Preview: Tottenham Hotspur vs. Roma rescheduled match
Preview: Tottenham Hotspur vs. Roma rescheduled match
It is almost certain that no team will record a more remarkable scoreline across Europe this season than Spurs’ 4-0 thrashing over Man City on Saturday – Pep Guardiola’s worst home defeat of his managerial career.
Ange Postecoglou’s side are now comfortably the top scorers in the Premier League, and only Liverpool and Man City have conceded fewer, but with just three clean sheets in the league, that suggests why they have dropped so many points.
Spurs are still down in sixth, three points off the top four, with too many disappointing recent results restricting them from moving further up the standings.
The international break came at the perfect time, because Spurs’ two performances prior to it were woeful, handing Ipswich Town their first Premier League win in over 20 years, and being very lucky to leave Istanbul with a 3-2 loss against a Galatasaray side that could have scored seven or eight.
That result ended their 100% record in Europe, and saw them drop to seventh, but they will fancy their chances of moving back up the standings here, considering they have won seven in a row at home in the Europa League without conceding – scoring 19.
This will be their first ever meeting with Roma, and the home side will hope that they can continue their fine record at home to Italian clubs, because Spurs have only lost once in 10 previous meetings.
The Europa League has not provided many fruitful results against clubs from Italy for Spurs though, winning just two of their eight, and Roma will hope they can extend that underwhelming run, while also arresting a woeful stretch of results of their own.
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