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Watch Monaco vs Spurs as Thomas Frank searches for his second win in the league phase of the Champions League, with all the information on TV coverage and live streams right here.

Thomas Frank is in pursuit of consistency as the manager of Tottenham Hotspur and his new team will start Wednesday's league phase match as slight favourites.

Spurs were unbeaten in seven matches in all competitions before they lost to Aston Villa but haven't won back-to-back Premier League fixtures since their first two at the start of the season.

FourFourTwo has all the details you need to enjoy this Champions League match live wherever you are.

Can I watch Monaco vs Spurs for free?

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How to watch Monaco vs Spurs in the UK

Monaco vs Spurs is one of this week's Champions League fixtures on TNT Sports and the Discovery+ streaming platform.

It's an 8:00pm kick-off and will be broadcast live on TNT Sports 3.

Watch Monaco vs Spurs in the US

Monaco vs Spurs will be available for streaming in the United States on Paramount+ thanks to the official Champions League broadcaster, CBS.

How to watch Monaco vs Spurs in Australia

Football fans in Australia can watch Monaco vs Spurs live through Stan Sport.

See also ► Champions League TV guide

Monaco vs Spurs: Champions League preview

Winning one match and drawing the next became a pattern for Spurs in September and played out in its own way in their first two league matches.

Frank's first Champions League match was a 1-0 home match against Villarreal, after which they faced Bodo/Glimt in Bodo and came away with what was a creditable 2-2 draw after going 2-0 down.

Adi Hutter and Monaco also drew their second league phase match thanks to a last-minute penalty from former Spurs defender Eric Dier against Manchester City.

Dier joined Monaco on a free transfer in the summer after a season and a half with Harry Kane at Bayern Munich.

The 31-year-old spent a decade at Spurs after developing at Sporting CP as a youngster and is gearing up to face his former side after four wins in five to start the Ligue 1 season deteriorated into three matches without a win.

It's been a winless start for the Red and Whites in the Champions League too and Hutter will see Spurs at home as a tricky but assailable foe to put that right.

Spurs have a respectable record against Ligue 1 opposition but are dealing with some injury issues that will necessarily guide Frank's thinking.

Destiny Udogie pulled out before the loss to Villa but could be available. James Maddison, Dejan Kulusevski, Radu Dragusin and Dominic Solanke are just a few of the players who won't be.

The north London side will get another crack at Ligue 1 opponents in a month's time, when they visit the Parc des Princes to take on European champions Paris Saint-Germain.

Monaco will be mindful that they follow this fixture with a pair of slippery away matches against Bodo/Glimt and Pafos before closing the group against Real Madrid and Juventus.

Hutter needs to put points on the board sooner rather than later or Monaco's Champions League adventure could be effectively over before January.

FourFourTwo's prediction

Monaco 1-2 Spurs

It took two top-class goals to breach Spurs at the weekend and Monaco might struggle to outscore Frank's boys.

Tottenham had been linked with a move to reunite brothers Archie and Harry Gray prior to the latter's most recent birthday.

The younger of the two siblings turned 17 at the beginning of October, at which point he was eligible to sign a first professional contract.

Archie, on the other hand, joined Spurs in the summer of 2024 following Leeds' failure to win promotion via the Championship play-offs, parting with his boyhood club for a reported £40 million fee after his first full season of senior football.

Tottenham Hotspur miss out on 17-year-old Leeds United star

Then, earlier this summer Spurs signed teenage forward and England youth international Oliver Boast from the Elland Road club, who will be due training compensation as opposed to a transfer fee, for the youngster's move.

Boast is understood to have left Leeds having deemed his pathway to senior football blocked by Gray's presence and first-team boss Daniel Farke's preference for the teenager.

Among Leeds fans, it was hoped the same scenario would not play out with regard to Harry Gray's future, the much-heralded jewel of the club's Thorp Arch academy.

Gray became the latest in a five-strong line of family members to represent the Leeds first-team after debuting in a 6-0 win over Stoke City at the end of last season.

The 17-year-old has now put pen to paper on a 'long-term' contract, according to Leeds, ending any speculation over his immediate future.

"Everyone at Leeds United would like to congratulate Harry on signing a first professional contract and we look forward to seeing his development over the coming seasons", a club statement read.

While Leeds fans will celebrate tying Gray down to a contract believed to run until the end of the 2027/28 season, Spurs can focus on a prodigious striking talent of their own in Luca Williams-Barnett.

Watch Tottenham Hotspur vs Aston Villa as Thomas Frank looks to continue a promising start in north London, with all the broadcast details here in this article.

Tottenham Hotspur return from the October international break with a few injury concerns but in very respectable form.

Their Premier League opponents this weekend will be Aston Villa, whose fortunes have slowly been improving this season but who still have a long way to go to match their pre-season expectations.

FourFourTwo has all the information on live streams and TV channels so you can watch Spurs vs Villa online, on TV, wherever you are.

Can I watch Tottenham Hotspur vs Aston Villa in the UK?

Tottenham Hotspur vs Aston Villa is the early Sunday kick-off and will be broadcast live on Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Sports Main Event.

It will also be available with the relevant subscriptions to view on Sky Go and the Sky Sports+ app.

Watch Tottenham Hotspur vs Aston Villa in the US

Tottenham Hotspur vs Aston Villa will be broadcast live in the USA by cable TV channel USA Network.

There's no dedicated streaming platform for USA Network, so to stream online you'll need a cord-cutting service such as Sling or Fubo.

How to watch Tottenham Hotspur vs Aston Villa in Australia

Premier League fans in Australia can watch Tottenham Hotspur vs Aston Villa through Stan Sport.

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See also ► Premier League TV guide

Tottenham Hotspur vs Aston Villa: Premier League preview

Thomas Frank has made an impressive start in charge of Spurs. As well as a win and a draw in the Champions League, the north London club have lost just one of their first seven games in the Premier League.

It's not so long ago that Villa would have been justifiably seen as a soft touch. Unai Emery's side could barely buy a goal in their first six matches in all competitions, never mind a win.

Since then, they've won four on the bounce in the Premier League and Europa League, but an domestic win away from home is still a hurdle they're yet to pass this season.

Spurs' home defeat by Bournemouth at the end of August feels like a long time ago and they're otherwise in very healthy nick.

Their first three league wins under Frank were each boosted by a clean sheet and Spurs have only failed to score once. They've scored two goals or more in all but two matches, a tally that won't be lost on Emery.

Despite the traditional collapse against Crystal Palace, Villa's defence has been the basis of any meagre positives from a season that started appallingly.

Villa's first two points came from goalless draws, their third from a 1-1 draw against a team that played with ten men for an hour. It's fair to say their attackers are still taking their time to really get going but the performances overall are on the up.

There have been six Premier League meetings of these teams at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium – three wins apiece, with Villa winning two of the last three but succumbing to a proper walloping last November.

In many ways, this fixture has become too close to call in recent years but it's also never drawn. The last time these teams drew at White Hart Lane was in February 2010. There's been a winner in each of the last 13 meetings.

But Villa will be eager to capitalise on another historical factor when they reach north London on Sunday. Emery's record against Frank is rather better than some other Villa managers against Brentford, so hope for the Villans springs eternal.

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Tottenham Hotspur vs Aston Villa: Expected line-ups

FourFourTwo's prediction

Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Aston Villa

Villa have recovered some of their form but the foundations of the wins over Fulham and Burnley were still a little fragile.

Nottingham Forest are without a win since replacing Nuno Espirito Santo with Australian manager Ange Postecoglou.

Amid reports that owner Evangelos Marinakis is considering making a second managerial change of the season just seven games into Postecoglou's tenure, the Forest boss has spoken out on his future.

This weekend, the team host Chelsea in the early kick-off at the City Ground, live on TNT Sports.

Ange Postecoglou takes swipe at Tottenham Hotspur in fresh dig

Failure to win for an eighth successive match could spell the end for Postecoglou, just months on from his Europa League triumph and subsequent sacking by Tottenham Hotspur.

"I guess from my perspective I just don't fit, not here, just in general," the outspoken manager began during his pre-match press conference. "If you look at things through the prism that I am a failed manager who is lucky to get this job, I know you're smirking at me, but that's what's been said, then of course these first five weeks looks like this guy is under pressure. But there is an alternative story.

"I came to the Premier League two years ago and I took over at Tottenham, I was told by the chairman [Daniel Levy] that this club has to win a trophy. He said we've tried to bring winners in: Jose [Mourinho], Antonio Conte, and it hasn't worked. We need something different. I was slightly offended by that because I see myself as winner.

"I took over Spurs who finished eighth. Massive club, but no European football, and one that can't go two years without European football. We finished fifth in my first year and every time Harry Kane scores a goal [for Bayern after leaving Spurs] I go, 'I wish he stayed just one more year'. It would have been handy to have him after finishing fifth."

The 60-year-old won 47 of his 101 games in charge at Spurs but, crucially, also lost 39 times which proved costly.

Tottenham salvaged Champions League qualification by clinching the Europa League last season but teetered above the relegation zone for the majority of the campaign, which the club's hierarchy deemed unacceptable, even if the Aussie ended the club's 17-year trophy drought.

"Somehow that [first] year [at Spurs] has disappeared from the record books. It was even used as a reason for me losing my job because even Tottenham decided to exclude the first ten games. Yet the first ten games here [at Forest] are important apparently.

"But anyway, we finished fifth. I got them back into European football, which is where a club like Tottenham should be. Then I was in [post-season] meetings and was told we need a trophy because it will mean everything to the football club. That's fine.

"We win a trophy. We shed the tag of being 'Spursy'. [We get] Champions League football, which brings some rewards and the opportunity to bring greater players. But all I have heard since I finished at Tottenham is that we finished 17th last year.

"So if you look at it through the prism of finishing 17th, then I am a failed manager who is lucky to get another opportunity. But again, if I have to explain why we finished 17th, it's really basic. It doesn't have to be too in-depth.

The international break is a time when managers will cross their fingers and hope their star players come back from their travels unscathed.

And this issue has been somewhat exacerbated during the current break, given the fact that the qualification campaign for the 2026 World Cup is entering the final straight. With 48 teams qualifying for next summer’s expanded tournament, more teams than ever are fighting for a place, which in turn means more players are facing crucial international fixtures over the current break.

The CAF qualification campaign reaches its climax this month, with just the final matches of the group stage taking place, which has meant a number of Premier League stars have been in action.

Tottenham midfielder suffers another setback

One of these players was Tottenham midfielder Yves Bissouma, who has missed the start of Spurs’ season with a knee injury, but has been stepping up his recovery of late and was able to be called up by Mali, who were looking to qualify from CAF Group I.

Bissouma was deemed fit enough to make his first appearances of the 2025/26 campaign on Sunday when Mali hosted Madagascar and came on as a second-half substitute in the 66th minute with his side 3-0 up.

However, just six minutes after his introduction, the 29-year-old was tackled by an opposition player after intercepting the ball and hit the turf.

Bissouma was seen holding his left ankle and beating the ground out of frustration with his other hand as medical staff came onto the pitch to tend to him.

He then pulled his shirt over his head as his team-mates came to console him before he was taken off on a stretcher.

While the extent of this latest injury setback is not yet known, the former Brighton man has endured a frustrating time of late, with a knee injury seemingly denting his chances of a move away from Spurs in the summer.

Bissouma - who is valued at €25million by Transfermarkt - is now into the final year of his contract and was left out Spurs’ Champions League squad for the league phase of the competiton.

He was also omitted from Thomas Frank’s UEFA Super Cup squad due to persistant lateness and this most recent setback means his Spurs career very much remains in limbo.

International superstars Lamine Yamal and Kylian Mbappe are both in the top four dribblers in Europe’s top five leagues but the front-running front-runner is making his presence felt in England, not Spain.

Barcelona teenager Yamal has completed the fourth-highest number of successful dribbles, with Real Madrid talisman Mbappe second on the list.

Yamal’s 21 dribbles and Mbappe’s 30 are split by the 22 successful dribbles by Real Sociedad’s Ander Barrenetxea but all three are looking up at the number of attempts and completions by the continent’s runaway runner.

The best dribbler in Europe?

Analysis for the Premier League by Adrian Clarke has revealed that new Tottenham Hotspur signing Mohammed Kudus has produced 30 successful take-ons in 2025-26, more than any other player in the Premier League, Serie A, La Liga, Germany’s Bundesliga and Ligue 1 in France.

Noting that Kudus has primarily attacked defenders on Spurs’ right flank since moving from West Ham United in the summer transfer window, Clarke writes: “In Premier League terms, Kudus' 30 successful dribbles put him 11 ahead of his nearest rival, Brighton & Hove Albion's Yankuba Minteh (19).”

Regular observers of Kudus throughout his career will know that this season is no fluke in dribbling terms.

The Ghana international was a nuisance for defenders while playing for Danish Superliga side Nordsjaelland, though he was often deployed more centrally in what was at the time an incredibly fluid set-up.

After joining Ajax, he was the Eredivisie’s top take-on man in 2022-23 before leading the Premier League and Europe’s top five leagues as a West Ham player in 2023-24.

He was second in the Premier League behind Manchester City winger Jeremy Doku (and both were miles behind Yamal) last season but has started life at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium as he means to go on, making sure to contribute with his final ball too.

Only Jack Grealish of Everton has produced more goal-creating actions than Kudus this season, with the Ghanaian level on five in total with Riccardo Calafiori, Antoine Semenyo and Spurs teammate Pape Matar Sarr.

Kudus and Grealish top the Premier League assist rankings with four, while no player has attempted more crosses than Kudus. Pedro Porro, also of Spurs, is second in the Premier League in that category.

Dribbling isn’t everything. Mbappe has scored nine goals in La Liga this season and Yamal, while Kudus has one more assist so far, is the continental leader for assists per 90 minutes.

“Head coach Thomas Frank has encouraged Kudus to express himself, and the talented winger has certainly been fun to watch, showing good degrees of confidence,” offers Clarke.

Tottenham Hotspur are reportedly keeping tabs on a player Thomas Frank already knows well with a view to a potential transfer move.

The Spurs boss made the move across London this summer after seven years at Brentford, having led the Bees to promotion from the Championship and successfully established them as a Premier League side.

Frank enjoyed a reasonably productive first transfer window at Tottenham, with Mohammed Kudus and Xavi Simons among the high-profile arrivals - and he could now look to Brentford to bring in one of his former charges.

Tottenham set sights on Kevin Schade

Journalist Florian Plettenberg writes that Tottenham are among a number of sides currently keeping an eye on Brentford forward Kevin Schade.

The Germany international enjoyed a standout campaign last season, appearing in every one of Brentford's Premier League games and claiming 11 goals in the process.

Schade remains an important player under new boss Keith Andrews, who has shifted the 23-year-old to playing at centre-forward more regularly this season.

His only strike so far this campaign came as he opened the scoring in Brentford's 2-2 draw with Chelsea last month.

At his age, there is seemingly a feeling that Schade's best years are still ahead of him, with Plettenberg noting that he could be 'one to watch' when it comes to his transfer future.

However, as Frank will be well aware, getting Schade out of Brentford is unlikely to be easy, even if Tottenham were to wait until next summer - as has been reported.

In FourFourTwo's estimation, Brentford are in a strong position to command a very hefty fee for Schade, if indeed they are willing to get him go at all.

Brentford have consistently been willing to drive a hard bargain for their best players, particularly when they still have plenty of time left on their deals.

Newcastle had to shell out £55m to secure Yoane Wissa on transfer deadline day, while Bryan Mbeumo commanded a £65m when Manchester United came knocking earlier in the summer.

Schade joined for a reported £25m in 2023 and his contract is not set to expire until summer 2028, which means come the end of this season, Brentford will be in what is generally regarded as the prime time to sell a player for maximum value.

Thomas Frank's start to life at Tottenham has been good but not flawless, but seems to have done more than enough to convince the club's owners to pump a nine-figure sum of fresh money into the club.

Spurs sit third in the Premier League with just one defeat from their first seven games and the second-best defensive record in the division.

That's a far cry from finishing 17th under Ange Postecoglou last term, conceding 65 goals in 38 games along the way... and, of course, scooping the Europa League trophy that earned them their Champions League place this season.

ENIC's £100m cash injection into Spurs sends three-way message

There's still plenty for Frank to work on at Tottenham, especially after his side needed late comebacks to rescue points against bottom side Wolves in the league and unfancied Bodo/Glimt in the Champions League.

But the announcement that the club's owners ENIC have injected £100m of new capital into the club is not just an implicit statement of trust in the manager; they have actually explicitly spelt it out.

In a club statement, non-executive chairman Peter Charrington said: “As I stated a few weeks ago, our focus is on stability and empowering the management team to deliver on the club’s ambitions.

"I know the Lewis family are also ambitious for the future. Today’s capital commitment reflects that ambition and I would like to thank them for their ongoing support.

"We will continue to do all we can to ensure that Vinai and his team are supported in the best way possible to take this club forward.”

That's a nice little boost for Frank this early in his tenure - but the timing of the move does come at an extremely PR-friendly time for ENIC.

ENIC passed from businessman Joe Lewis to his family via the Lewis Family Trust in 2022.

The younger members of the Lewis Family have had a busy few months re-organising things behind the scenes, including the dismissal of Postecoglou and, most notably, the departure of long-serving chairman Daniel Levy, who left the role last month.

That led to a flurry of speculation that the Lewis family were planning an exit from the club, and there have been three expressions of interest in buying the club over the past few weeks. However, ENIC are said to have been clear in their stance that the club is not for sale.

Ploughing £100m of their own money into the club feels a bit like that old Mitchell and Webb sketch where their version of the producers of the Apprentice decide on £100,000 as the salary for the winning contestant because it's 'the smallest large amount of money'.

In Premier League ownership terms, £100m feels like exactly the kind of number you might come up with if you wanted to send several messages at the same time. First, there's that little bit of public backing for Frank after an overall positive start as gaffer.

Second, it says to potential investors sniffing around "we're actually alright for money thanks - look, here we are just chucking £100m into the club like it's nothing. Just think how much we value the club at when that's the case. If we were interested in selling. Which we're not. So go away."

Finally: it sends another signal to the fans that they really are serious about their intentions of staying in control - and that they want to put to bed the accusations of financial over-caution that were often levelled at Levy.

Spurs and ENIC are now talking in terms of focusing on delivering results on the pitch as well as on the balance sheet - and sticking another £100m into the club feels like them showing they will put their money where their mouth is.

Today's football quiz is all about Nuno Espirito Santo.

The Portuguese back in the Premier League: our quiz today won't be West Ham United-focused, though, unfortunately, given that he's only been in the job for a week.

Instead, we're looking back in time for Espirito Santo: can you name his 30 most-used players across Wolverhampton Wanderers, Tottenham Hotspur and Nottingham Forest – that's the top 10 players at each club – in just 12 minutes?

Handpicked quizzes we know you'll love

We're challenging you on historic financial windfalls and the latest video game ratings, all hosted by Kwizly: it's time to see if you're a real football mogul.

We start with a dive into the accounts and the archives. Can you name the clubs and players involved in the biggest transfer profits of all time? Then, prove your dedication to the culture by seeing how many FFT cover stars you can guess.

Now, focus on history and virtual reality. How many of the last 100 clubs to defeat the Premier League champions can you recall? Following that test of real-world upsets, check your knowledge of the virtual elite by naming the top 100-rated players in EA Sports FC 26.

FFT spent last Saturday afternoon completing a football double header, which finished with João Palhinha's stoppage time equaliser to salvage a point for Spurs against Wolves.

The day began in one of Hertfordshire's more rough-and-ready watering holes, the designated away pub for Hull City's trip to Watford.

Plastic cups, black-and-amber, broad, local accents - everything a three o'clock kick-off should be about in the Football League. It ended with a crisp schooner of Czech lager, poured on the full-time whistle by the incredibly courteous staff, waiting inside the Seat Unique Club Suite at Tottenham - now, that's what FFT calls Premier League.

Tottenham Hotspur Stadium - FFT's Seat Unique Club Suite experience

Spurs' new home ground has arguably the most modern feel in the Premier League but it is not until you have visited the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium that it can be truly appreciated. At some grounds in English football, the so-called 'fan experience' takes a back seat. When these grand, old stadiums were constructed years ago, that wasn't necessarily a thing.

At Spurs, for better or worse, that is no longer the case.

FFT didn't use a turnstile on Saturday evening, instead we were greeted by Rich, who made the airport security experience now synonymous with attending a match in the 21st Century decidedly more amiable and convivial than is often the case at one of the United Kingdom's major flight terminals.

The atrium, as it is known, beneath the West Stand is more nu-age five-star hotel lobby than football stadium and FFT was promptly directed to the lift where they even had somebody to press the buttons.

Stepping out onto the fourth floor, Seat Unique's designated suite was off to the left and upon entering boasted a generous food and drink offering. It would be rude not to, wouldn't it?

If the hospitality was feast, then the first half football was more famine. Spurs toiled against a bottom-of-the-table Wolves side who looked more like Napoli in their blue shirts and white shorts from FFT's front-row vantage point.

Half-time came and went in the blink of an eye - we finally understand why hospitality spectators often don't return to their seats for the second half until the 50th minute or later.

The Spurs supporters either side of FFT probably didn't appreciate our quip that 'you shouldn't let the 90 minutes ruin a good day out at the football', as Santiago Bueno stabbed in a close-range effort at a Wolves corner shortly after the half-time interval to give the Premier League's basement club a precious lead.

Wolves fans across the far side of the pitch screamed and hollered at every tackle and every set-piece as they closed in on their first points, never mind all three of them, this season - but, it wasn't to be.

Thomas Frank's substitutes didn't exactly change the game but they had a hand in Spurs' stoppage time equaliser. Mathys Tel beat his man on the left-hand side and whipped a ball into a more dangerous area, where Pape Matar Sarr cushioned it into Palhinha's path.

The Portuguese midfielder will probably be the first to admit he didn't have the greatest of games (FFT says, having watched the entirety of the contest from a comfortable, heated seat), but his execution for Spurs' equalising goal with the instep of his right boot was inch-perfect.

Emotion took hold and summoning his inner Hugo Ekitike, the shirt came off, although Palhinha discarded his on the turf quicker than you can say, 'More ham hock croquettes, sir?'

FFT felt like doing similar when the half-time fried chicken, cheese and bacon sliders came out. Oh, I say.

The entire experience felt like going out for an evening meal, with a side of football and if that's your thing, you won't be disappointed. Alternative opinions are available, as are alternative views from the impressive, three-tiered North Stand or South Stand, which was modelled on Borussia Dortmund's famous 'Yellow Wall'.

Spurs mightn't always put on a show worthy of the admission but that's part and parcel of being a football supporter at any club.

As for Vicarage Road, FFT now has a taste for the high life - over to you, Hornets.