of their earlier 13 quarter-final ties.
They final confronted Frankfurt within the Champions League group stage through the 2022-23 marketing campaign, however the one earlier knockout assembly got here within the 1981-82 Cup Winners’ Cup, the place Tottenham edged the Germans 3-2 on combination.
Quarter-finals up subsequent 👊 pic.twitter.com/MEKmQj69I2
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) April 9, 2025
Frankfurt are not any strangers to this stage of the Europa League. This marks their third quarter-final look in six seasons.
Traditionally, they’ve progressed from this spherical even with out successful the primary leg – famously eliminating Barcelona on the Nou Camp in 2022 en path to lifting the trophy.
They have been dominant within the Spherical of 16, hammering Ajax 6-1 on combination, though they’ve appeared much less threatening since Omar Marmoush left for Manchester Metropolis in January.
Current outcomes have been inconsistent, with simply 5 wins of their final 13 video games, together with a 2-0 weekend loss to Werder Bremen. Nonetheless, they continue to be third within the Bundesliga desk and can fancy their probabilities in opposition to a poor Spurs aspect.
Crew information for Tottenham v Frankfurt
Tottenham shall be with out Dejan Kulusevski and Kevin Danso for at the very least the following two weeks, ruling them out of each legs. Radu Dragusin is completed for the season as a consequence of an ACL damage.
Timo Werner is ineligible for the tie as he wasn’t registered for European competitors, however Richarlison may return to motion after recovering from damage.
Our 23-man touring squad for #TOTSGE 🦅#SGE | #UEL pic.twitter.com/iQD2sxUfFJ
— Eintracht Frankfurt (@eintracht_eng) April 9, 2025
Rodrigo Bentancur is again after serving a suspension, and each Micky van de Ven and Future Udogie have been rested over the weekend in preparation for Thursday.
For Frankfurt, Nnamdi Collins is again from suspension, however first-choice goalkeeper Kevin Trapp stays sidelined. With Jens Grahl additionally unregistered, teen Kaua Santos could as soon as once more get the nod between the posts.
Oscar Hojlund and Junior Dina Ebimbe are each unavailable as a consequence of registration points. Ansgar Knauff and Elye Wahi are nursing accidents, whereas Igor Matanovic returned on the weekend.
Can Uzun might be again following sickness, however Timothy Chandler stays out with a hamstring damage.
Anticipated line-ups for Tottenham v Frankfurt
Tottenham: Vicario; Pedro Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Udogie; Bergvall, Maddison, Bentancur; Johnson, Solanke, Son
Frankfurt: Kaua Santos; Kristensen, Theate, Koch, Brown; Shkiri, Larsson, Tuta; Gotze, Ekitike, Bahoya
Find out how to watch Tottenham v Frankfurt: TV channel, on-line stream
Tottenham v Frankfurt will kick-off at 8pm on Thursday evening and is offered to look at on TNT Sports activities 3. Followers within the UK can even stream the match on the invention+ app.
