Olympiakos vs Tottenham
Champions League 2019/20 season
Venue: Karaiskakis Stadium
Kick-off time: 5.55pm BST
Tottenham will know a win away at Greek giants Olympiakos tonight will set them up well for the remainder of the Champions League group stage.
A 4-0 win over Crystal Palace was, arguably, Tottenham's most convincing victory of 2019 and now return to European football after last season's remarkable run to the final.
With Bayern Munich and Red Star Belgrade the other teams in Group B, Spurs opening up a three-point gap over Olympiakos after one game will settle some early nerves ahead of the visit of the German champions in matchday two.
Team news and predicted lineup
Mauricio Pochettino says early season fixture congestion will see him rotate for the trip to Greece.
He told reporters following the 4-0 win over Crystal Palace: "We are after going to play Saturday and then in the Carabao Cup, many games, [so] I'm going to rotate the squad and the team and try to be creative on Tuesday."
Serge Aurier impressed on his first performance of the season, but Kyle Walker-Peters is coming back into contention.
Dele Alli and Eric Dier were unused substitutes so could come into the starting XI, while Tanguy Ndombele was a second-half substitute with Lucas Moura. Young striker Troy Parrott will be hoping to be in the squad along with the most experienced Oliver Skipp.
Tottenham XI: Lloris; Aurier, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Davies; Winks, Skipp, Ndombele; Lucas, Kane, Dele
Prediction: Olympiakos 1-2 Tottenham
A trip to the Greek giants is never easy but Spurs will confident of kicking off their European with victory.
Olympiakos won 5-0 last time out in the league, against newly promoted Volos, but Wednesday's opponents pose a significant step up in class.
Mauricio Pochettino will rotate his starting XI but injuries, especially in defence, will mean any team should be good enough to bring home the points.
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Match odds
- Olympiakos to win: 17/5
- Draw: 13/5
- Tottenham to win: 9/10
First goal scorer
- Harry Kane: 3/1
- Heung-min Son: 11/2
- Lucas Moura: 11/2
- Guerrero: 15/2
TV channel and live stream information
The match will be televised live on BT Sport 2 and can be streamed live online via the BT app and website. Coverage starts at 5.15pm.
You can follow all the action and analysis on Standard Sport's LIVE blog with Dan Kilpatrick in Greece.
Head to head (h2h) results and history
Tottenham and Olympiakos have met just twice before, a European double-header in the autumn of 1972.
Spurs won the home leg 4-0 - Martin Chivers, Ralph Coates and Jimmy Pearce the scorers - before a 1-0 reverse in Greece.
