APOEL Nicosia vs Tottenham Hotspur Preview - 26 September 2017

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APOEL Nicosia

Tottenham Hotspur

Kick Off at 18:45 (GMT) on 26th September, 2017
This is a match in International - Champions League Grp. H Match Day 2, Season 2017/2018

APOEL Nicosia vs Tottenham Hotspur previous matches

*Stats from all competitions and matches in FR database between the two teams.

		home	away
0	Wins	0	0
0	Loses	0	0
0	Draws	0	0

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0	0	Wins	0
0	0	Loses	0
0	0	Draws	0

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Who's in form?

*Stats from all competitions and matches in FR database

How are they doing this season?

*Stats from this season of Champions League

matches

57%

Wins

100%
8

Scored

3
4

Conceded

1

Who's likely to start?

Home Manager

George Donis

4-4-2

Away Manager

Mauricio Pochettino

4-3-2-1

Nuno Morais

Mickael Pote

Efstathios Aloneftis

Vinicius

Igor de Camargo

Praxitelis Vouros

Boy Waterman

Carlao

Jesus Rueda

Roland Sallai

Roberto Lago

Hugo Lloris

Toby Alderweireld

Christian Eriksen

Harry Winks

Eric Dier

Harry Kane

Heung-Min Son

Serge Aurier

Moussa Sissoko

Ben Davies

Davinson Sanchez

Match facts

APOEL Nicosia

A 1-0 loss to RSC Anderlecht in last season's UEFA Europa League round of 16 is APOEL's sole reverse in their last 11 European home games – nine of which ended in victory. That Anderlecht defeat featured the only goal APOEL have conceded in their last seven home games.
APOEL have not won a game in the UEFA Champions League, group stage to final, since beating Olympique Lyonnais 1-0 in the round of 16 second leg on 7 March 2012.
The Cypriot club are in the group stage for a fourth time, having previously qualified in 2009/10, 2011/12 – when they went all the way from second qualifying round to quarter-finals, losing to Real Madrid – and 2014/15.

Tottenham Hotspur

These teams have gotten past the group stages a combined total of one time previously. That was Spurs back in 2010/11 when they went to the quarterfinals.
The Lilywhites have won two of their last 11 European away matches (D3 L6).
Tottenham, 3-1 winners at home to Borussia Dortmund in the opening round, have lost their last two European awaygames. They picked up four points on their travels in the 2016/17 group stage.
Harry Kane scored in both games when Tottenham last played Cypriot opposition, in the shape of AEL Limassol FCin the 2014/15 UEFA Europa League play-offs.

Predictions

Despite being far away from home in a very intimidating stadium to a team that have been improving in Europe for a nearly a decade now, Tottenham will have to be favorites.

Spurs come off a huge 3-1 win at home over Borussia Dortmund last time out in the competition, and a slip up here would basically render that result pointless.

As such, look for them to get a victory here, but it shouldn't be expected to be a massive one.

Final Score – 0 : 2

Can you predict the score?

APOEL Nicosia

Tottenham Hotspur

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0-2

293

0-3

228

1-2

204

1-3

194

0-4

22APOEL Nicosia

56Draw

1161Tottenham Hotspur

Who do you think will score?

vote

Eric Dier1
Harry Winks1

1 Comment

rafavandervaart 8 years ago

Tottenham Hotspur, United States 0 228

Tough to not have Eriksen for this one. Attacking depth is so thin right now, so I'd push a back 3. Risky with Foyth, but I'd trust him next to Toby and Davinson rather than giving N'koudou a start. Winks in midfield instead of Sissoko, who has looked better in a central role, to utilize his passing. Consider giving Sissoko the start on the wing, due to the lack of options. They're going to have to rely on Son "bigly".
Lloris
Foyth-Sanchez-Toby
Aurier-Dier-Winks-Davies
Sissoko_______Son
Kane
Tough match in Cyprus. I don't have a good feeling about this one. 1-1, Eric Dier with the goal for Spurs. Madrid and Dortmund to play out an entertaining 2-2 draw.

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