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Tottenham vs AZ Alkmaar: Preview, predictions and lineups

Wilson Odobert

Tottenham Hotspur return to the Europa League on Thursday night when they host Dutch side AZ Alkmaar in north London.

The Lilywhites bounced back from a disastrous defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion before the October international break by beating London rivals West Ham United 4-1 on Saturday. Son Heung-min returned and sparkled to lift Spurs to seventh in the Premier League table.

Ange Postecoglou’s side will be eager to maintain their perfect Europa League record midweek after victories over Qarabag and Ferencvaros in their opening two European encounters. Spurs are one of only five sides to have won all of their matches in the competition.

AZ won their opening Europa League outing against Swedish side Elfsborg but fell to defeat on the road against Athletic Club in their following fixture. Maarten Martens’ side have tasted four straight defeats in all competitions and will need something special to deny Spurs victory at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Here is 90min’s guide to Tottenham‘s clash with the Dutch outfit.

Tottenham vs AZ Alkmaar H2H Record

This is the first competitive fixture between Tottenham and AZ Alkmaar.

Current form (all competitions)

Tottenham

AZ Alkmaar

Tottenham 4-1 West Ham – 19/10/24

AZ Alkmaar 1-2 PSV Eindhoven – 19/10/24

Brighton 3-2 Tottenham – 06/10/24

Fortuna Sittard 1-0 AZ Alkmaar – 06/10/24

Ferencvaros 1-2 Tottenham – 03/10/24

Athletic Club 2-0 AZ Alkmaar – 03/10/24

Man Utd 0-3 Tottenham – 29/09/24

AZ Alkmaar 1-2 FC Utrecht – 29/09/24

Tottenham 3-0 Qarabag – 26/09/24

AZ Alkmaar 3-2 Elfsborg – 25/09/24

Country

TV channel/live stream

United Kingdom

discovery+, discovery+ App, TNT Sports 1, TNT Sports Ultimate

United States

Paramount+, ViX

Canada

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Wilson Odobert

Wilson Odobert is still out of action / Robbie Jay Barratt – AMA/GettyImages

Postecoglou has used the Europa League as an opportunity to rotate his starting XI but he has tended to include a few first-team stars in the lineup alongside the more peripheral figures.

Other than Wilson Odobert and Djed Spence, the Australian has a fully-fit squad to select from on Thursday and the likes of Timo Werner, Richarlison, Archie Gray, Lucas Bergvall and Radu Dragusin could all come into the lineup.

Son is unlikely to feature from the start given he has only just returned from injury, while the likes of Pedro Porro, Dejan Kulusevski and Dominic Solanke could be rested elsewhere.

Tottenham predicted lineup vs AZ Alkmaar (4-3-3): Vicario; Gray, Dragusin, Davies, Udogie; Sarr, Bentancur, Bergvall; Moore, Richarlison,…

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