LASK vs Tottenham LIVE: Result and reaction from Premier League fixture tonight
Follow all the action with Spurs requiring only a point to reach the last 32
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Follow all the action as Tottenham take on LASK in the Europa League group stage this evening.
Jose Mourinho’s side came unstuck against Antwerp in their second game, momentarily throwing their progress into jeopardy. However, two victories against Ludogorets have put Spurs firmly back in control, with anything other than a defeat in Austria tonight will ensure their qualification into the knockout rounds.
Tottenham are currently in tremendous form, sitting atop of the Premier League table after a close-fought stalemate against Chelsea last weekend. They have lost just one league game thus far but will certainly already have one eye on the north London derby this weekend, with Mourinho expected to rotate his squad. Meanwhile, Harry Kane, Sergio Reguilon, Carlos Vinicius and Erik Lamela have all been ruled out with injury. Follow all the action below live:
Here come the teams, Spurs need just one point. They are undefeated in five matches against Austrian opponents. Kick off is next…
Ben Davies captains Tottenham tonight. Can they get the point required to progress to the last 32 tonight?
Jose Mourinho has given his thoughts on Tottenham’s opponents tonight. He said:
I believe that our defeat in Antwerp was more in relation to our attitude, the way we faced the game than the potential of the team. I feel that LASK is a difficult opponent. They have a good dynamic. I like the way they play and I think they are a difficult team. If we repeat the same kind of light approach that we had in Belgium we are going to be in trouble.”
Arsenal will be the first English club to be allowed fans back into the stadium. When they host Rapid Vienna this evening a maximum of 2,000 fans will be able to watch the game from the Emirates and Mikel Arteta will need their backing:
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Elsewhere in the Europa League tonight, Leicester take on Zorya and Arsenal fac Rapid Vienna. Both Premier League teams are already through to the last 32 and will clinch top spot in their respective groups if they win this evening.
Joe Hart returns to the starting XI for Tottenham tonight. He’s started in three of the four Europa League games played this season and has kept two clean sheets.
Spurs have won each of the games he’s started in goal and when Hugo Lloris took his place against Royal Antwerp in matchday two, Tottenham lost 1-0.
Spurs are unbeaten in five matches against Austrian opponents. They defeated SV Stockerau twice in the 1991 Uefa Cup Winners Cup, had a 4-2 aggregate win over Austria Wien in the quarter-finals of the 1984 UEFA Cup and beat LASK 3-0 in the opening match of this season’s Europa League group stages.
LASK playing in the Europa League for the third season in a row, an this is their fourth game against English opposition, having also played Manchester United in the Round of 16 last season.
Against United they lost 5-0 at home and 2-1 at Old Trafford over the course of two legs with Philipp Wiesinger scoring their only goal against English opposition so far.
When asked if he would prioritise the upcoming North London derby over tonight’s Europa League match Jose Mourinho said that he would make changes to answer problems not to weaken the team. He said:
The priority is always to try to win the next match, the next match is a Europa League match. If at the end of the match we have a draw that's fine and we've qualified before the last match - but we're not going to play for that.
"Arsenal doesn't come into our thinking. When you make changes, you make changes based on problems we had. When we do that, we put trust on the players we have. We don't weaken the team because the Premier League match is next."
Jose Mourinho makes a massive eight changes to his starting XI from the side that drew 0-0 with Chelsea at the weekend.
Only Son Heung-min, Tanguy Ndombele and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg keep their places in the line up with Mourinho changing his entire back line. Ben Davies captains the side.
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