Tottenham v Villarreal match preview
Thomas Frank allowed himself and his gamers 24 hours to have a good time their 3-0 win over West Ham on Saturday forward of a debut in a Champions League technical space that the Tottenham supervisor expects to be “very thrilling”.
“We go once more,” Frank advised Spurs Play after his aspect moved third within the Premier League with victory on the London Stadium.
“You by no means take wins with no consideration – though we need to win rather a lot [of games] – as a result of it hurts a lot once you lose.”
Frank described Xavi Simons’s debut as “promising” following the Netherlands midfielder’s £52 million arrival from Leipzig.
Simons reportedly determined to depart the German membership due to their failure to succeed in the Champions League, by which the 22-year-old contributed two objectives and two assists in eight appearances in 2023/24.
Europa League holders Spurs return to the competitors for the primary time since their run to the final 16 in 2022/23, whereas Villarreal final featured the earlier season, shedding each legs of their semi-final in opposition to Liverpool.
The Yellow Submarine are fifth in Spain and in search of their first win in three matches following their 2-0 defeat at Atletico Madrid on Saturday, when a few of supervisor Marcelino’s tactical selections after Atleti’s second aim have been influenced by their journey to London.
“The sport in opposition to Tottenham got here again to thoughts,” stated Marcelino. “We needed to bear in mind that some gamers have been coming off accidents and others [had been] taking part in for his or her nationwide groups.”
The Spaniard has added 5 recruits over the last month, paying Lyon round £31m for ahead Georges Mikautadze and Chelsea £26m for defender Renato Veiga.
Ahead Tani Oluwaseyi is a £6.9m signing from Minnesota United, whereas back-up goalkeeper Arnau Tenas joined for £2.2m from Paris Saint-Germain and winger Manor Solomon is on mortgage from Spurs for the season.
“We’ll attempt to get them to adapt as shortly as attainable,” Marcelino stated. “We all know taking part in a sport each three days makes it tough however it’s no excuse.
“They must adapt shortly to their teammates, the competitors and the aims. The teaching workers will attempt to make this occur as shortly as attainable.”
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— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) September 15, 2025
Tottenham v Villarreal workforce information
Defender Radu Dragusin and midfielders James Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski are out for Tottenham with knee accidents.
Centre-back Kota Takai will miss out with a foot harm and striker Dominic Solanke is a doubt with an identical difficulty.
Midfielder Yves Bissouma will reportedly not return from harm till subsequent month however on-loan Paris Saint-Germain ahead Randal Kolo Muani may make his debut after being an unused substitute in opposition to the Hammers.
Ahead Richarlison was a substitute and Rodrigo Bentancur was not referred to as from the bench after travelling to South America through the worldwide break.
Villarreal centre-back Willy Kambwala and striker Gerard Moreno have hamstring accidents however Solomon is eligible to play in opposition to his mum or dad membership.
Ahead Ayoze Perez, who scored 22 occasions in 32 appearances in all competitions final season, returned in opposition to Atleti, with Georgia worldwide Mikautadze making his debut.
Nicolas Pepe has scored twice and Tajon Buchanan has three objectives to this point this season for a aspect who’ve solely been outscored by Barcelona of their home high flight.
Defender Juan Foyth spent 4 years at Tottenham earlier than becoming a member of Villarreal completely in 2021.
Tottenham v Villarreal predicted lineups
Tottenham beginning XI: Guglielmo Vicario, Pedro Porro, Cristian Romero, Micky van de Ven, Djed Spence, Pape Matar Sarr, Joao Palhinha, Lucas Bergvall, Mohammed Kudus, Xavi Simons, Richarlison
Villarreal beginning XI: Luiz Junior, Santiago Mourino, Juan Foyth, Renato Veiga, Sergi Cardona, Tajon Buchanan, Thomas Partey, Dani Parejo, Alberto Moleiro, Nicolas Pepe, Georges Mikautadze