Tottenham Hotspur will take on Bayer Leverkusen at Wembley this Thursday morning at 6:45am AEDT. Join The Roar for live scores from the match and a blog of the game.
A win for Mauricio Pochettino’s men could put them at the top of group E if Monaco fail to defeat CSKA Moscow. A loss could put them in serious danger and could possibly see themselves at the bottom of their group.
In their last match two weeks ago Tottenham held on for a point after being second best to the German side during the game. Hugo Lloris made six saves in that game and fans of the London club will hope to see him called into less action this time around.
The Spurs are five games without a win with four draws and one loss to Liverpool in the EFL Cup with their last win coming against Manchester City.
Leverkusen however, is coming into this game off the back of a 2-1 win against 16th placed Wolfsburg. Although they have failed to win a game in their previous four with three draws and a loss.
Tottenham will be missing Harry Kane, Moussa Sissoko and Toby Alderweireld through injury and suspension. Erik Lamela is also in doubt after suffering a hip injury in training.
Their German opposition have also had some recent injury woes in Jonathan Tah and Omer Toprak missing their last game but are expected to both make their returns at Wembley. Karim Bellarabi will miss out after recently having groin surgery.
After an impressive run that earned him player of the month, Heung Min Son is yet to score in six games after winning the award and would love a goal to get himself back on track. Vincent Janssen will also be looking for a goal in open play after scoring two consecutive penalties for the Lilywhites.
Javier Hernandez will also want to break his goal drought after going five games without a goal. His last goal came against Borussia Dortmund in their 2-0 win at home.
After recent struggles Tottenham put 21 shots on Leicester City on the weekend but will want to have a better conversion rate than they did in their 1-1 draw. My prediction is that we will see a tight encounter with Pochettino’s just edging it with a 1-0 victory.
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Group E Table Monaco 8pts Bayer Leverkusen 6pts Tottenham 4pts CSKA Moscow 2pts
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FULL TIME TOTTENHAM 0-1 LEVERKUSEN Its a fully deserved victory for the German Side and Tottenham are in a rut going six games without a win now
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One minute left and Kevin Volland is holding the ball in the corner, looks like Leverkusen's day
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Into stoppage time and the third official indicates there will be five added minutes
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Tottenham fans look like they'd rather beat the traffic than stay for the full 90 as everyone heads for the exits
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86" Charles Aranguiz is off also through injury and Kai Havertz is on
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85" Sub - Kevin Kampl is off with an injury and Kevin Volland is on
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83" DIER HITS THE BAR Eric Dier hits a great free kick that smashes against the crossbar but Leverkusen clear out
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10 minutes to go in this one and Tottenham have a free kick from close range
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73" Nicholas N Koudou is on and Heung Min Son is off
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20 minutes to go and Tottenham is showing no signs of getting back into the game as most their attacks are sloppy. N Koudou is getting ready on the bench as we speak
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The last time Calhanoglu was in England he scored for Turkey, lets see if he can do the same tonight
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70" Hakan Calhanoglu is coming on for Julian Brandt
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Harry Winks has been brought on for Christian Eriksen straight after the goal
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65" LEVERKUSEN GOAL 1-0 It's Kevin Kampl who gets the opening goal if the game after a deflected pass which hit two Spurs players falls to Kampl who then slots it home for the lead
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64" Moussa Sissoko drives forward but then scuffs his shot very far wide
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61" Eric Dier makes a mistake in which Leverkusen almost scored from if not for a good block and then save. Tottenham still looking shaky at the back
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60" BIG CHANCE Kyle Walker makes a great run bombing down the right hand hand just putting his shot wide of the far post, still 0-0
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49 " Eriksen has a shot that trickles just wide of the post
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The second half is underway at Wembley