Europa League preview and statistics: Tottenham Hotspur vs Antwerp full pre-match guide

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Competition: Europe Europa League
Competition: Thu 10.December
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (62000 seats)

Tottenham Hotspur and Antwerp get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Europa League Group Stage fixture.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Tottenham Hotspur form and stats

Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the 8th finals against RB Leipzig.

3-2-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Tottenham Hotspur so far this season. On the other hand, in the Europa League, Tottenham Hotspur has performed like this (both home and away): 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. Spurs has a nice streak going on as they have played ten consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Everton defeat 88 days ago. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Tottenham Hotspur, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.

Spurs are confident in defense, having played 394 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

The Spurs supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Arsenal in Premier League and win 2-0. 3-3 away at LASK Linz before that.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Spurs home games with this odds we find ten games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in eight wins, one draw and one defeat. Looking at the victories, five matches were won by at least two goals.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Spurs as they are travelling to their away game against Crystal Palace in the Premier League. That match is three days after this one.

The Spurs fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 10 goals in 6 league matches. On the other hand, Spurs have conceded 6 goals.

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Antwerp form and stats

Antwerp's mission in Europa League last season failed in the play-offs.

The story so far for the visiting team on their Pro League travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats. When we have look at the Europa League statistics, we find 4W-0D-1L. This is both home and away.

Antwerp play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 2-4 to Genk. That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Ludogorets in the Europa League.

As you can tell from the result, the match against Genk was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?

A quick return to home after this game, as Antwerp are hosting Club Brugge in the Pro League only three days away.

Antwerp are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 13 times in 8 away games so far. As for defending, Antwerp rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 14 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Antwerp - Tottenham Hotspur 1-0.

Top Goalscorers

Tottenham HotspurH. Son
H. Son
10 goals
SpursH. Kane
H. Kane
8 goals
AntwerpD. Mbokani Bezua
D. Mbokani Bezua
6 goals

Tottenham Hotspur missing players

Antwerp missing players

Tottenham Hotspur Antwerp
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   12 25
16 9   Won W   7 13
5 3   Drew D   1 4
4 1   Lost L   4 8
60 34   Scored S   19 41
25 11   Conceded C   15 33
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
76% 85%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   75% 72%
60% 54%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 52%
40% 38%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 44%
28% 31%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 24%
60% 54%   BTTS BTTS   58% 64%
32% 38%   Clean Sheets C S   25% 20%
12% 8%   Failed to Score F T   17% 16%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
0.9 0.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.8
0 0   Red cards R C   2 2
 
12 12.1   Shots (avg) S (   10.4 10.5
5.1 5.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.2 4.3
47% 45%   Goal Efficiency G E   37% 41%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Antwerp 5 4 0 1 8 3 3 2 0 1 4 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 5 12
2 Tottenham Hotspur 5 3 1 1 13 5 2 2 0 0 7 0 3 1 1 1 6 5 8 10
3 LASK Linz 5 2 1 2 8 11 3 1 1 1 7 8 2 1 0 1 1 3 -3 7
4 Ludogorets 5 0 0 5 6 16 2 0 0 2 2 5 3 0 0 3 4 11 -10 0
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Tottenham Hotspur 11 7 3 1 23 9 6 3 2 1 10 6 5 4 1 0 13 3 14 24
2 Liverpool 11 7 3 1 26 17 6 6 0 0 18 6 5 1 3 1 8 11 9 24
3 Chelsea 11 6 4 1 25 11 6 3 2 1 14 7 5 3 2 0 11 4 14 22
4 Leicester City 11 7 0 4 21 15 5 2 0 3 6 8 6 5 0 1 15 7 6 21
5 Manchester United 10 6 1 3 19 17 5 1 1 3 3 10 5 5 0 0 16 7 2 19
6 Manchester City 10 5 3 2 17 11 5 3 1 1 11 6 5 2 2 1 6 5 6 18
7 West Ham United 11 5 2 4 18 14 6 3 1 2 9 7 5 2 1 2 9 7 4 17
8 Southampton 10 5 2 3 19 16 5 3 0 2 10 8 5 2 2 1 9 8 3 17
9 Everton 11 5 2 4 20 18 5 2 1 2 12 10 6 3 1 2 8 8 2 17
10 Wolverhampton Wanderers 11 5 2 4 11 15 5 2 2 1 6 5 6 3 0 3 5 10 -4 17
11 Crystal Palace 11 5 1 5 17 16 5 2 1 2 7 6 6 3 0 3 10 10 1 16
12 Aston Villa 9 5 0 4 20 13 5 2 0 3 12 11 4 3 0 1 8 2 7 15
13 Newcastle United 10 4 2 4 12 15 5 2 0 3 6 11 5 2 2 1 6 4 -3 14
14 Leeds United 11 4 2 5 16 20 5 1 2 2 6 9 6 3 0 3 10 11 -4 14
15 Arsenal 11 4 1 6 10 14 5 2 0 3 5 8 6 2 1 3 5 6 -4 13
16 Brighton & Hove Albion 10 2 4 4 14 16 5 0 3 2 5 8 5 2 1 2 9 8 -2 10
17 Fulham 11 2 1 8 11 21 5 1 0 4 5 11 6 1 1 4 6 10 -10 7
18 Burnley 10 1 3 6 5 18 5 1 1 3 2 6 5 0 2 3 3 12 -13 6
19 West Bromwich Albion 11 1 3 7 8 23 6 1 2 3 5 12 5 0 1 4 3 11 -15 6
20 Sheffield United 11 0 1 10 5 18 6 0 1 5 2 8 5 0 0 5 3 10 -13 1
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Genk 15 9 4 2 35 20 8 5 2 1 21 10 7 4 2 1 14 10 15 31
2 Club Brugge 15 9 3 3 30 11 8 5 1 2 13 6 7 4 2 1 17 5 19 30
3 Beerschot-Wilrijk 15 9 1 5 38 34 8 6 0 2 23 15 7 3 1 3 15 19 4 28
4 Antwerp 15 7 4 4 28 23 7 4 3 0 15 9 8 3 1 4 13 14 5 25
5 Standard Liège 15 6 7 2 19 14 8 3 5 0 11 8 7 3 2 2 8 6 5 25
6 Sporting Charleroi 14 7 2 5 22 16 7 4 0 3 10 6 7 3 2 2 12 10 6 23
7 Anderlecht 15 5 8 2 25 20 7 3 4 0 10 5 8 2 4 2 15 15 5 23
8 OH Leuven 14 6 4 4 25 25 7 4 2 1 11 9 7 2 2 3 14 16 0 22
9 AS Eupen 15 4 8 3 18 21 7 2 3 2 9 11 8 2 5 1 9 10 -3 20
10 Kortrijk 14 5 4 5 21 21 7 2 2 3 14 15 7 3 2 2 7 6 0 19
11 KV Oostende 15 5 4 6 20 19 8 4 2 2 16 10 7 1 2 4 4 9 1 19
12 Cercle Brugge 15 6 0 9 22 27 7 3 0 4 13 14 8 3 0 5 9 13 -5 18
13 Gent 15 5 1 9 22 25 7 2 1 4 11 12 8 3 0 5 11 13 -3 16
14 Zulte-Waregem 15 4 3 8 21 30 8 1 2 5 10 19 7 3 1 3 11 11 -9 15
15 Waasland-Beveren 15 4 3 8 21 30 8 2 1 5 10 16 7 2 2 3 11 14 -9 15
16 Mechelen 15 3 5 7 22 28 7 1 2 4 12 14 8 2 3 3 10 14 -6 14
17 Sint-Truiden 15 2 5 8 17 28 7 2 3 2 8 7 8 0 2 6 9 21 -11 11
18 Royal Excel Mouscron 14 2 4 8 9 23 7 1 2 4 4 8 7 1 2 4 5 15 -14 10

Read more about Europa League

The UEFA Europa League, abbreviated as UEL and commonly referred to as just the Europa League, is an annual football club competition organised by UEFA. It is the second-tier competition for football clubs in Europa, beneath the UEFA Champions League in value and importance. Teams qualify through their performance in their national leagues and cup competitions. Some teams qualify from the Champions League; more precisely the teams who are knocked out in the playoff qualifying round and the third-place finishers of the group stage. The winner of the Europa League qualifies for the Champions League in their next competitive season.