Tottenham go to Atletico Madrid within the first leg of their Champions League last 16 tie, with their European endeavours arguably serving as an unwelcome distraction from their relegation combat within the Premier League.
Spurs breezed by means of the league section, ending within the high eight to go straight by means of to the final 16.
Atletico, in the meantime, needed to come by means of a testing playoff-round tie with Membership Brugge, which they received 7-4 on combination.
However the two sides may hardly be experiencing extra contrasting fortunes domestically.
Whereas Atletico maintained their benefit within the race for third in LaLiga with a 3-2 win over Actual Sociedad on Saturday, Tottenham slumped to a dismal 3-1 defeat to Crystal Palace final Thursday, leaving them only a level above the relegation zone.
As such, Atletico are the heavy favourites to progress and arrange a quarter-final tie with both Newcastle United or Barcelona.
Tottenham supervisor Igor Tudor has overseen three successive defeats since taking up from Thomas Frank, resulting in hypothesis he may quickly be faraway from his interim publish.
However for striker Dominic Solanke, who scored in opposition to Palace, the emphasis is on the gamers to enhance a determined scenario.
“It’s troublesome, simply talking, however we have to realise the place we’re in, we have to combat each sport, combat for each outcome, we haven’t received many video games left now,” he informed SPURSPLAY after the Palace loss.
“We have to see what’s going unsuitable on the pitch, debrief that and see what we are able to change. We’re not able to dwell on something proper now, we have to make it possible for within the subsequent sport we’re going to be at it, seeing how we are able to enhance.”
Making these enhancements in opposition to a facet of the calibre of Atletico can be an enormous confidence increase for Spurs.
However, with Atletico unbeaten in Champions League knockout ties at residence since Diego Simeone began his storied tenure in 2011, the chances are will probably be one other troublesome night for Tottenham.
Staff information for Atletico Madrid v Tottenham
Atletico could also be with out January signing Rodrigo Mendoza after he suffered an ankle damage within the win over Sociedad. Pablo Barrios is about to return from a hamstring situation.
Tottenham will hope to get Djed Spence (calf) and Future Udogie (thigh) again within the close to future, nevertheless it stays to be seen if Radu Dragusin will characteristic after he suffered a knock within the defeat to Palace.
Wilson Odobert (ACL), James Maddison (ACL), Dejan Kulusevski (knee), Ben Davies (ankle), Lucas Bergvall (ankle), Mohammed Kudus (thigh) and Rodrigo Bentancur (thigh) are all unavailable for Spurs.
Predicted line-ups for Atletico Madrid v Tottenham
Atletico Madrid: Oblak; Llorente, Le Normand, Hancko, Ruggeri; Simeone, Koke, Cardoso, Gonzalez; Sorloth, Alvarez.
Tottenham: Vicario; Danso, Romero, Van de Ven; Porro, Palhinha, Sarr, Grey; Simons; Tel, Solanke.
The place to observe Atletico Madrid v Tottenham: TV and on-line streams
Atletico Madrid v Tottenham kicks off at 8pm UK time. It is going to be broadcast on TNT Sports activities 1 and could be streamed through Discovery Plus. Sky subscribers with a TNT package deal also can stream the sport through Sky Go.
Stats for Atletico Madrid v Tottenham
- Atletico have solely received certainly one of their final 10 Champions League conferences with English golf equipment (D2 L7), beating Manchester United 1-0 in March 2022.
- Tottenham have confronted Atletico simply as soon as earlier than in European competitors, beating them within the 1963 Cup Winners’ Cup last 5-1.
- Atletico have progressed from two of their three earlier UChampions League last-16 ties in opposition to English golf equipment, beating Liverpool in 2019-20 and Manchester United in 2021-22, dropping the opposite to Chelsea in 2020-21.
- Tottenham have solely misplaced certainly one of their final 5 Champions League conferences with Spanish opponents (W2 D2), a 2-4 residence defeat to Barcelona within the 2018-19 group stage.
- Atletico have by no means misplaced a Champions League knockout stage sport below Diego Simeone at both their former residence, the Vicente Calderón (W7 D4), or their present residence, the Metropolitano (W6 D2).
- Tottenham have received their final three Champions League video games with out conceding a purpose (v Slavia Prague, Borussia Dortmund and Eintracht Frankfurt). They’ve by no means beforehand received 4 consecutive matches within the European Cup/Champions League, nor have they stored 4 straight clear sheets earlier than.
- This will probably be Tudor’s first sport as a supervisor within the knockout phases of the Champions League, whereas he has received simply two of 9 matches within the competitors general (D2 L5). His most up-to-date sport within the competitors was a defeat within the Spanish capital, dropping 0-1 at Actual Madrid in command of Juventus this season (October 2025).
Prediction for Atletico Madrid v Tottenham
Atletico Madrid
3
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1
Tottenham
The shortage of strain might enable Spurs to play with just a little extra freedom on this one, nevertheless it’s nonetheless unlikely that interprets to victory.
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