Tottenham Hotspur will aim to keep their season alive when they face AZ Alkmaar in the UEFA Europa League Round of 16 second leg.
Spurs are trailing 1-0 following the first leg in the Netherlands last week, so Ange Postecoglou and his players know that anything but a win on home turf will see them eliminated.
The spirited comeback to draw with Bournemouth at the weekend showed the players are prepared to graft for their manager, but another disappointing performance here would end Postecoglou's hopes of delivering on his promise to win a trophy this season and ruin their best chance of qualifying for European football for 2025/26.
The Sporting News will provide live score updates below.
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Tottenham Hotspur vs. AZ Alkmaar score
Pregame (Aggregate)Goal scorersTottenham0 (0)—AZ0 (1)—
Starting lineups:
Tottenham Hotspur (4-3-3, right to left): 1. Guglielmo Vicario (GK) — 23. Pedro Porro, 17. Cristian Romero, 37. Micky van de Ven, 24. Djed Spence — 10. James Maddison, 15. Lucas Bergvall, 29. Pape Matar Sarr — 28. Wilson Odobert, 19. Dominic Solanke, 7. Son Heung-min
AZ Alkmaar (4-3-3, right to left): Owuso-Oduro (GK) — Maikuma, Goes, Penetra, Moller Wolfe — Clasie, Buurmeester, Koopmeiners — Sadiq, Parrott, Poku
Tottenham Hotspur vs. AZ Alkmaar lineups, team news
The big loss for Spurs is in midfield, with Rodrigo Bentancur suspended after receiving a third yellow card of the tournament in the first leg.
Kevin Danso is also out with a hamstring injury, but with Ben Davies available again after four games out and both Micky van de Ven and Cristian Romero back to match fitness, the defence is looking much stronger. The latter two both start at centre-back today, with Davies among the subs.
Lucas Bergvall and James Maddison join Pape Matar Sarr in midfield, while Wilson Odobert gets another start in attack.
Richarlison and Dejan Kulusevski are still sidelined, while Fraser Forster, Antonin Kinsky, Sergio Reguilon, Radu Dragusin and Timo Werner are all ineligible.
Tottenham lineup (4-3-3, right to left): Vicario (GK) — Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Spence — Maddison, Bergvall, Sarr — Odobert, Solanke, Son
Tottenham subs: Austin, Whiteman, Bissouma, Tel, Udogie, Gray, Johnson, Davies, Scarlett, Moore
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AZ are without Mayckel Lahdo and Denso Kasius, who both suffered injuries in the first leg. Sven Mijnans, Jayden Addai and Ruben van Bommel are also sidelined.
Ro-Zangelo Daal, the 21-year-old striker who scored a hat-trick for the reserves at the weekend, also misses the trip to London as his girlfriend is reportedly due to give birth soon.
Striker Mexx Meerdink has travelled with the squad after a month out with injury, and he starts on the bench.
AZ Alkmaar lineup (4-3-3, right to left): Owuso-Oduro (GK) — Maikuma, Goes, Penetra, Moller Wolfe — Clasie, Buurmeester, Koopmeiners — Sadiq, Parrott, Poku
AZ Alkmaar subs: Verhulst, Zoet, Martins Indi, Belic, Dekker, Smit, De Wit, Meerdink, Bouziane, Dijkstra, Van Duijn
Tottenham Hotspur vs. AZ Alkmaar stats, head to head
Last week's game was the first competitive meeting between these teams.
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