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Slavko Vincic ??
TEAM FORM
Spurs - DWWDW ------- Marseille DWWWW
We return to the Champions League that commences with Wednesday's Group D fixture against Ligue 1 giants Marseille. Eintracht Frankfurt and Sporting Lisbon are also lying in wait for us. Group D is going to be a very competitive group
The jubilation of pipping Arsenal to the fourth and final Champions League spot will count for nought if we are unable to make waves in Europe, but our early Premier League form suggests that we can do just that.
Picking up where we left off at the end of the 2021-22 season, we remain unbeaten in the Premier League after six matches and claimed our fourth win of the season 2-1 against Fulham on Saturday, where the record-equalling Kane and Hojbjerg struck before Mitrocic’s stunning consolation to see us cement ourr third-placed standing in the table.
As well as equalling Thierry Heny’s record of 43 Premier League London derby goals, Kane's finish saw him become the outright third top-scorer in the history of the competition, and he will aim to spearhead another memorable European campaign for us.
Runners-up to Liverpool in 2019, we experienced life in the doldrums of the Europa Conference League last year before our COVID-19 cluster led to our withdrawal from the tournament, which may now have been a blessing in disguise given their league achievements.
Furthermore, victory over Fulham represented our sixth competitive home win on the bounce, and we have progressed from each of our last three group-stage appearances in the Champions League, most recently being eliminated by RB Leipzig in the 2019-20 last-16.
Nuno Taveres, Matteo Guendouzi and Alexis Sanches never played alongside each other at Arsenal, but the trio's Gunners' links should act as all the motivation a free-scoring Marseille need to upset the apple cart, and the latter two warmed up for this game in perfect fashion.
Travelling to a newly-promoted Auxerre side in Ligue 1 at the weekend, Les Olympiens went ahead thanks toGerson’s's fine finish before Guendouzi set up Sanchez for the Chilean attacker to tap home his third French top-flight goal of the season.
Marseille made it four Ligue 1 wins on the bounce at Auxerre and are currently keeping pace with perennial champions Paris Saint-Germain at thetop, although Les Parisiens' mammoth +20 goal difference is forcing Marseille to settle for second at present.
The visitors have recent when it comes to a continental run, as they made it all the way to the semi-finals of the Europa Conference League last year after finishing third in their Europa League group, but their hopes of glory were dashed by eventual runners-up Feyenoord.
Most recently occupying a spot in the Champions League two seasons ago, Marseille have failed to make it out of the group in their last two appearances in the premier competition, and the visitors have also suffered 12 defeats in the tournament versus English opposition before they meet us competitively for the very first time.
Slavko Vincic ??
TEAM FORM
Spurs - DWWDW ------- Marseille DWWWW
We return to the Champions League that commences with Wednesday's Group D fixture against Ligue 1 giants Marseille. Eintracht Frankfurt and Sporting Lisbon are also lying in wait for us. Group D is going to be a very competitive group
The jubilation of pipping Arsenal to the fourth and final Champions League spot will count for nought if we are unable to make waves in Europe, but our early Premier League form suggests that we can do just that.
Picking up where we left off at the end of the 2021-22 season, we remain unbeaten in the Premier League after six matches and claimed our fourth win of the season 2-1 against Fulham on Saturday, where the record-equalling Kane and Hojbjerg struck before Mitrocic’s stunning consolation to see us cement ourr third-placed standing in the table.
As well as equalling Thierry Heny’s record of 43 Premier League London derby goals, Kane's finish saw him become the outright third top-scorer in the history of the competition, and he will aim to spearhead another memorable European campaign for us.
Runners-up to Liverpool in 2019, we experienced life in the doldrums of the Europa Conference League last year before our COVID-19 cluster led to our withdrawal from the tournament, which may now have been a blessing in disguise given their league achievements.
Furthermore, victory over Fulham represented our sixth competitive home win on the bounce, and we have progressed from each of our last three group-stage appearances in the Champions League, most recently being eliminated by RB Leipzig in the 2019-20 last-16.
Nuno Taveres, Matteo Guendouzi and Alexis Sanches never played alongside each other at Arsenal, but the trio's Gunners' links should act as all the motivation a free-scoring Marseille need to upset the apple cart, and the latter two warmed up for this game in perfect fashion.
Travelling to a newly-promoted Auxerre side in Ligue 1 at the weekend, Les Olympiens went ahead thanks toGerson’s's fine finish before Guendouzi set up Sanchez for the Chilean attacker to tap home his third French top-flight goal of the season.
Marseille made it four Ligue 1 wins on the bounce at Auxerre and are currently keeping pace with perennial champions Paris Saint-Germain at thetop, although Les Parisiens' mammoth +20 goal difference is forcing Marseille to settle for second at present.
The visitors have recent when it comes to a continental run, as they made it all the way to the semi-finals of the Europa Conference League last year after finishing third in their Europa League group, but their hopes of glory were dashed by eventual runners-up Feyenoord.
Most recently occupying a spot in the Champions League two seasons ago, Marseille have failed to make it out of the group in their last two appearances in the premier competition, and the visitors have also suffered 12 defeats in the tournament versus English opposition before they meet us competitively for the very first time.
Team News
We were boosted by the returns of Bentancur and Romero to the first XI for the win over Fulham, which leaves Gil and Moura as our only two injury concerns for Wednesday's game.
Neither man would be likely to force their way into the first XI anyway, but Conte has a big call to make over Richarlison, who demoted Kulusevski to the bench and provided the assist for Hojbjerg's opener before seeing a late strike ruled out.
Richarlison does not deserve to be dropped for this game - where Son may feel that his place is at risk after a slow start to the new season - while Barcelona loanee Lenglet was praised for his performance at the weekend and could keep his place in the first XI given his Champions League experience.
Meanwhile, Marseille attacking duo Cedric Bakambu and Bamba Dieng have been left out of their club's Champions League squad following collapsed deadline day transfers, while Dimitri Payet is expected to miss out with a calf issue.
The former West Ham United attacker has struggled to force his way into Tudor's plans when fit either way, and the visitors are also set to be without Samuel Gigot, which could therefore see another former Gunners in Sead Kolasinac start in defence.
Sanchez's impact since arriving and goal off the bench against Auxerre could tempt Tudor into dropping Cenqiz Under from the starting lineup in North London, while Tavares and Guendouzi will expect to come back into the first XI after being spared from the off at the weekend.
Neither man would be likely to force their way into the first XI anyway, but Conte has a big call to make over Richarlison, who demoted Kulusevski to the bench and provided the assist for Hojbjerg's opener before seeing a late strike ruled out.
Richarlison does not deserve to be dropped for this game - where Son may feel that his place is at risk after a slow start to the new season - while Barcelona loanee Lenglet was praised for his performance at the weekend and could keep his place in the first XI given his Champions League experience.
Meanwhile, Marseille attacking duo Cedric Bakambu and Bamba Dieng have been left out of their club's Champions League squad following collapsed deadline day transfers, while Dimitri Payet is expected to miss out with a calf issue.
The former West Ham United attacker has struggled to force his way into Tudor's plans when fit either way, and the visitors are also set to be without Samuel Gigot, which could therefore see another former Gunners in Sead Kolasinac start in defence.
Sanchez's impact since arriving and goal off the bench against Auxerre could tempt Tudor into dropping Cenqiz Under from the starting lineup in North London, while Tavares and Guendouzi will expect to come back into the first XI after being spared from the off at the weekend.
Head-to-Head
As far as I can deduce and from research, we have never played Marseille before
