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Tottenham Hotspur resume their quest to win the Europa League when they entertain Eintracht Frankfurt at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in the first leg of their quarter-final tie on Thursday night.

Ange Postecoglou’s side secured a place in the last-eight of Europe’s secondary club competition with a 3-2 aggregate win over AZ Alkmaar.

In what has been a truly miserable Premier League campaign, a Europa League triumph is now the only way of salvaging Spurs’ season.

The capital club warmed up for this clash by condemning Southampton to Premier League relegation with a 3-1 victory on Sunday, on an afternoon where our man Kevin Mac delivered a clean sweep of winners.

As for Eintracht Frankfurt, they extended their stay in Europe with a commanding 6-2 aggregate success over Dutch giants Ajax.

However, the Eagles’ preparations for this first leg showdown were far from ideal, losing 2-0 away at Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga on Saturday.

How the bookies view it: Tottenham to take top honours

The bookmakers’ odds suggest Tottenham will come out on top on Thursday night, with a home win trading at 7/10 on Boylesports.

Eintracht Frankfurt are 11/4 underdogs on Boylesports while an all square affair can be backed at 14/5 with the same firm.

Head to head: History favours the hosts

Tottenham and Eintracht Frankfurt faced off in the now-defunct group stage of the Champions League back in season 2022-23, with Spurs claiming a 3-2 victory at home while the return match ended goalless.

Given how goal-heavy Tottenham’s games have been this season, the 5/6 about Both Teams to Score and Over 2.5 Goals looks well worthy of support.

Players to watch: More joy for Johnson?

Brennan Johnson bagged a brace in Tottenham’s aforementioned 3-1 win over Southampton on Sunday, taking his overall tally for the season to 16 goals in the process. With that in mind, Johnson looks a touch too big to register at least one shot on target here at 8/11 on Ladbrokes.

Mario Gotze made the net bulge twice against Ajax in the previous round. The German ace is as big as 11/2 on Boylesports to repeat the trick at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Thursday night.

Predicted line-ups

As was the case at the weekend, Tottenham boss Postecoglou will once again be unable to call upon the services of injured trio Dejan Kulusevski, Kevin Danso and Radu Dragusin.

Eintracht Frankfurt boss Dino Toppmoller could be without as many as eight first-team players for Thursday night’s first leg in North London.

Tottenham Hotspur: Vicario; Pedro Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Udogie; Bergvall, Maddison, Bentancur; Johnson, Solanke, Son

Eintracht Frankfurt: Kaua Santos; Kristensen, Theate, Koch, Brown; Shkiri, Larsson, Tuta; Gotze, Ekitike, Bahoya

Anything else catch the eye?

Tottenham look well placed to hit a minimum of six corners on Thursday night at 4/5 with Unibet.

To date, no team has averaged more corners per game in the Premier League this season than Spurs' 7.10 per game .

It’s also worth noting that Postecoglou’s attack-minded outfit have averaged a shade under six flag-kicks per 90 in this season’s Europa League.

This UEFA Europa League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Eintracht Frankfurt will be played on and kick off at 20:00. Check below for our tipsters best Tottenham Hotspur vs Eintracht Frankfurt prediction. You may also visit our dedicated betting previews section for the most up to date previews.

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Tottenham Hotspur will be desperate for a morale-boosting win as they warm up for the Europa League quarter-final with a Premier League clash against doomed Southampton.

It looks like Ange Postecoglou will need to steer Tottenham to Euro glory to save his job after a desperately disappointing domestic campaign.

Thursday's 1-0 loss to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, which brought up all three recommended bets for me, left Spurs sitting 14th in the table and fans are fuming after just one win in six games for Postecoglou's side.

Tottenham aren't justifying their status as Europa League favourites with that kind of form so the Aussie will be looking for a win ahead of their crunch clash with Eintracht Frankfurt on Thursday.

He's fortunate that Southampton's form is even worse, with the side sitting rock bottom of the league on a seven-game run without a win.

It looked like Saints would end that drought against Crystal Palace in midweek only for the Eagles to score a last-minute leveller.

Ivan Juric's men are desperate to avoid being the worst side in Premier League history and now need just one more point to match the tally of dismal Derby from 2007-2008.

How the bookies favourites: Saints don't have a prayer

Spurs have been in terrible form at home in the Premier League, winning just one of their last 10. But they're still BoyleSports' 4/11 favourites against a side hurtling towards relegation, with Southampton 13/2 outsiders and the draw paying 15/4.

Recent head to head: Spurs bossing it

Southampton were thrashed 5-0 at home by Tottenham earlier this season, a result that saw Russell Martin pick up his P45. That continued Spurs' recent dominance of this fixture, with Saints winning just one of the last nine meetings. They crashed to a 4-1 loss on their last visit to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Players to watch: Madd for it

Playmaker James Maddison scored twice in that rout at St Mary's earlier this season and will fancy his chances in the return. He's 7/4 at BoyleSports for anytime scorer while Paddy Power price him at 10/11 to either score or assist.

Paul Onuachu was superb for Southampton in midweek and gor the goal his performance merited. The big striker is 5/2 at BoyleSports to follow it up with another goal in London.

Probable line-ups

Postecoglou will probably shake things up a bit after their clash with Chelsea, given they have one eye on that European date with Frankfurt. Richarlison is pushing for a comeback after injury but Radu Draguisn remains out while Kevin Danso and Dejan Kulusevski are doubts.

Saints boss Juric will be tempted to go with the same side that played so well against Palace. He's still without Juan Larios, Will Smallbone and Ross Stewart due to injuries.

Tottenham Hotspur: Vicario, Porro, Davies, Romero, Spence, Bissouma, Sarr, Maddison, Tel, Odobert, Solanke.

Southampton: Ramsdale, Stephens, Harwood-Bellis, Bednarek, Walker-Peters, Manning, Downes, Ugochukwu, Fernandes, Sulemana, Onuachu.

Anything else catch the eye?

Southampton will take heart from their midweek display and could get some joy against a Spurs defence that always gives the oppositions a few sights of goal.

BTTS is just 11/20 with BoyleSports but if you combine it with no draw it boosts the odds to 21/20. Kamaldeen Sulemana always looks a threat whenever I see him play and the Saints forward could be worth a punt at 7/4 with Bet365 just to have an effort on target.

Postecoglou's side usually rack up plenty of corners so that's another market worth looking at. Backing them at -3 in the corner handicap pays 11/10 at Paddy Power for this one.

With Spurs having such a big European tie looming, I'd be surprised if we saw a lot of cards. That makes under 37.5 booking points worth a look at evens with Betfred.

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Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur both went into the international break on a Premier League downer so they'll be desperate to bounce back with a win in this intriguing London derby.

The league season has effectively been written off for Spurs, with all their eggs in the Europa League basket ahead of a quarter-final clash with Eintracht Frankfurt later this month.

Despite sitting in the bottom half of the Premier League, Ange Postecoglou's side are favourites to get their hands on the Europa trophy, a success that would secure them a ticket to next season's Champions League.

Chelsea are on track to secure their seat at Europe's top table via their league position, while Enzo Maresca's men are also red-hot fancies to win the UEFA Conference League this season.

A top-four finish looks like the tougher assignment with so many teams jostling for position in the top half of the table and the Blues lost 1-0 at Arsenal in their last outing.

Spurs also lost away to Fulham just before the international and now both teams have another London derby to tackle as they bid to get back to winning ways.

How the bookies view it: Blue is the colour

Tottenham Hotspur are 10/3 outsiders for this one, which isn't a great surprise given how poor their league form has been. Chelsea are 8/13 hot favourites and the draw pays 10/3.

Recent head to head: A sweet 16 for Chelsea

Chelsea have dominated this fixture in recent years, with the Blues losing just one of the last 16 meetings. Maresca's side came from 2-0 down to beat Spurs 4-3 in a thriller earlier this season and Chelsea won 2-0 when Postecoglou's side came to Stamford Bridge last season.

Players to watch: Enzo on a high

Enzo Fernandez will have his tail up for this game, having scored for Argentina in their 4-1 World Cup qualifying win over bitter rivals Brazil. That made it six for the season for the midfielder and he's 8/5 at William Hill to score or assist. He is the only player to create five or more chances in four Premier League games this season so that price looks decent value.

Spurs will be hoping star striker Dominic Solanke can stay fit until the end of the season and go on a scoring run. The former Bournemouth striker is on 11 goals for the season and is 5/2 at BoyleSports for anytime scorer.

Probable line-ups

Chelsea trio Nicolas Jackson, Cole Palmer and Noni Madueke are back in training after injuries and could return to the squad. Marc Guiu and Omar Kellyman will miss out again.

Tottenham's long injury list has cleared up a bit but they still have Radu Draguisn sidelined while Kevin Danso, Lucas Bergvall, Dejan Kulusevski and Richarlison are doubts.

Chelsea: Sanchez, James, Colwill, Fofana, Cucurella, Caicedo, Fernandez, Palmer, Neto, Sancho, Nkunku.

Tottenham Hotspur: Vicario, Spence, Van de Ven, Romero, Udogie, Sarr, Bentancur, Maddison, Son, Johnson, Solanke.

Anything else catch the eye?

Chelsea just love playing against Spurs, chalking up more wins against their London rivals (36) than any other team in their Premier League history and also scoring the most goals (120). But they've been a bit flat of late and have netted just two times in their last three outings.

So I would be surprised if we saw a repeat of the 4-3 thriller from earlier this season and combining under 3.5 goals with under 13.5 corners pays 13/10 in a BoyleSports bet builder.

Even with most of their big players back from injury, Spurs continue to struggle and they've won just once in their last five outings. They've also lost eight times on the road in the Premier League, with only the bottom two crashing more times on their travels. So the Blues should edge this one and combining the home win with under 4.5 goals pays 7/5 at BoyleSports.

This fixture often boils over so it could be a busy night for the officials. Crisitan Romero was sent off against Chelsea last term and is often prone to rash challenges. The Argentina stopper is 23/10 to go into the book here.

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