Tottenham Hotspur defender Jan Vertonghen has hope that they can pull a positive result against Borussia Dortmund at Wembley tonight.
The German side will be visiting Wembley in what will be the third meeting between the sides and Vertonghen, who could see himself deployed at right-back, says that the team can beat anyone.
Ben Davies and Danny Rose are injured and the latter will need assessment before the kick-off to ascertain his match fitness. Some facts may tip the visitors to record a positive result though; Dortmund have never failed to score against Tottenham in European competition, Dortmund have reached the knockout stages of the Champions League for the fifth time in their last six campaigns.
“We can beat anyone. We have shown that last year. Over two games we were the better team against Real Madrid who were the eventual winners of the trophy. That is why it was a shame we could not do better last year because we felt we should have done better. That is why everyone has the feeling we can do it this year.” Rose told Sky Sports.
Match facts
- Tottenham and Dortmund are facing each other for the third time in the last four seasons in European competition. There are two wins for each side.
- Tottenham won their two previous encounters with Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League, it came in last season’s group stages (3-1 at Wembley, 2-1 at the Signal Iduna Park).
- Dortmund have never failed to score against Tottenham in European competition (4 games).
- Dortmund have reached the knockout stages of the Champions League for the fifth time in their last six campaigns whilst this is the first time Tottenham have reached the knockout phase in consecutive seasons.
- Among the 16 remaining teams in the Champions League, Tottenham were the only side to post a negative goal difference in this season’s group stages (-1).
- All 19 goals scored in the Champions League this season by Tottenham (9) and Borussia Dortmund (10) have come from open play.
- Eight of Tottenham’s nine goals in the Champions League this season have come in the second half (89 per cent). No team has scored more goals in the last 15 minutes of Champions League games this season than Dortmund (5). Their bench has also been the most clinical with five goals coming from substitutes.