Bodø/Glimt vs Tottenham facts

Tottenham Hotspur take a two-goal cushion to Aspmyra for the second leg of their UEFA Europa League semi-final against Bodø/Glimt following a 3-1 win in north London.

Spurs – who are in the last four for the first time since lifting the UEFA Cup 41 years ago – opened the scoring after just 39 seconds in the first leg, Brennan Johnson heading the fastest goal in a Europa League semi-final. James Maddison made it 2-0 before half-time and a Dominic Solanke penalty just after the hour-mark gave Ange Postecoglou's side a comfortable three-goal cushion.

However, the visitors – the first Norwegian club to reach a major men's European semi-final – kept themselves in the tie thanks to Ulrik Saltnes' late strike, reducing the deficit to 1-3 ahead of their home game.

The first leg was a first meeting between the two sides in UEFA competition.

Form guide

Bodø/Glimt 

Record vs English clubs: W0 D0 L4 F3 A10
Home record vs English clubs: W0 D0 L1

Bodø/Glimt have lost all four previous matches against teams from England. They took on Manchester United in the league phase of this season's competition, losing 2-3 at Old Trafford despite taking the lead in the first half. Their first meeting with English opposition came in the 2022/23 Europa League group stage against Arsenal, going down 0-3 away and 0-1 at home.

The Norwegian club just missed out on automatic qualification to the round of 16 after a ninth-placed finish in the league phase.

That brought a knockout phase play-off against Twente, Bodø/Glimt losing the first leg 1-2 but eventually progressing after a 5-2 extra-time victory in the second leg in Norway to secure a 6-4 aggregate success.

A 3-0 home win against Conference League holders Olympiacos in the the round of 16 first leg paved the way for a 4-2 aggregate triumph, Kasper Høgh scoring three of his side's four goals in the tie. Penalty shoot-out success against Lazio in the quarter-finals ensured a slice of Norwegian history as they became their country's first UEFA semi-finalists in a senior men's club competition.

Bodø/Glimt are the 107th different team to reach the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup/ Europa League; Norway is the 24th different country to be represented in the last four.

Bodø/Glimt have won three of their previous four UEFA ties when they have lost the first leg away from home, although all three have been when overturning a one-goal deficit. They have never lost by two goals in an away first leg.

Kjetil Knutsen's side have won nine of their ten home European matches this season (L1) and have scored three or more goals in 11 of the past 17.

Høgh is joint-top scorer in this season's competition on seven goals alongside Olympiacos' Ayoub El Kaabi and Manchester United's Bruno Fernandes.

Bodø/Glimt won their fourth Norwegian title in five seasons at the start of December, beating Lillestrøm 5-2 on the final day to secure the trophy.

Bodø/Glimt's record in two UEFA penalty shoot-outs is W2 L0:
8-7 v Levadia Tallinn, 2004/05 UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3-2 v Lazio, 2024/25 Europa League quarter-finals

Tottenham 

Record vs Norwegian clubs: W5 D0 L0 F20 A4
Away record vs Norwegian clubs: W2 D0 L0

Tottenham have won all five matches against Norwegian teams; before the first leg their most recent games were victories against Tromsø home (3-0) and away (2-0) in the 2013/14 Europa League group stage.

Spurs are back in European competition this season after missing out in 2023/24. They finished fourth in the league phase (W5 D2 L1) to qualify directly to the last 16, where they were drawn against AZ Alkmaar.

A 1-0 first-leg defeat in Alkmaar left Ange Postecoglou's side with work to do at home, but a 3-1 victory secured safe passage to their first appearance in a UEFA quarter-final for six years, where they overcame Frankfurt (1-1 h, 1-0 a).

This is Tottenham's ninth UEFA competition semi-final. They have won five of their previous eight ties including the two most recent, both on away goals, beating Ajax in the 2018/19 UEFA Champions League (0-1 h, 3-2 a) and Hajduk Split in the 1983/84 UEFA Cup (1-2 a, 1-0 h).

Tottenham have won 18 of their previous 21 UEFA ties when winning the first leg at home, although most recently they went down 2-3 on aggregate to GNK Dinamo in the 2020/21 Europa League round of 16 despite a 2-0 victory in the home first leg.

The Lilywhites have lost only two of their last 14 European matches (W8 D4), although away from home their record is four victories in their last 15 (D3 L8).

Spurs have scored more goals (340) than any other team in UEFA Cup/Europa League history.

Son Heung-min made his 67th European appearance for Tottenham in the quarter-final first leg, taking him level with record holder Harry Kane.

Tottenham's record in three UEFA penalty shoot-outs is W1 L2:
4-3 v Anderlecht, 1983/84 UEFA Cup final
5-6 v PSV Eindhoven, 2007/08 UEFA Cup round of 16
1-4 v Basel, 2012/13 Europa League quarter-final

Links and trivia 

Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou was in charge of the Celtic team beaten 1-5 on aggregate by Bodø/Glimt in the 2022/23 UEFA Conference League knockout round play-offs (1-3 h, 0-2 a).

Bodø/Glimt's Patrick Berg and Tottenham defender Kevin Danso played together for French side Lens between 2021 and 2022.

Bodø/Glimt goalkeeper Nikita Haikin spent time in England during his youth career, at Chelsea (2009/10), Portsmouth (2010–12) and Reading (2012/13). The 29-year-old joined Bristol City in 2023 when his contract at Bodø/Glimt ended but did not make a senior appearance before rejoining the Norwegian side the following summer.

Spurs goalkeeper Antonín Kinský made his Czechia Under-21 debut against Norway in a 0-4 friendly defeat on 22 November 2022.