Spurs Stats vs Burnley and Antwerp preview
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Burnley 0 Tottenham 1
A hard fought (as we all new it would be) win that moved Spurs up to 5th just two points off the top and with the best goal difference in the league.
Plaudits all round for keeping their aerial threat at bay with no free-kicks given away from wide positions near our area, an important plan executed well.
Ben Davies given the nod at left-back because of his aerial defending ability with Reguilón no doubt used on Thursday, in a game we must win.
Securing promotion early is another important step to relieve pressure and allow squad players, and I'm thinking of the likes of Cirkin here, the chance of some minutes.
Anyway back to Burnley.
W8 D2 L1
Premier League top scorer: Son Heung-Min
Most assists: Harry Kane
Top-scoring club: Tottenham
Harry Kane 297 games, 198 goals, 39 assists
Son Heung-min 238 games, 95 goals, 51 assists
Harry Kane already has 8 assists this season, 7 of which have been to Son Heung-min.
That is the most after 6 games by any player from Europe's top five leagues (Premier League, Serie A, LaLiga, Bundesliga, Ligue 1) in the last 10 seasons.
Harry Kane has directly contributed to 13 league goals (5G, 8A) this season, the most ever recorded by a player in the first 6 Premier League games.
Micky Quinn in 1992-93 is the only player to score more Premier League goals (10) after the opening 6 matches than Spurs forward Heung-Min Son (8) stated Sky Sports, but Micky Quinn was still at Newcastle United when the season started and was not a first choice having fallen out with Kevin Keegan.
He moved to Coventry in November of that season and then scored 10 goals in his first 6 games for Coventry, not the first 6 games of the season.
Toby Alderweireld v Burnley
Most blocks (3)
Most clearances (5)
Most headed clearances (3)
Joint most defensive aerial duels (9)
Joint most blocked crosses (1)
Tanguy Ndombele completed more dribbles (5) than every other Spurs player combined vs. Burnley (4).
Despite playing for just 33 minutes, Erik Lamela created more chances (2) than any other Spurs player vs. Burnley.
Lamela has committing 215 fouls in 158 appearances for Spurs, yet has never received a red card in the Premier League.
Tottenham Squad (4-2-3-1) vs Burnley
1 Hugo Lloris
2 Matt Doherty
4 Toby Alderweireld
5 Pierre Højbjerg
7 Son Heung-min
10 Harry Kane
15 Eric Dier
17 Moussa Sissoko
27 Lucas Moura
28 Tanguy Ndombele
33 Ben Davies
Subs Bench
12 Joe Hart
3 Sergio Reguilón
9 Gareth Bale
11 Érik Lamela
14 Joe Rodon
18 Giovani Lo Celso
45 Carlos Vinícius
Player Stats
Goal Creating Actions
Passing
Progressive Passing (Average yards achieved per pass)
Ball Carrying
Ball Carrying Progressive Distance
Aerial Duels
The Europa League continues tomorrow and it is important we secure passage to the next round as quickly as possible.
Venue: Bosuilstadion (Antwerp)
The aim this season must be a top 4 finish and winning this competition.
Do not forget it is an early kick-off 5:55 pm.
Random Tottenham Stats
- The West Ham United game was Spurs’ 8th consecutive match where both teams have scored (BTTS) and our 3rd straight fixture with Over 5.5 goals.
- That run has since ceased but could return.
- It was also our 3rd straight fixture with Over 2.5 first-half goals and with the first goal scored by the second minute.
- Unlike other seasons it seems we can start fast when we want to, is this something Mourinho is introducing at Spurs?
Antwerp vs Tottenham Hotspur
- Antwerp started their UEFA Europa League (UEL) campaign with a win
- Antwerp vs English sides in European competition, won both legs against Aston Villa in the first round of the 1975/76 UEFA Cup, lost both matches against Newcastle United in the same competition 19 years later.
- Antwerp have lost three of their previous five home fixtures in European competition (W2 L3).
- The Belgian side are in form, currently undefeated across seven competitive matches,they have won the last five.
- Antwerp have conceded the opening goal in five of those seven matches.
- In five of those matches the first goal was scored by the 10th minutes.
- Tottenham Hotspur started their UEL group stage with a win, but we are yet to record a European victory in Belgium (D2, L3).
- In the group stage, Spurs have lost only three of our 15 away fixtures (W6, D6).
- Spurs have just two wins from their previous five UEL away matches (D1, L2 - including qualifiers), with 6 of the 7 goals conceded after half-time (HT - H/T).
- Spurs have scored 3+ goals in four of our previous five competitive matches.
- We have managed just two clean sheets across the previous 12 matches - albeit our latest arriving on Monday against Burnley and the other last Thursday in the opening UEL group game against LASK.
- Antwerp’s Lior Refaelov has three goals in his last five competitive matches, two of those scored after the 69th minute.
- Lucas Moura has two goals from his last two Europa League games, both before the 25th minute.
- José Mourinho is unbeaten in his previous 15 UEL fixtures (W12, D3).
- Spurs record at home in the UEFA Europa League (UEL) group stages is won 13, drawn 2 and lost 1.
- Tottenham have played 49 games in the Europa League, in the tournament proper, more than any other Premier League team and by scoring 81 times, have scored more goals than any PL side too.
Full fixture list for UEFA Europa League ties on Wednesday 29th October 2020, Group Stage, Week 2.
COYS
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