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Off to The Arctic again!
Thanks to Eugene Gasper for this picture
Less than five months after our first visit to Bodo/Glimt's Aspmyra Stadion, Spurs are off to the Arctic to play this Norwegian side for the third time this year, having never met them previously. They were our semi-final opponents on our winning path to the Europa League Final.
When we met Bodo/Glimt in May, they had already qualified for this season's Champions League play-off round by virtue of being their domestic league's 2024 champions. The Norwegian "Eliteserien" is completed between March and November in the same calendar year, so our opponents are still competing in the same league season as they were in May. They are currently one point behind table leaders Viking with a game in hand and 8 games to play, so they are well placed to compete for Champions League football again next season.
In May, Bodo/Glimt did not have a domestic game between our two meetings, and they haven't played since 21st September, and will be fresh to meet Spurs.
Last year the Norwegians lost to Crvena Zvedza (Red Star Belgrade) in the Champions League play-off. This year they beat Austrian side Sturm Graz 6-2 on aggregate, having won 5-0 on their artificial pitch at home.
Thus Bodo/Glimt are making their debut in the group/league phase of the Champions League. They became the northernmost team to play in the competition.
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Bodo/Glimt drew their first league phase game 2-2 away to Slavia Prague (who we will host in December) with goals scored by midfielder Daniel Bassi and forward Sondre Fet. Their top league scorer is Danish striker Kasper Hogh, who has 16 league goals to his name, but hasn't scored since August in those games against Sturm Graz.
Since our win in May Bodo/Glimt have lost two of ten home games played, both to domestic opponents. Their last home defeat was in June.
In a poll on the Champions League site 76% of voters say Spurs will win. Despite the potential trickiness of the artificial surface, I see no reason to argue and will go for a 2-0 win. Dominic Solanke scored at home and away in our Europa League semi-final, but is not likely to be ready, or indeed to be risked in this game. There are plenty in our squad who did play in the away game in May, and will therefore be equipped to play on the surface. The game kicks off at 8pm (BST) and will be televised here by TNT/DISCOVERY.
Match referee Ivan Kruzliak and his on-field officials are from Slovakia. Mr Kruzliak is refereeing Spurs for the third time. In October 2014, Mr Kruzliak sent off Hugo Lloris late in our home game against Asteras Tripolis and Harry Kane, who had already scored his first Spurs hat-trick, stepped up to wear the goalkeeper's shirt. We won that Europa League game 5-1.
In November 2018, the same referee was in charge of a 2-1 win over PSV Eindhoven. Kane scored both our goals in that game too. We were of course on our way to the 2019 Champions League final.
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