Champions League Matchday 3: Monaco vs Tottenham facts

Monaco welcome Premier League opponents for the second successive UEFA Champions League fixture, Tottenham Hotspur the visitors to Stade Louis II on Matchday 3.

Last match

Monaco beat Tottenham 2-1 both away and at home in the 2016/17 group stage, Thomas Lemar scoring the winner in both matches.

The teams' only other encounters were in the 2015/16 UEFA Europa League group stage, a 1-1 draw in Monaco followed by a 4-1 home win for Tottenham.

Eric Dier's 90th-minute penalty equaliser rescued a 2-2 draw for Monaco against Manchester City on Matchday 2, meaning the French club have lost only one of their last ten matches at home against English visitors (W6 D3).

Tottenham are unbeaten in four games against French clubs (W2 D2), with August's UEFA Super Cup against Paris Saint-Germain classed as a draw – although Spurs lost 3-4 on penalties after it had finished 2-2.

Spurs have lost only one of their last six away games against Ligue 1 teams, drawing four.

Monaco

This is Monaco's 11th appearance in the Champions League proper – last season was their first since 2018/19.

The French club finished 17th in the 2024/25 league phase (W4 D1 L3) before being eliminated by Benfica in the knockout phase play-offs (0-1 h, 3-3 a).

Monaco parted company with coach Adi Hütter on 9 October, naming Union Saint-Gilloise's Sébastien Pocognoli as his replacement three days later.

Tottenham 

Spurs are making their seventh appearance in the Champions League proper and a sixth in ten seasons. Their last four participations have all stretched into the knockout rounds.

A team coached by Ange Postecoglou claimed Spurs' third UEFA Cup/Europa League in 2024/25. It was Tottenham's first trophy since 2008 and followed their UEFA Cup triumphs in 1972 and 1984.

Key stats

Monaco defender Dier played for Tottenham in all four previous games between the clubs. The defender made 365 appearances for Spurs across ten seasons in north London.

Beaten 4-1 at Club Brugge on Matchday 1, Monaco have won only one of their last eight Champions League matches (D2 L5).

The French club have, however, won five of their last seven home games in a European group stage/league phase (D1 L1).

Having come from two goals down to draw 2-2 at Bodø/Glimt on Matchday 2, Tottenham have lost only one of their last 14 European games (W8 D5).

Spurs have lost only two of their last 12 matches in the group stage/league phase of the Champions League (W7 D3) and are unbeaten in six (W3 D3).

Tottenham have scored in 17 of their last 18 European fixtures.