Tottenham vs AZ Alkmaar

Tottenham are unbeaten in their last 16 home games in major European competition (W13 D3), since a 0-1 loss to RB Leipzig in the UEFA Champions League in February 2020.

Tottenham became the first side in major European competition history to have 5+ players under the age of 21 score a goal in the same season (Lankshear, Moore, Ajayi, Scarlett, Odobert).

This was the first time AZ have failed to progress from a major European knockout tie having won the first leg since being eliminated from this competition at the quarter-final stage by Valencia in 2011-12 (2-1 win in the first leg, 4-0 loss in the second leg). The Dutch side had progressed from each of their previous four such ties before tonight.

Tottenham Hotspur have won four of their last five home European matches against Dutch teams, losing the other 1-0 against Ajax in April 2019 in the UEFA Champions League.

AZ have lost all nine of their away European matches in England, losing to eight different teams. It is the worst 100% losing record away to English sides of any team in major European football history.

Tottenham have scored in each of their last 29 home matches in the UEFA Europa League, the longest run of scoring on home soil in UEFA Europa League history. The last time they didn’t score at home was in a 0-0 draw with Lazio in September 2012 under André Villas-Boas.

AZ are winless in their last 10 away major European matches (D2 L8) since a 2-1 win at Lazio in March 2023 in the last 16 of the UEFA Conference League. Only between October 2007 and November 2011 have they endured a longer winless run (11).

Tottenham’s Archie Gray has started nine UEFA Europa League matches this season and could become the first English teenager to start 10 games in a season, and just the second to play 10 times, along with Marcus Rashford for Man Utd in 2016-17 (11).