Analysis: Tottenham - PAOK Thessaloniki

The Wednesday’s European League match between Tottenham and PAOK Thessaloniki will be untypical. We will see the winner of this fight later in the spring Cup. Will the Spurs be able to confirm their condition in the latest games?

Classification and team’s condition:
The three teams will compete to advance from Group A. The Greeks are the leader of the group (8 points), followed by Rubin Kazan and Tottenham London (7 points). Shamrock Rovers (0 points) is no longer a rival for them.

Potential and team situation:
Let's start with the visiting team, which is the only invincible team in this group. The footballers from Thessaloniki are in worse situation in the national championship, where they take only the 5th place and have 8 points less than the leader - Panathinaikos. This does not mean that the Spurs can ignore the opponent’s game. Although the squad of the visiting team does not have world class players, Harry Redknapp’s players should pay attention to the footballers such as Dimitris Salpigidis or right midfielder Vieirinha, who is estimated at €8 million.
The hosts have all the trump cards. The football players from the White Hart Lane have had a successful month. Since October 23 they have won 5 games in a row in the Premier League, while showing entertaining and effective football. The Spurs, to our great surprise, have the lowest place on the podium. The strikers Jermain Defoe and Emmanuel Adebayor are showing really great performance. The Togolese football player scored his 6th and 7th goals during the Saturday's match against WBA this season, which is the best result.

History of the meetings:
The first meeting of these teams at the stadium in Thessaloniki ended in a draw 1-1.

Forecast and justifications:
Each loss of the points may be a failure for the Spurs. It seems that given the current situation, Harry Redknapp can sleep peacefully because his team is in a great shape. Tottenham is both physically and psychologically well prepared, and what is more important they created many scoring chances in previous game and Adebayor and Defoe took advantage of this and scored the goals.