Latest score as Sarr nets opener, Johnson hits crossbar

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Hello and welcome to football.london's live coverage of Tottenham's Europa League encounter against Ferencvaros.

Following four successive victories in all competitions, Spurs will be looking to make it five on the bounce by collecting all three points in Budapest, Hungary.

Ange Postecoglou's side made a very impressive start to their European campaign last Thursday after recording a 3-0 win over Qarabag despite playing with ten men for virtually all of the contest.

The Spurs boss will likely rotate his team once again and it will allow those currently on the periphery of the starting XI the opportunity to make their case for Sunday's game against Brighton & Hove Albion.

Tottenham correspondents Alasdair Gold and Rob Guest are covering the match with all the build-up and the action as it happens on the pitch and reaction from the supporters and media.

Scroll down for all of our latest updates from the Groupama Arena.

Key Events

Sarr scores!18:09

No goal!18:04

Confirmed Tottenham team16:33

Woodwork

Almost five goals in five games for Brennan Johnson as he sends a rocket of a shot against the crossbar and over. Solanke comes on for Sarr soon after.

Save

Vicario saves at his near post after a positive run from Kady.

Triple change

Triple Spurs change as Maddison, Kulusevski and Johnson come on for Lankshear, Bergvall and Werner.

Werner miss

Chance for Werner as Moore breaks up the pitch and plays it across to the German but he takes it too wide around the keeper and hits the side-netting.

Close

That would have been an incredible goal. Archie Gray played a wonderful backheel to get out of a tough spot with two players around him, Bissouma broke up the pitch and fed Lankshear but he was tackled at the last moment in the box.

Chance

Chance for Lankshear as he volleys Porro's cross into the ground and over.

Swap in positions

Ben Davies and Archie Gray have swapped positions with the latter now the left-back in this second half. Romero has a header tipped over by the goalkeeper.

Save

Good save from Vicario to tip Saldanha's effort around the post.

The shot from the Ferencvaros attacker was creeping in.

Peep

The second half is underway.

Here are Alasdair's half-time Spurs player ratings

Guglielmo Vicario 8

Pedro Porro 7

Cristian Romero 7

Archie Gray 7

Ben Davies 5

Pape Matar Sarr 8

Yves Bissouma 7

Lucas Bergvall 7

Mikey Moore 8

Will Lankshear 7

Timo Werner 6

Peep

Spurs lead 1-0 at half-time here in Budapest.

Sarr's goal came at the perfect time after Vargas had a header chalked off for offside moments earlier.

Moore chance

Mikey Moore drills a low shot at goal from outside the box which the keeper gets down to save.

Added time

Two minutes added on at the end of the first half.

Woodwork

Spurs hit the woodwork after Pedro Porro was brought down in the box but got up and sent a shot/cross that was centimetres away from Lankshear and hit the left-hand post.

Sarr shot

Another chance for Spurs as Lankshear tees up Sarr but his shot is straight at the keeper.

Sarr scores!

Sarr scores! Mikey Moore runs through the middle, he knocks a pass through and the battling Lankshear got a touch and the ball broke for Sarr, who took a composed shot into the bottom left corner.

No goal!

It's ruled out for offside following a VAR check.

GOAL!

Ferencvaros lead 1-0 in Budapest after Varga nods home at the back post following a cross from the left.

VAR check taking place.

Spurs chances

A good moment from Moore as he fizzes a ball across the six-yard box that nobody can get on to and moments later Lankshear can't quite connect properly with a Werner cross and it hits his shoulder and goes over. Soon after Sarr forces the keeper into a save.

Save

Easy one for Vicario with Traore not getting much power in his curling effort from the edge of the box.

Over

Bright start from the hosts after causing Spurs a couple of issues early on.

Chance for Varga on the edge of the box but he cannot keep his effort down.

Peep

We're up and running.

A big night for Timo

Timo Werner will be targeting a big 90 minutes in a Tottenham shirt this evening.

Faring well against Manchester United last Sunday but guilty of missing two big chances, the German will be keen to get off the mark for the season in Budapest.

Werner is the experienced figure in Tottenham's youthful front three and he will have a major role to play as Spurs look to make it back-to-back wins in Europe.

Read here.

Reguilon inclusion explained

Sergio Reguilon boarding the flight to Hungary with the rest of Tottenham's first-team players certainly had Spurs fans talking on Wednesday.

Not part of Ange Postecoglou's Europa League squad, many were left wondering why exactly he was travelling to Budapest when he is not eligible to take to the pitch.

Well, all has been revealed right here.

Behind the scenes

Wednesday was a rather busy day for Ange Postecoglou and his Tottenham team as they travelled to Budapest ahead of their Europa League clash.

football.london's Tottenham reporter Alasdair Gold was in place for the press conference at the Groupama Stadium and also the first 15 minutes of the team's training session.

Click here to find out what went on during Spurs' first day in Hungary.

Confirmed Tottenham team

Here is how Tottenham line up for this evening's Europa League clash against Ferencvaros:

Confirmed Tottenham XI: Vicario; Porro, Romero, Davies, Gray, Sarr, Bissouma, Bergvall; Werner, Lankshear, Moore.

Subs: Forster, Austin, Dorrington, Van de Ven, Cassanova, Bentancur, Maddison, Kulusevski, Ajayi, Johnson, Solanke.

Predicted team

So who exactly will Ange Postecoglou select in his Tottenham XI to take on Ferencvaros?

Our man Alasdair Gold has named his predicted team right here.

Reporters make team selections

Tottenham return to European action this evening with a Europa League encounter against Ferencvaros on the calendar.

Ange Postecoglou will likely rotate his Spurs XI once again but there's not exactly options galore in some areas of the pitch.

So how exactly should Tottenham line up? Our Spurs writers at football.london have had their say right here.

Odds

Tottenham are heavy favourites, not just for the win tonight, but to lift the Europa League trophy in Bilbao next summer too.

According to Betway, Spurs are odds-on to win in Hungary tonight and are ahead of Manchester United and Athletic Bilbao in the market for the competition overall.

Ferencváros vs Tottenham Hotspur match odds

Ferencváros - 17/4

Draw - 16/5

Tottenham Hotspur - 11/20

Tottenham - 9/2

Manchester United - 5/1

Athletic Bilbao - 8/1

Roma - 9/1

Real Sociedad - 11/1

Lazio - 14/1

Academy players make trip

Tottenham could be set to have a few more academy players as part of their squad for Thursday evening's game against Ferencvaros.

The team jetted off to Hungary on Wednesday and three of the club's highly-rated youngsters joined fellow starlets Mikey Moore and Will Lankshear in the travelling party.

Read here.