Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg is averaging 1.05 shots per game in the Premier League this season and has scored four goals – his best return in a Spurs shirt already. At home, his numbers are particularly impressive. He has started 12 games at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and has had 12 shots, managing at least one in nine of those games. The games that he did not have a shot were Aston Villa, Leeds and Southampton, but he had five shots against Chelsea, Manchester City, Arsenal and Liverpool, including one in each game, suggesting that he likes to go for goal more against better teams in more important games. He had one at home against both Sporting Lisbon and Marseille in the Champions League group stage this season but missed the away fixture at the San Siro due to suspension. The home side will be chasing the game and this should see them have plenty of shots.

Spurs have averaged 5.57 corners per match this season in the Champions League, conceding 5.14. In six of their seven games they have seen at least four corners and in two of them they have had at least eight corners. They have conceded just 13 in their three matches at home at an average of 4.33 per game and conceded more than four in just one of those games. They also saw at least four in every match here in the early stages of the competition. In the Premier League, at home they average 6.31 corners per game whilst only conceding 3.69.

Away from home, Milan average just 3.92 corners per game in the Serie A this season, whilst giving away 5.77 per match. They have had five or more corners in just 31% of their games away from the San Siro whilst conceding at least six in 54% of them. The first leg saw Spurs get a massive eight corners whilst Milan managed just three and given that Spurs have to chase this game to have any hope of proceeding, they should manage more here.

Cristian Romero has committed at least one foul in every one of his starts for club and country going back to the start of October. In the first leg he was booked for his only foul – a late sliding challenge at the start of the second half. Across his ten matches in 2023, he has conceded 20 fouls at an average rate of exactly two per game and this selection has landed in six of those games. He has also been booked nine times in 13 games since the quarterfinals of the World Cup. He has started 14 matches for Spurs since October 8th, committing at least two offences in nine of them.

Fikayo Tomori has committed the most fouls of any AC Milan player in the Champions League so far this season (seven) despite having missed two matches (including the first leg) and being sent off within 20 minutes of another – an average of 1.67 fouls per 90. He has committed at least one foul in 18 of his 26 starts and at least one in 11 of his last 14 games where he has played more than 25 minutes, including in each of his three games since his return from the injury that ruled him out of the first leg. He will have his hands full with Spurs’ attack and being a former Chelsea player, playing against the North London side will mean that little bit more – especially in a Champions League knockout match at the Blues’ rivals’ stadium.