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Spurs without Heung-min Son as they aim for third straight European victory

Tottenham vs AZ Alkmaar LIVE!

Spurs will look to maintain their 100 per cent start to the new-look Europa League tonight. Ange Postecoglou’s side have won both of their opening games in this season’s competition, brushing aside Qarabag on home soil despite going down to 10 men early before travelling to Hungary to defeat Ferencvaros. Tottenham will be strong favourites to record another comfortable victory this evening, having bounced back from their Brighton capitulation by drubbing rivals West Ham in the Premier League.

Now they meet an AZ Alkmaar team who started the season magnificently under Maarten Martens, but have been on a wretched run of form recently, losing four matches in a row across all competitions to drop to fifth in the Eredivisie and 11 points adrift of leaders PSV Eindhoven. They were also beaten by Athletic Club in their last Europa League outing after opening with a win over Elfsborg and have not fared well at all on previous trips to England.

Spurs are without rested captain Heung-min Son once again on Thursday as Postecoglou makes nine changes, while the visitors’ attack is spearheaded by a very familiar face in Troy Parrott. Follow Tottenham vs AZ Alkmaar live below!

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3 minutes ago

Bad omens for AZ Alkmaar

To say that AZ Alkmaar do not have the best record in European ties in England would be something of an understatement.

The Dutch side have lost all eight of their previous competitive matches on these shores, including against Aston Villa and West Ham in recent seasons, never conceding less than two goals.

They have lost five of their last six away Europa League games per Opta, while Tottenham have won their last six in this competition at home by an aggregate scoreline of 18-0.

Another long night could in store for AZ...

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22 minutes ago

Troy Parrott starts against former club Tottenham

As expected, Troy Parrott leads the line for AZ Alkmaar against his former club tonight.

Maarten Martens otherwise picks the same team as the one that lost 2-1 to Eredivisie leaders PSV Eindhoven on Saturday - their fourth loss in a row across all competitions.

David Moller Wolfe keeps his place at left-back despite his early sending off at the weekend, while young forward Mexx Meerdink is on the bench following an injury.

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29 minutes ago

AZ Alkmaar lineup

AZ Alkmaar XI: Owusu-Oduro, Maikuma, Penetra, Dekker, Moller Wolfe, Clasie, Mijnans, Belic, Poku, Van Bommel, Parrott

Subs: Koopmeiners, Verhulst, Addai, Lahdo, Kasius, Kwakman, De Wit, Meerdink, Zoet, Berkhout

36 minutes ago

Nine Tottenham changes as Fraser Forster starts

Ange Postecoglou rings the changes in Europe again. Nine in total for Tottenham, with only Destiny Udogie and James Maddison retaining their starting berths from the London derby win over West Ham.

Fraser Forster makes a rare start in goal in place of usual No1 Guglielmo Vicario, and will hope to fare better than he did in the Carabao Cup win over Coventry.

Cristian Romero, Micky van de Ven and Pedro Porro all drop to a strong-looking bench as Archie Gray and Ben Davies both come into the backline along with Radu Dragusin, who has now served his European suspension.

Rodrigo Bentancur and Lucas Bergvall replace Yves Bissouma and Dejan Kulusevski in midfield, with teenager Mikey Moore earning another start alongside Timo Werner and Richarlison, who deputises for absent captain Heung-min Son in his first start since August.

Plenty of options on the bench for Postecoglou if things go wrong tonight, while Wilson Odobert also makes it after injury.

Moore’s fellow teenager Will Lankshear will also hope for another opportunity at some stage tonight.

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50 minutes ago

Tottenham lineup

Tottenham XI: Forster, Gray, Dragusin, Davies, Udogie, Bentancur, Bergvall, Maddison, Moore, Werner, Richarlison

Subs: Vicario, Austin, Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Sarr, Bissouma, Kulusevski, Odobert, Johnson, Solanke, Lankshear

1 hour ago

Troy Parrott: I have nothing bad to say about Tottenham

For his part, Troy Parrott did not have a bad word to say about the club where he spent seven years and graduated from the academy before making four senior appearances without scoring and dispatched out on loan to the likes of Millwall, Ipswich, MK Dons, Preston and Excelsior before finally being sold over the summer.

“Spurs is such a big club. I have been given a few chances to play for them and I am proud of that,” the 22-year-old - who has already scored six times in 11 appearances for AZ Alkmaar - told De Telegraaf in the Netherlands.

“You know: Spurs is a good club, they have always taken good care of me.

“They want to develop young players and deliver them to the first team. That is incredibly difficult because the club is in the top five of the Premier League.

“I actually have nothing bad to say about the club. It wasn’t meant to be that I broke through there.

“Now my own journey has begun. I’m on my own journey.”

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1 hour ago

Ange Postecoglou on Troy Parrott's Tottenham return

Troy Parrott’s return to Tottenham will be a big talking point tonight, and Ange Postecoglou was asked this week if the Irish striker was given enough of a first-team chance in north London.

“It is good to see Troy doing well, I think he had a great loan spell in the Dutch League last year,” he said.

“He is looking like he started his AZ career in positive fashion too so it is great.

“In terms of getting a chance, sometimes in football it is just about timing.

“We have a striker here mate who was at Chelsea and Liverpool early in his career [Dominic Solanke] and he has done alright since. There is a pathway forward for everybody.”

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Richarlison set for Tottenham start as Wilson Odobert plots return

Ange Postecoglou also hinted strongly at the fit-again Richarlison’s first start in any competition for Spurs since August, while Wilson Odobert will likely come off the bench at some point in the second half if Tottenham have the game in hand.

“Richy got through the weekend really well, he's trained, this is almost the second week of training now, so he's ready to go in terms of being available, for sure,” Postecoglou said.

On £25million summer signing Odobert possibly playing for the first time since he was forced off early with a hamstring injury in last month’s dramatic late Carabao Cup win at Coventry, the Australian added: “Yeah, potentially.

“Again, we've got to be a bit more careful with him because he's missed a lot. He's only had this week of training.

“He'll be involved tomorrow, in the squad. Game-time will be game-dependent with him but good to get him back and after this week he should be fully available.”

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Ange Postecoglou explains Heung-min Son absence

Here’s what Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou had to say about being without captain Heung-min Son again tonight.

“Sonny was a bit sore after the weekend, he was never going to be involved tomorrow anyway because he missed a bit,” the Spurs head coach told reporters on Wednesday.

“So we are just leaving him out of tomorrow and see how he is from there.

“Djed Spence trained individually today. Everyone else was out there.”

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1 hour ago

Tottenham vs AZ Alkmaar prediction

Ange Postecoglou’s side have been a bit hit or miss to start the season, but have been full of goals regardless.

Expect them to make it three wins from three in the Europa League with a convincing victory tonight.

Tottenham to win, 4-1.