Tottenham vs Olympiacos
Champions League
Date: Tuesday, 26 November 2019
Kick-off at 20:00 UK / 21:00 CET
Venue: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (London).
Tottenham
Hugo Lloris and Jan Vertonghen is still available for Tottenham, while Erik Lamela missed against West Ham on Saturday because of injury.
Tottenham beat West Ham 3-2 in the first game of Jose Mourinho who is responsible and only a few changes are expected on Tuesday.
Dele Alli already looks a different player under Mourinho and is expected to keep Christian Eriksen from the team once again.
Tanguy Ndombele or Moussa Sissoko will be hoping to get a start in midfield, most likely at the expense of Harry Winks, while Danny Rose could start at left-back.
Olympiakos
Abou Pape Cisse and Konstantinos Fortounis both are expected to lose to Olympiakos on Tuesday night.
Away to Tottenham at the first home game of Jose Mourinho charge of a club is probably not the ideal game to start Mathieu Valbuena.
Opta stats
Spurs are unbeaten in their last five matches in European competition against a team of Greece (W3 D2), after losing two of three previously between 1972 and 2011 (D1).
Tottenham have never drawn the Champions League group stage match at home, with the north London side winning 10 and losing four.
Olympiakos are without a win in 12 UEFA Champions League (W0 D2 L10), although one of the two games in which they have to avoid defeat in this period against Spurs on MD1, 2-2.
Tottenham Heung-Min Son has scored five goals in the UEFA Champions League this season - he was the first Asian player to reach the goals in one season in the competition.
Olympiakos have lost each of their last six away games of the Champions League, then enduring the long term between September 2001 and December 2003 (eight consecutive).
Tottenham's Harry Kane has scored five goals in his last three appearances against Greek teams in European competition, having failed to net the first two games like that. Kane opened the scoring from the penalty spot against Olympiakos this season.
Olympiakos has managed only two shots on target in two Champions League away games this season and did not manage a single effort on target in their 2-0 defeat at Bayern Munich in the MD4.
The last two UEFA Champions League victory Tottenham had 5-0 and 4-0 victory over Crvena Zvedza; the only team in the history of the competition to win by four or more goals in three consecutive games is PSG in October / November 2017.
Prediction
Mourinho would love nothing more than to secure a first win the Champions League with his new club Tottenham Hotspur stadium, so a victory for the Portuguese manager appears.
With a place in the knockout stages also up for grabs, Tottenham will do everything they can to secure qualification now - before they face Bayern, with memories of the 7-2 defeat still behind the player's mind.
Prediction: Tottenham 2-0 Olympiakos
