Tottenham vs IF Elfsborg

Tottenham have progressed from the group stages in six of their last seven European campaigns, since falling foul of the UEFA Europa Conference League group stage back in 2021-22.

All nine of Elfsborg’s European campaigns have come in the UEFA Cup/ UEFA Europa League, with the Swedes never getting past the first round (six times in the UEFA Cup) or the group stage (once in the UEFA Cup and twice in the UEFA Europa League).

Tottenham extended their unbeaten run at home in Europe (incl qualifiers) to 17 games (W14 D3), with their last defeat coming against RB Leipzig in the UEFA Champions League in February 2020.

Tottenham’s only previous meeting with Swedish opposition was in the 1995 Intertoto Cup, a 2-1 defeat to Östers IF at Brighton’s Goldstone Ground.

This is Elfsborg’s first ever game against English opposition, and their first meeting with a British opponent since a goalless draw with Celtic in qualifying for the 2013-14 UEFA Champions League.

Spurs are unbeaten in 16 home games in all European competitions (W13 D3) since losing 1-0 to RB Leipzig in February 2020. However, three of their last five have ended as draws, as many as in their previous 45 combined.

Elfsborg have lost seven of their last eight away games in major European competitions (W1), conceding 24 goals across these eight games.

Tottenham’s UEFA Europa League games this season have seen 213 shots (92 for, 121 against), with only Galatasaray’s (217) and Besiktas’ (214) witnessing more. Spurs have both scored and conceded in each of their last four matches in the competition (8 goals for, 8 goals against).