Marseille vs Spurs confirmed lineups: Perisic starts as Conte eyes knockout stage

Posted by Andrew Walker

November 1st 2022, 18:51

Tottenham Hotspur's Italian head coach Antonio Conte (R) celebrates with Tottenham Hotspur's Croatian midfielder Ivan Perisic (L) on the pitch after the English Premier League football match between Bournemouth and Tottenham Hotspur at the Vitality Stadium in Bournemouth, southern England on October 29, 2022. - Tottenham won the game 3-2. - RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. (Photo by Daniel LEAL / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

It is Matchday 6 in the Champions League group stage and there is no group more finely poised than Group D which sees Marseille, Spurs, Sporting Lisbon and Eintracht Frankfurt all fighting for just two automatic qualification spots.

As it stands, Group D is wide open with just two points separating all four teams.

Antonio Conte’s Spurs sit top on eight points with Sporting and Eintracht both on seven points and separated only by their head-to-head result. Marseille are bottom on six points but a win tonight would see them leapfrog Spurs and reach the competition’s knockout phase.

Conte will know that his side must forget about what could happen between Sporting and Frankfurt and prepare his team for one of their most important matches in recent memory.

Marseille, who will be playing at home, are a notoriously well-supported team so Spurs will be expecting to step out into a caldron of noise and passion.

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