Eintracht Frankfurt vs Tottenham

Tottenham Hotspur are unbeaten in their last 17 home matches in major European competition (W13 D4), while they last suffered defeat on home soil in the UEFA Europa League vs Borussia Dortmund in the 2015-16 last 16 second leg (1-2).

Eintracht Frankfurt have lost just one of their last seven knockout matches away from home in major European competition (W4 D2), losing 0-3 at Napoli in the 2022-23 UEFA Champions League last 16.

Tottenham Hotspur have progressed from just one of their 10 two-legged ties in major European competition in which they failed to win the first leg when at home (vs Ajax in the 2018-19 UEFA Champions League semi-final).

Tottenham Hotspur and Eintracht Frankfurt last faced in the UEFA Champions League group stages in 2022-23, with Spurs drawing 0-0 in Germany and winning 3-2 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium that season.

The only previous European knockout meeting between Spurs and Eintracht Frankfurt was in the 1981-82 Cup Winners’ Cup quarter-final – Spurs won 2-0 at home before losing 2-1 away in the second leg, but progressed 3-2 on aggregate.

Tottenham have reached their first major European quarter-final since the 2018-19 UEFA Champions League, when they faced Manchester City and went through on away goals after a 4-4 aggregate draw. They’ve only won one of their last 13 quarter-final matches (D6 L6), a 1-0 home win over Man City in April 2019.

This is Eintracht Frankfurt’s third UEFA Europa League quarter-final; despite failing to win the first leg of either of their first two (lost 4-2 to Benfica in 2018-19, drew 1-1 with Barcelona in 2021-22), they qualified for the semi-finals both times.

Eintracht Frankfurt have lost just two of their last 23 matches in the UEFA Europa League (W14 D7) and have won seven games this season. In only one major European season have they won more times, winning nine games in 2018-19.