Tottenham host Marseille this evening on their return to the Champions League after two years away from the competition, and it’s exclusively live on talkSPORT.
Antonio Conte’s side just pipped Arsenal to fourth last season, so get the chance to go up against Europe’s elite once more.
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Tottenham look like a serious side and have managed to pick up points and wins without playing at their best in numerous games this year.
However, after a strong summer transfer window, they now have strength in depth in most positions and should be able to compete on multiple fronts.
Their opponents this week are Marseille who have won just one of their 13 Champions League games against English sides and haven’t had a victory since 2010.
But they have one Arsenal loanee and another former player in their ranks, Nuno Tavares and Matteo Guendouzi, who will be looking to deal out some punishment.
Tottenham v Marseille: Date and talkSPORT coverage
This Champions League Group D tie will take place on Wednesday, September 7.
Kick-off at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is scheduled for 8pm.
Coverage will start at 7pm with Adrian Durham while commentary will come from Sam Matterface and former England defender Stuart Pearce.
To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream. You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.
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Tottenham v Marseille: Teams
Tottenham: Lloris, Emerson, Romero, Subs: Forster, Doherty, Gil, Skipp, Sessegnon, Kulusevski, Spence, Tanganga, Sarr Davies, Bissouma
Marseille: Lopez, Bailly, Gigot, Mbemba, Clauss, Tavares, Veretout, Guendouzi, Gerson, Roniger, Suarez
Subs: Ngapandouentnbu, Blanco, Payet , Under, Balerdi, Gueye, Kolsainac, Kabore, Green
Spurs boss Antonio Conte: “Honestly, to see this schedule about Tottenham is incredible, it’s crazy because we played three games in a week against Nottingham Forest, West Ham and Fulham
“I think maybe this is the first time in my career that I’ve seen a schedule like this . . . . Honestly, I try to check the schedule of the other teams and I have seen that in this situation Tottenham are penalized a lot.”
Tottenham v Marseille: Match facts
- This will be the first ever competitive meeting between Tottenham and Manchester United Hotspur and Marseille, while the Lilywhites have won four of their previous five home matches against French opposition in all European competition. Marseille have registered just one victory in their last 13 matches against English sides in the UEFA Champions League (D2 L10), failing to win each of their last eight such matches (D2 L6). , since a 1-0 home win against Chelsea in December 2010.
- Marseille have lost 12 games sus English teams in the UEFA Champions League have lost twice as many against any other nation’s sides (Italy – 6).
- This will be Tottenham Hotspur’s sixth season The Lilywhites have never faced any of their prospective 2022-23 group stage opponents in the UEFA Champions League before (Eintracht Frankfurt). , Sporting CP and Marseille.
- Tottenham have won 44% of their matches in the UEFA Champions League (20/45), the lowest ratio of any English side with + games played in the competition. In fact, 16 of those 20 wins have been recorded by a non-English manager in charge of the Lilywhites (Mauricio Pochettino x15, Jose Mourinho x1).
- This will be Marseille’s first appearance in the UEFA Champions League since the 2020-21 season. Marseille have lost 14 of their last 15 matches in the competition (W1 – vs Olympiakos in December 2020), failing to score nine times during this run.
- Tottenham Hotspur have won just one of their five previous matchday one group stage games (D2 L2), winning 3-1 against Borussia Dortmund in 2017-18. Indeed, since the introduction of the current group stage format in 2003-04, Marseille have lost six of their eight matchday one group stage games (W2), including losing to Arsenal in 2013-14 (1-2 at home).
- Tottenham Hotspur will be the fourth side Antonio Conte has taken charge of in the UEFA Champions League after Juventus, Chelsea and Inter Milan. The Italian will become the fourth manager to take charge of more than one English club in the competition, following Rafael Benitez (Liverpool and Chelsea), Claudio Ranieri (Chelsea and Leicester) and Jose Mourinho (Chelsea, Manchester United). and Tottenham). Tottenham Hotspur’s Harry Kane has scored 23 goals in 24 appearances in the UEFA Champions League. Of all the players to score 20+ goals in the UEFA Champions League, only Erling Haaland (64), Mario Gomez (102) and Lionel Messi (103.7) have a better minutes-per-goal ratio than Kane (104.4).
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