Matchday in focus: Tottenham Hotspur | OneFootball

The north London club have put in a good showing on the European stage thus far this season, while domestically, the picture is a lot less rosy. We take a deep dive into Tottenham’s form.

The coach

Danish coach Thomas Frank has been in charge since July 2025. Previously at Brentford for over seven years, he took over when Ange Postecoglou was relieved of his duties.

Tactics

Frank tends to play a 4-2-3-1, regardless of which competition his side is playing in. While 29-year-old Guglielmo Vicario is a regular between the sticks, there is plenty of rotation among the outfield players.

Form

Spurs have been looking strong thus far in Europe this season. In seven UEFA Champions League matches, they have racked up four wins and two draws, losing just once and picking up 14 points to leave them fifth of the 36 teams involved. As such, they are currently looking good to qualify directly for the round of 16. What stands out is their defensive consistency, with five clean sheets across those seven matches. They currently average one goal conceded per Champions League game, with a 71 per cent clean-sheet record.

Most recently, the north London club defeated Slavia Praha and Dortmund without conceding a goal, with their only defeat being a 5-3 loss to Paris Saint-Germain. Other wins and clean sheets came against Copenhagen, Monaco and Villarreal, alongside a draw with Bodø/Glimt.

In the Premier League however, it is a different tale altogether. Spurs currently sit 14th after a 2-2 draw against second-bottom Burnley last weekend. This poor domestic form stands in real contrast with their excellent Champions League progress to date.

Looking back

Eintracht Frankfurt and Tottenham first met in the quarter-final of the European Cup Winners’ Cup back in 1982. After going down 2-0 in London, Eintracht won the return leg 2-1 which saw them go out on aggregate.

The 2022/23 Champions League group stage saw a 0-0 draw in Frankfurt and a narrow 3-2 defeat in north London. The teams last crossed swords in the quarter-final of the UEFA Europa League early last year, with a 1-1 draw away and a 1-0 loss at home for Eintracht.

That means that Tottenham are unbeaten in four against the Eagles. Incidentally, Feyenoord are the only club that Spurs have met more often in Europe.

Hugo Larsson and Lucas Bergvall play alongside one another for Sweden.

Jean-Mattéo Bahoya and Arnaud Kalimuendo, meanwhile, have featured for France’s U21s with Wilson Odobert and Mathys Tel, and Randal Kolo Muani is of course a former Eintracht player.