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Roberto Soldado
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Tim Sherwood takes his men to Dnipro-Arena as Tottenham Hotpsur take on Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the first leg of the Europa League Round of 32 tie on Thursday evening.

Where to Watch Live

Kick-off is set for 6pm GMT. Live coverage of the game will be available on ITV 4.

Overview

Juande Ramos' men made it to the last-32 of the second tier of the European competition after finishing second in Group E, trailing first place Fiorentina by four points. Dnipro lost only twice in the group stages, losing twice to the Italian club in both home and away fixtures.

Ramos was in charge of the north London club in 2007-08, before the Spaniard was shown the exit door. Dnipro would be looking for nothing less than a win against Spurs and their manager will be hoping to restrict the visitors from scoring.

Tim Sherwood
Tim Sherwood

Meanwhile, Spurs registered a place in the knock-out stages of the Europa League after finishing top of Group K. The White Hart Lane outfit won all the group stage fixtures under the guidance of their former manager Andre Villas-Boas.

Sherwood will make his debut in the European competition when his side takes on Dnipro on Thursday evening. Spurs boss would be looking to continue their unbeaten run in the Europa League in order to progress to the last-16 tie of the competition.

What Managers Say

Juande Ramos: "I'm really happy that I helped and was of assistance for Tottenham to win their last trophy. The best memory of Tottenham was of course the trophy we won after a long period, it was really nice to win it."

Tim Sherwood: "I love [the Europa League. There are a lot of games coming up but we haven't got to worry about that. We're out of the rest of the [cup] competitions and we've got a big enough squad here to cope."

Team Form

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

  • Last Five (all competitions, most recent first): W L D W W
  • Last Result: CSKA Moscow 0-1 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

Tottenham Hotspur

  • Last Five (all competitions, most recent first): W W D L W
  • Last Result: Newcastle United 0-4 Tottenham Hotspur

Team News

Yevhen Konoplyanka
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Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

  • Injured: N/A
  • Doubtful: N/A
  • Suspended: N/A

Probable Lineup: Boyko; Fedetskiy, Mandzyuk, Cheberyachko, Vlad; Kankava, Rotan, Gama, Politylo; Konoplyanka, Zozulya

Tottenham Hotspur

  • Injured: Erik Lamela, Vlad Chiriches
  • Doubtful: Sandro, Gylfi Sigurdsson
  • Suspended: N/A

Probable Lineup: Friedel; Naughton, Dawson, Vertonghen, Fryers; Bentaleb, Capoue, Chadli, Townsend; Kane, Soldado