Tottenham Hotspur are in action as they host Dutch Eredivisie side Vitesse at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in Thursday’s Conference League and this will be the first match the Lilywhites will have since Antonio Conte was announced as Spurs’ new manager.
Lilywhites fans cheered when the revered Conte was confirmed as the new manager after the sacking of Santo after failing to improve the performance. Conte come to a down on form side and is being tipped to mould this Spurs squad into his own Italian vision as they bid to return to the continent’s top table.
The Premier League and Serie A-winning coach take over in third place in Group G, as under Nuno Espirito Santo, Spurs drew 2-2 with Rennes on matchday one, before hammering Mura 5-1 at home. They then lost 1-0 to the visitors here on their home ground.
Tottenham Hotspur will want a better result here following a 0-3 Premier League loss in their previous match against Manchester United. In that game, Tottenham Hotspur managed 58% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 0 on target. Tottenham have had a tight defence and have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 8 goals in the process.
On the other hand, Vitesse go into this match following a 1-2 win versus SC Heerenveen in their most recent encounter with 68% possession and 26 shots on goal with 9 on target. Vitesse have six points in the group to their name, having beaten both Mura 2-0 via goals by Sondre Tronstad and Danilho Doekhi, as well as Spurs. They have however lost to the group’s best, Rennes in the 2-1 loss.
Thomas Letsch’s side has also started to produce the goods on a more consistent basis in the Eredivisie winning four of their last six matches and have scored in 11 consecutive games across all tournaments. In their last six clashes, their defenders have seen 6 goals go against them.
Tottenham Hotspur vs Vitesse head to head
The previous league contest featuring these clubs was Conference League match day 3 in the match ending in a 1-0 victory for the visitors here.
- Vitesse 1-0 Tottenham 21/10/21
Home
- Tottenham 0-3 Man Utd
- Burnley 0-1 Tottenham
- West Ham 1-0 Tottenham
- Vitesse 1-0 Tottenham
- Newcastle 2-3 Tottenham
Away
- Heerenveen 1-2 Vitesse
- Vitesse 1-2 GA Eagles
- Vitesse 1-0 Tottenham
- Nijmegen 0-1 Vitesse
- Vitesse 2-1 Feyenoord
Tottenham team news
Bryan Gil and Ryan Sessegnon will be out on injuries.
Vitesse team news
Daan Reiziger will miss with a broken wrist.
Prediction and odds
- Tottenham to win
- Goals over 2.5
- Both sides to score (No)
