• Spurs lost 2-1 at home to West Ham on Saturday

• Dortmund beat St Pauli 3-2 at the weekend

• Recommended bet: Borussia Dortmund to win

Tottenham and Borussia Dortmund, locked together in the league phase table on 11 points, know victory here would guarantee a place in the last 16 and put the top eight in touching distance going into next week's final round.

On the flip side, defeat would suddenly leave qualification for the knockout stage in the balance, so everything is on the line in one of the ties of the week.

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Team news

Spurs boss Thomas Frank is under pressure and up against it with a string of absentees.

Star central defender Micky van de Ven is suspended and Africa Cup of Nations winner Pape Sarr is unlikely to be involved, but Dominic Solanke could play after being brought into the club's updated Champions League squad.

Their injured list includes James Maddison, Richarlison, Dejan Kulusevski, Rodrigo Bentancur and Mohammed Kudus.

Aaron Anselmino has returned to training with Dortmund after a hamstring issue, though the defender will do well to be involved. Midfielder Marcel Sabitzer is also set to miss out.

The stats

Spurs have failed to win nine of their last 12 home matches, losing six of those, including their last two.

Dortmund have played 14 away games in all competitions this season and found the net in every single one of them.

Tottenham are unbeaten in 23 home European matches.

Dortmund are the joint top scorers in this season's Champions League league phase with 19 goals, the same as Paris Saint-Germain.

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Prediction

These are toxic times at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium where Borussia Dortmund can take advantage of Spurs' sorrows to chalk up a priceless away win.

Spurs are a real enigma, boasting a supreme home record in Europe over recent seasons but a poor home record in the Premier League this term.

Many felt that Saturday's grim 2-1 home loss to West Ham was going to be Thomas Frank's final assignment and the board must be ready to swing the axe.

Frank has to shoulder his share of blame but so too do his players and the Dane has even fewer of his big guns to call upon on Tuesday night because of suspension, ineligibility, unavailability and injuries galore.

That leaves them vulnerable, especially at home, to the competition's joint top scorers, who arrive in London fresh from a 3-2 win over St Pauli at the weekend to retain a vice-like grip on second spot in the Bundesliga.

Niko Kovac's men are unbeaten in seven and while they will happily play on the counter and appreciate that a draw is a good result, they are also sure to be offered up chances to win the game.

Frank will expect Spurs to go all guns blazing but these are two sides poles apart in terms of confidence and if Dortmund box clever, they can win this tidily enough.

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