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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2020/21 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Puskás Aréna - Budapest Thursday 18 February 2021 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Wolfsberger AC Round of 32, First leg Tottenham Hotspur Last updated 19/03/2021 11:54CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Team facts 5 Squad list 7 Fixtures and results 10 Match-by-match lineups 14 Match officials 17 Legend 18 1 Wolfsberger AC - Tottenham Hotspur Thursday 18 February 2021 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Puskás Aréna, Budapest Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams Wolfsberger AC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Wolfsberger AC have not played against a club from their opponents' country Tottenham Hotspur - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Michorl 42, Eggestein 84, Karamoko 90+3; 03/12/2020 GS LASK - Tottenham Hotspur 3-3 Linz Bale 45+2 (P), Son 56, Alli 87 (P) Moura 18, Andrade 27 22/10/2020 GS Tottenham Hotspur - LASK 3-0 London (og), Son 84 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Tottenham Hotspur - SV 1-0 04/09/1991 PR London Mabbutt 42 Stockerau agg: 2-0 SV Stockerau - Tottenham 21/08/1991 PR 0-1 Vienna Durie 39 Hotspur UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Prohaska 63 (P), FK Austria Wien - Tottenham 2-2 21/03/1984 QF Vienna Nyilasi 87; Brazil 14, Hotspur agg: 2-4 Ardiles 83 Tottenham Hotspur - FK Austria Archibald 58, Brazil 07/03/1984 QF 2-0 London Wien 66 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Wolfsberger AC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tottenham Hotspur 3 3 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 2 0 12 5 2 Wolfsberger AC - Tottenham Hotspur Thursday 18 February 2021 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Puskás Aréna, Budapest Match background Wolfsberg's first ever European knockout phase encounter brings them up against English heavyweights Tottenham Hotspur, who have already faced Austrian opposition in this season's UEFA Europa League, at the Puskás Arena in Budapest. • Wolfsberg finished second in Group K during the autumn, losing twice to section winners Dinamo Zagreb but taking ten points off former UEFA Cup winners Feyenoord and CSKA Moskva. Spurs beat Antwerp 2-0 at home on Matchday 6 to top Group J with 13 points, one more than the Belgian side and three more than third-placed LASK, Wolfsberg's domestic rivals. Previous meetings • This is Wolfsberg's first UEFA encounter against a team from England. • Following their two group games against LASK, a 3-0 win in London and a 3-3 draw in Linz, Tottenham are now unbeaten in six UEFA matches against Austrian opponents (W4 D2). Form guide Wolfsberg • Promoted to the Austrian top flight for the first time in 2012, Wolfsberg finished third in the 2019/20 Bundesliga, repeating their highest ever placing of a year earlier, to re-qualify for the UEFA Europa League for the second successive season. Last term they finished bottom of their section with five points. • This is only the club's third European campaign, and the first that has extended into the knockout phase. Despite losing both fixtures against Dinamo (0-1 a, 0-3 h), Ferdinand Feldhofer's side qualified from Group K thanks to a famous double over Feyenoord (4-1 a, 1-0 h) and a home draw (1-1) and away win (1-0) against CSKA. • The Matchday 6 success against Feyenoord in Klagenfurt that confirmed Wolfsberg's place in the round of 32 was the Austrian club's first home win in the UEFA Europa League group stage at the sixth attempt (D2 L3). • This is Wolfsberg's first UEFA game in Hungary. Tottenham • Tottenham finished outside the top four of the Premier League for the first time in five seasons in 2019/20, their final position of sixth ending a four-season run in the UEFA Champions League that had taken them into the final in 2018/19 and to the round of 16 last season, where they were eliminated by Leipzig (0-1 h, 0-3 a). • Spurs' 2020/21 European campaign began at an earlier stage than in any previous season, but José Mourinho's side came through qualifying ties away to Lokomotiv Plovdiv (2-1) and Shkëndija (3-1) before beating Maccabi Haifa 7-2 at home in the play-offs. In Group J they recovered from a shock 1-0 defeat in Antwerp on Matchday 2, beating bottom- placed Ludogorets twice (3-1 a, 4-0 h) then drawing at LASK to ensure further progress before leapfrogging the Belgian side to the top of the standings with that Matchday 6 win in London. • This is Tottenham's sixth appearance in the UEFA Europa League round of 32. They have won three of their five previous ties at this stage of the competition, losing the most recent, against Gent in 2016/17, when, having crossed over from the UEFA Champions League, they followed up a 1-0 defeat in Belgium with a 2-2 draw at Wembley. The two-time UEFA Cup winners' most successful UEFA Europa League campaign was in 2012/13, when they reached the quarter-finals. • Tottenham have never won an away leg in the UEFA Europa League knockout phase (D4 L5), their record in the round of 32 standing at D2 L3. • Spurs have never previously played a UEFA match in Hungary. UEFA Europa League squad changes • Wolfsberg In: Gustav Henriksson (Elfsborg), Thorsten Röcher (Ingolstadt) Out: Marc Andre Schmerböck (Hartberg), Marko Soldo • Tottenham In: Marcel Lavinier Out: Cameron Carter-Vickers (Bournemouth, loan), Jack Clarke (Stoke, loan) Links and trivia • Tottenham's Gareth Bale, who scored a penalty in the 3-3 draw at LASK in the group stage, has played three times against Austria for Wales, scoring in the first, a 2-1 friendly win in Swansea on 6 February 2013. • Son Heung-min was on target in both of Spurs' group games against LASK. 3 Wolfsberger AC - Tottenham Hotspur Thursday 18 February 2021 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Puskás Aréna, Budapest • Spurs manager Mourinho's only experience of the UEFA Europa League prior to this season was in 2016/17, when his Manchester United side lifted the trophy. His one season managing in the UEFA Cup also ended in glory as he steered Porto to victory in 2002/03. • Tottenham's sixth appearance in the UEFA Europa League knockout phase is a record for an English club. They became the first Premier League side to chalk up 50 matches in the competition proper on Matchday 2. • Spurs are one of six former UEFA Cup winners in this season's round of 32 – along with Ajax, Bayer Leverkusen, Napoli, PSV Eindhoven and Shakhtar Donetsk. Manchester United (2016/17) are the only club in the field to have won the UEFA Europa League. • Wolfsberg are one of five clubs making their first appearance in the UEFA Europa League knockout phase this season, along with Antwerp, Granada, Hoffenheim and Leicester City. 4 Wolfsberger AC - Tottenham Hotspur Thursday 18 February 2021 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Puskás Aréna, Budapest Team facts Wolfsberger AC Formed: 1931 Nickname: WAC, Die Lavanttaler (People from the Lavant valley) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) None Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2019/20: group stage 2018/19: did not take part in UEFA competition 2017/18: did not take part in UEFA competition 2016/17: did not take part in UEFA competition 2015/16: third qualifying round 2014/15: did not take part in UEFA competition 2013/14: did not take part in UEFA competition 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA competition 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA competition 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 2-0: Wolfsberg v Shakhtyor Soligorsk 23/07/15, UEFA Europa League second qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 0-4: Mönchengladbach v Wolfsberg 19/09/19, UEFA Europa League group stage • Heaviest home defeat 0-3 twice, most recently v Dinamo Zagreb 26/11/20, UEFA Europa League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: Borussia Dortmund v Wolfsberg 06/08/15, UEFA Europa League third qualifying round second leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 2-0: Wolfsberg v Shakhtyor Soligorsk (see above) • Biggest away win 0-4: Mönchengladbach v Wolfsberg (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-3 twice, most recently v Dinamo Zagreb (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: Borussia Dortmund v Wolfsberg (see above) Tottenham Hotspur FC Formed: 1882 Nickname: Spurs UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Champions League: (2019) • UEFA Cup (2): 1972, (1974), 1984 • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1): 1963 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 2 (1961) FA Cup: 8 (1991) League Cup: 4 (2008) 5 Wolfsberger AC - Tottenham Hotspur Thursday 18 February 2021 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Puskás Aréna, Budapest Ten-year record (UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2019/20: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2018/19: UEFA Champions League runners-up 2017/18: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2016/17: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2015/16: round of 16 2014/15: round of 32 2013/14: round of 16 2012/13: quarter-finals 2011/12: group stage 2010/11: UEFA Champions League quarter-finals Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 9-0: Tottenham v Keflavík 28/09/71, UEFA Cup first round second leg • Biggest away win 0-6: Drogheda United v Tottenham 14/09/83, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 2-7: Tottenham v Bayern München 01/10/19, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 8-0: Köln v Tottenham 22/07/95, UEFA Intertoto Cup group stage UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 9-0: Tottenham v Keflavík (see above) • Biggest away win 0-6: Drogheda United v Tottenham (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 1-3: Tottenham v Benfica 13/03/14, round of 16 first leg • Heaviest away defeat 4-1: Internazionale v Tottenham (aet) 14/03/13, round of 16 second leg 3-0: Borussia Dortmund v Tottenham 10/03/16, round of 16 first leg 6 Wolfsberger AC - Tottenham Hotspur Thursday 18 February 2021 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Puskás Aréna, Budapest Squad list Wolfsberger AC Current season All-time UEL League UEL UEFA No.