Champions League 2023 | Tottenham-Milan preview: The comeback options go through Harry Kane (Ida: 0-1, 9:00 p.m.)

PROBABLE ALIGNMENTS

Tottenham: Fraser Forster; Romero, Eric Dier, Clement Lenglet, Pedro Porro; Oliver Skipp, Højbjerg, Ivan Perišić, Dejan Kulusevski; Richardson, Harry Kane.

Milan: Mike Maignan, Election, Malick Thiaw, Tomori, Theo Hernandez; Rade Krunić, Tonali, Charles Small, Junior Messiah; Rafael Lion, Olivier Giroud.

Referee: Clement Turpin (France).

Hour: 21:00.

Estadio: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

DATA AND STATISTICS PRIOR TO TOTTENHAM-MILAN

• Tottenham’s 1-0 defeat in the first leg was their first defeat in five meetings with AC Milan (W2 D2) in all European competitions. Their previous two home games against them ended 2-1 (April 1972) and 0-0 (March 2011).
• Milan have won only one of their 21 away games against English teams in all European competitions (D7 L13), beating Manchester United 0-1 at Old Trafford in February 2005. They lost their last three visits to London by a loss. global score of 9-1.
• Tottenham overcame two of their last three European ties when they lost the first leg, against Ajax in the 2018-19 UEFA Champions League semi-final and against Paços de Ferreira in 2021-22 Europa Conference League qualifying.
• AC Milan have been knocked out of just three of their previous 21 European Cup/UEFA Champions League ties by winning the first leg, against Feyenoord (1969-70), Deportivo de La Coruña (2003-04) and Barcelona (2012-13).
• Tottenham have lost four of their last six home games in the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League (W2), including each of the last two (against Ajax in the 2018-19 semi-final and RB Leipzig in the round of 16). end of 2019-20).
• Milan have won their last three UEFA Champions League games, the last time they had a longer streak in a single season between February and April 2005 (5). They have not won both legs of a tie in the competition since the 2004-05 quarterfinal against Inter.
• Tottenham have conceded the first goal in five of their seven Champions League games this season, leaving clean sheets in the other two (2-0 vs Marseille, 0-0 vs Eintracht Frankfurt).
• Tottenham manager Antonio Conte has won five of his last six home games against AC Milan in all competitions, with the exception of a 2-1 loss in October 2020 when he was in charge of Inter.
• Spurs striker Harry Kane has scored just one goal in seven Champions League games this season, having netted 20 in his first 24 games in the competition. However, he has scored six goals in his last six CL games at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
• Olivier Giroud has been involved in six goals in his last six UEFA Champions League games, twice as many as any other Milan player this season (4 goals, 2 assists). Giroud scored six competitive goals for Chelsea in 2020-21, and five for Arsenal in 2015-16, and could become the second Frenchman to score 5+ goals in a single season for three different clubs, after Thierry Henry (Monaco, Arsenal and Barcelona).