Tottenham vs Antwerp preview: Europa League preview, team news, stats, kick-off time

Team news and stats ahead of Tottenham vs Antwerp in the Europa League group stage on Thursday (kick-off 8pm).

Team news

Tottenham will have Tanguy Ndombele back for the Europa League clash against Antwerp after he returned to training on Wednesday.

Serge Aurier will miss out with a knock, while Jose Mourinho has confirmed midfielder Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg will be rested.

Antwerp will be without Matheus and Sander Coopman, who are injured and have not made the trip to London.

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Both sides have qualified for the knockout stages, and a win for either will see them top the group. A draw would see Spurs through in second, behind their visitors.

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• Spurs lost 1-0 against Royal Antwerp on Matchday 2 of this season's UEFA Europa League, their first-ever encounter with the Belgians.
• Royal Antwerp's last away European match in England was back in September 1994, a 5-2 defeat at Newcastle United in the UEFA Cup with Andy Cole scoring a hat-trick.
• Including qualifiers, none of Spurs' last 17 home European matches have ended as a draw (W12 L5), winning their last three while scoring 14 goals.
• Royal Antwerp are looking to become the first Belgian side to win three consecutive away major UEFA European games since Anderlecht in December 2011.
• Including qualifiers, Jose Mourinho has won 14 of his last 16 home matches in the UEFA Cup/Europa League (D1 L1), winning all five home matches in the Europa League group stage with Man Utd (2017/18) and Spurs (2020/21).

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