Tottenham Hotspur vs Copenhagen Champions League Prediction on November 5, 2025

NGAWI JOURNALThomas Frank will face his own club on Tuesday night, as Tottenham Hotspur host Danish giants Copenhagen in the Champions League group stage.

The Lilywhites have gone through their first three matches in this competition without suffering a defeat, while their Scandinavian rivals are still looking for their first victory.

Match preview

Tottenham, currently and former Arsenal clubs are struggling hard in the third match of Spurs in the Champions League this season, which pits The Lilywhites against a Ligue 1 giant, Monaco, who are trying hard but now able to destroy Guglielmo Vicario.

The Italian coach repeatedly prevented the graduates of The Gunners' academy, Folarin Balogun and his teammates, from advancing at Stade Louis-II, thus maintaining Tottenham's unbeaten record in the tournament this season as Frank's team collected five points from three continental matches.

This achievement is quite good for a mid-table position in the table of 36 teams, although Lilywhites, who are in 15th place, are only one point behind the top eight automatic qualification positions and often do not need to fear playing at home in Europe.

Indeed, the Europa League winners have compiled 21 unbeaten matches in continental home games - winning 17 of them - but Frank's team was greeted with a storm of boos instead of celebratory cheers the last time they played at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Vicario's heroism was unable to prevent Spurs from a 1-0 defeat in the London derby against Chelsea on Saturday, when The Lilywhites were mocked and left the field after recording the lowest expected goals ever recorded in a Premier League match.

Micky van de Ven and Djed Spence ignored Frank's request to shake hands with fans after the match, further fueling the toxic atmosphere at Tottenham, which has now lost consecutive matches after being eliminated from the EFL Cup against Newcastle United and has only three wins in their last 10 games.

As Spurs try to recover from a consecutive losing streak in all competitions, Copenhagen aim to fix their consecutive UEFA Champions League losses, after being defeated by Qarabag and Borussia Dortmund, following a decent draw with Bayer Leverkusen.

Jacob Neestrupter's team scored six spectacular goals with Dortmund when the 2023-24 finalists visited Parken Stadium on October 21, but four of the goals - two scored by Felix Nmecha and two created by Jobe Bellingham - were their own.

One of the four teams that have only one point on the table from three matches, Copenhagen - which qualified for the tournament - is struggling in 32nd place in the standings, and its historical performance is not promising.

Indeed, Denmark's strength has never beaten the English team away from home in any competition, and they have only won twice in their last 21 away matches in the Champions League - losing 15 times.

However, Neestrup's team has achieved two wins and one decent draw in domestic matches since beating Dortmund - the latest being a 3-2 victory over Fredericia in the Superliga match on Saturday - but they are five points behind league leaders AGF after playing one more game.

 

Team News

Tottenham's game plan was ruined just seven minutes after their defeat to Chelsea, as Lucas Bergvall had to leave the field early due to a head injury and is now likely to be absent until after the next international break due to protocols.

Swedish midfielder joined Yves Bissouma (ankle), Dominic Solanke (ankle), Radu Dragusin (knee), Dejan Kulusevski (knee), James Maddison (knee), Ben Davies (thigh), Kota Takai (thigh), and Archie Gray (calf) in Tottenham's treatment room, while Mathys Tel was not eligible for the Champions League.

However, Wilson Odobert, Cristian Romero, and Destiny Udogie all returned from injury as substitutes against Chelsea and are certainly candidates to be included in the starting lineup on Tuesday, possibly alongside Xavi Simons, although the Dutch player was brought on and then taken off again on Saturday.

Djed Spence and Mohammed Kudus both suffered injuries in the recent London derby, but Frank is not too worried about their conditions.

Copenhagen is also not in its best condition for Tuesday's match, as Thomas Delaney (knee injury), Oliver Hojer (surgery), Magnus Mattsson (ACL), Rodrigo Huescas (knee) and Birger Meling (not specified) are all on the sidelines.

Worse still, left-back Marcos Lopez had to be taken off the field due to an injury reported at the weekend, while center-back Gabriel Pereira was absent due to illness.

Striker Viktor Claesson is also fighting an infection, so watch out for Viktor Dadason, a 17-year-old prospect born in 2008 - the player who scored from the bench against Dortmund to become the third youngest goalscorer in Champions League history, behind Ansu Fati and Lamine Yamal.

Possible starting line-up of Tottenham Hotspur:

Wakil; Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Udogie; Palhinha, Sarr; Kudus, Simons, Odobert; Richarlison

Possible starting lineup of Copenhagen:

Kotarski; Suzuki, Hatzidiakos, Garananga, Zague; Larsson, Lerager, Clem, Achouri; Moukoko, Elyounoussi

Tottenham Hotspur vs Copenhagen Prediction 2-0

Tottenham should not have gone home from Monaco with a clean sheet, but with all of Frank's first-choice defensive options available again, Frank's team should have shown more resilience in the backline on Tuesday night.

The host's creative problems mean that Copenhagen will not be easily beaten, but the away team has conceded many goals in three of their last five matches, and therefore Spurs deserve our support to forgive their recent mistakes in a professional victory.***

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