Venue: White Hart Lane Date: Thursday, 4th April K/o: 20:05
Team News
Tottenham will be without right-back Kyle Walker through suspension for tonight's Europa League quarter final first leg with FC Basel. Kyle Naughton is expected to deputise with Benoit Assou-Ekotto coming in at left-back. Goalkeeper Brad Friedel will retain his place in goal, as he has done throughout all of Spurs' cup games this season, while Jermaine Defoe misses out through injury. Emmanuel Adebayor will lead the line up front. FC Basel will be without Marcelo Diaz, Philipp Degen and Park Joo-Hoo, all of whom are suspended.
Match Preview
Tottenham's roller-coaster ride in the Europa League continues despite suffering a scare against a resurgent Inter Milan in the round of 16 last time out. Andre Villas-Boas' side suffered a 3-0 defeat that evening but progressed on away goals after the tie finished 4-4 on aggregate, and the Portuguese' will be hoping for a more straightforward passage to the next round this time out. Tonight's encounter with Basel is the first ever between the two sides in Uefa competition and the Swiss outfit will pose a stern test. They are the sole reigning domestic champions still in the Europa League draw and Alexander Frei has scored the most European club competition goals of any of the players left in the competition - 32 in 59 games, and will be hoping for the perfect swansong to his career before retiring in the summer.
Likely Line-Ups
Tottenham Friedel, Naughton, Gallas, Vertonghen, Assou-Ekotto, Parker, Dembele, Lennon, Bale, Sigurdsson, Adebayor
Basel Sommer, Sauro, Schar, Dragovic, Steinhofer, Eleny, Cabral, Salah, Stocker, Frei, Streller
Stats courtesy of goal.com