EUROPA LEAGUE DRAW: Tottenham Drawn Home to Roma, Away to Rangers, Hoffenheim
Tottenham Hotspur have been drawn at home to Roma and away to Rangers and Hoffenheim in the Europa League group stages.
The draw was made in Monaco on Friday, with Spurs handed a tough test in their bid to progress from the group stage.
Tottenham will be confident of taking maximum points from their games against Hoffenheim, but Roma and Rangers will provide a stern test.
Roma finished sixth in Serie A last season, but they have a strong European pedigree and will be looking to make a deep run in this competition.
Rangers, meanwhile, are the reigning Scottish champions and will be looking to make their mark in Europe this season.
Tottenham will need to be at their best if they are to progress from Group G.
Here is the full list of fixtures for Tottenham in the Europa League group stages:
- Tottenham vs Hoffenheim, September 19
- Red Star Belgrade vs Tottenham, October 3
- Tottenham vs Olympiacos, October 24
- Roma vs Tottenham, November 7
- Tottenham vs Roma, November 28
- Hoffenheim vs Tottenham, December 12
Tottenham will be hoping to top their group and secure a place in the knockout stages.
The top two teams from each group will progress to the knockout stages, where they will be joined by the eight third-placed teams from the Champions League group stages.
Tottenham have a good chance of reaching the knockout stages, but they will need to perform well in their group games.
Here are some key stats about Tottenham's Europa League group stage opponents:
- Roma have won the Europa League once (2015)
- Rangers have won the UEFA Cup (now Europa League) twice (1972, 1976)
- Hoffenheim have never won a major European trophy
Tottenham will be hoping to avoid the mistakes they made in last season's Champions League group stage.
Spurs finished third in their group last season, behind Bayern Munich and Ajax. They were eliminated from the competition after losing to RB Leipzig in the round of 16.
Tottenham will need to be more consistent in this season's Europa League group stage if they want to progress to the knockout stages.
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