
Team news from Frankfurt vs Spurs in the Champions League
Eintracht Frankfurt welcome Tottenham to Deutsche Bank Park as both sides conclude their Champions League league-phase campaigns with very different objectives.
The hosts have already been eliminated from contention, sitting near the foot of the 36-team table, while Spurs arrive in Germany knowing that victory would all but secure automatic qualification to the last 16.
Eintracht Frankfurt’s European campaign has unravelled rapidly after a promising domestic season last year, with Dennis Schmitt’s side unable to translate Bundesliga form onto the continental stage.
Die Adler have managed just one win from seven league-phase matches, leaving them stranded on four points and well outside the top-24 cut-off.
Tottenham travel having endured a frustrating domestic run, with Saturday’s 2-2 draw at Burnley making it five Premier League matches without a win.
But they go into the game in fifth place in the Champions League and could lock down a crucial top-eight finish.
Here’s how the sides shape up.
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Frankfurt starting XI: Santos; Buta, Amenda, Koch, Theate, Brown; Hojlund, Skhiri, Larsson; Gotze, Knauff.
Frankfurt substitutes: Chaibi, Kristensen, Dahoud, Bahoya, Doan, Chandler, Zetterer, Grahl, Collins, Doumbia, Dills, Staff.
Tottenham boss Thomas Frank makes five changes from the side that needed a late leveller to claim a 2-2 draw at Burnley.
Destiny Udogie, Archie Gray, Pape Matar Sarr, Joao Palhinha and Randal Kolo Muani come into the side.
Kolo Muani’s place in the starting XI against his former club is something of a surprise amid links with a move back to Juventus.
Micky van de Ven, Pedro Porro, Yves Bissouma, Conor Gallagher and Dominic Solanke drop out of the XI, with the latter the only senior outfield player on a bench dominated by young players.
Tottenham starting XI: Vicario, Udogie, Romero, Danso, Gray, Spence, Matar Sarr, Palhinha, Odobert, Simons, Kolo Muani.
Spurs substitutes: Kinsky, Austin, Olusesi, Hardy, Rowswell, Hall, Byfield, Scarlett, Solanke.
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