Tottenham Hotspur, the club of South Korea’s national soccer team captain Son Heung-min, has climbed to fourth place in the English Professional Soccer Premier League (EPL) and will be looking to qualify for next season’s UEFA Champions League (UCL).
Spurs are currently in fifth place in the league with 18 wins, 6 draws, and 8 losses (60 points) as of Nov. 22 (ET).
Fourth-placed Aston Villa extended their lead to 66 points with a 3-1 home win over Bournemouth on Nov. 21.
In the EPL, it’s important to finish the season in fourth place. A fourth-place finish or better qualifies a team for the UCL next season.
A six-point gap after 34 rounds is not easy to overturn, but Spurs have played two fewer games than the other teams, so it is possible. 토토사이트 Spurs have only played 32 games due to other teams’ schedules.
Mathematically, if they win both of the games they haven’t played, they’ll be tied with Villa on 66 points. With a five-point deficit in goal difference, they need to score as many goals as they can and win as many games as they can to finish fourth.
However, the schedule is not on Spurs’ side.
They have a tough schedule ahead of them, facing three top teams in a row.
They play the London derby against Arsenal on May 28 at 10:00 p.m., followed by another derby against Chelsea on May 3 at 3:30 a.m. Tottenham then face Liverpool on May 6 at 12:30 a.m.
Arsenal and Liverpool are currently in first and second place in the league, and both are strong contenders for the league title. Chelsea is ninth in the league, but it’s a local rivalry and a top-flight team, so it’ll be a tough test.
After that, they face Burnley and Sheffield Wednesday in 19th and 20th place, respectively, but they also have a tough schedule with Man City and Newcastle, so it’s a tough end to the season.
Villa’s remaining schedule is more favorable than Tottenham’s. Aside from Chelsea and Liverpool, they face winnable teams like Brighton and Crystal Palace.
Unlike Tottenham, who can focus on the league instead, Villa have the first and second legs of the 2023-2024 UEFA Europa Conference League (UECL) quarterfinals against Olympiakos (Greece), which could cause fitness issues.
Tottenham will need to rack up as many points as possible over the remainder of the season and hope Villa slip up.
That starts with the London derby against Arsenal on April 28th.
Spurs are in a bad mood after a heavy 0-4 defeat at Newcastle on the 13th.
They need to beat their rivals to get three points and turn things around.
Tottenham will be counting on Son Heung-min. 파워볼실시간 Heung-min has been strong against Arsenal in the past, scoring a multi-goal performance in their last league meeting (2-2 draw) in September.
It will be interesting to see if he can pull off his trademark ‘clicker’ after scoring against Arsenal again.