Tottenham vs Eintracht Frankfurt Europa League preview: where to watch, predicted line-ups, team news

Eintracht Frankfurt travel to north London for the first leg of their Europa League quarter-final tie with Tottenham.

Where to watch the game on TV

Fans can find their local UEFA Europa League broadcast partner(s) here.

What do you need to know?

Amid a disappointing campaign domestically, Tottenham have been saving their best performances for Europe, progressing to this stage for the first time since 2013. Their last semi-final appearance came en route to winning the 1983/84 UEFA Cup, and Ange Postecoglou's side will aim to put themselves in a strong position to reach the final four once more with a first-leg victory.

2022 winners Frankfurt, though, will be stern opposition, with the Bundesliga team comfortably beating Ajax 6-2 on aggregate in the round of 16 after finishing one point below Spurs in fifth place in the league phase. The likes of Hugo Ekitiké, Jean-Matteo Bahoya and the experienced Mario Götze have the ability to trouble any defence, so Dino Toppmöller's men should be full of confidence heading to the English capital.

Possible line-ups

Tottenham: Vicario; Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Spence; Maddison, Bentancur, Bergvall; Johnson, Solanke, Son
Doubtful: None
Out: Danso (hamstring), Drăgușin (knee), Kulusevski (foot)
Misses next match if booked: Bergvall, Bissouma, Kulusevski

Frankfurt: Santos; Kristensen, Koch, Tuta, Theate; Skhiri, Larsson; Collins, Götze, Bahoya; Ekitiké
Doubtful: Dahoud (illness), Knauff (knee), Wahi (knee)
Out: Chandler (thigh), Matanović (foot), Trapp (shin)
Misses next match if booked: Ekitiké, Koch, Nkounkou, Skhiri

Form guide

Tottenham

Form: WLLWDL
Latest: Tottenham 3-1 Southampton, Premier League, 06/04

Frankfurt

Form: LWWWLW
Latest: Bremen 2-0 Frankfurt, Bundesliga, 05/04

Form includes all competitive games in the 2024/25 season; the most recent result is listed first. For statistical purposes, penalty shoot-outs do not count towards results.

Expert prediction

Alex Milne, match reporter: Tottenham's season now effectively hinges on these two games against Frankfurt. Their recent European home form offers reason for quiet optimism in this encounter, with Spurs on an unbeaten run of 18 games in north London (W15 D3) which stretches back to the 2019/20 Champions League. Frankfurt, though, are arguably one of the toughest prospects they will have faced in that sequence, and you'd be hard pressed to pick a favourite for this first leg.

What the coaches say

Ange Postecoglou, Tottenham coach: "I am not sure how many times the club has been in the quarter-finals of a European competition. So every time you get in there, you cannot take it for granted and you want to make the most of it. It's going to be a tough game. Frankfurt are a good side and are going well in the Bundesliga. They got a mixture of exciting young players but also some experience in there. It will be a good challenge but when you get to the last eight of European competition, that's what you expect to face."

Dino Toppmöller, Frankfurt coach: "We're extremely excited about this game and it's an absolute highlight for all of us. Both teams are fully deserving of being in the quarter-finals. It will be a thrilling duel, and of course we want to prevail. We need a top performance as a team. We know the individual qualities of someone like Heung-min Son, someone like Dominic Solanke — there are many names out there. But we have a team that can stand up to Spurs."