Tottenham and Atletico Madrid have confirmed their starting teams for their meeting at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in the second leg of the 2025/26 Champions League round of 16.
Atleti went 4-0 ahead after 22 minutes of their 5-2 first leg win on March 10, when Spurs brought on Guglielmo Vicario for Antonin Kinsky after 17 minutes following two costly errors by their starting goalkeeper.
The winners of the tie will meet Barcelona or Newcastle in the quarter-finals in April. Those sides meet again at Camp Nou earlier on Wednesday (17:45 GMT), with the first leg finishing 1-1.
101GreatGoals.com has the line-up news from Tottenham vs Atleti in the Champions League, as well as details on how to watch.
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Tottenham confirmed starting team vs Atleti
Midfielder Joao Palhinha (concussion) and wingers Mohammed Kudus (hamstring) and Wilson Odobert (knee) are injured.
Forward Richarlison is suspended. Archie Gray and Randal Kolo Muani are a booking away from European bans.
Tottenham starting XI: Vicario, Dragusin, Xavi, Tel, Gray, Romero, Porro, Spence, Sarr, Van de Ven, Muani
Spurs substitutes: Kinsky, Austin, Danso, Udogie, Bergvall, Gallagher, Olusesi, Kyerematen, Rowswell
Atletico Madrid full line up vs Spurs
Goalkeeper Jan Oblak is out with a muscle strain. Midfielder Rodrigo Mendoza (ankle) is injured.
Thiago Almada, Pablo Barrios, Robin Le Normand, Clement Lenglet, Marcos Llorente, Marc Pubill and Giuliano Simeone will incur suspensions if they are booked.
Atletico Madrid starting XI: Musso, Ruggeri, Molina, Hancko, Le Normand, Johnny, Llorente, Giuliano, Griezmann, Alvarez, Lookman
Atleti substitutes: Esquivel, De Luis, Gimenez, Lenglet, Pubill, Diaz, Koke, Alex B, Vargas, Nico, Sorloth, Almada
Where to watch Spurs vs Atleti: TV channel, live online streams
Kick-off on Wednesday is at 20:00 GMT (15:00 ET / 12:00 PT). In the UK, live coverage is on TNT Sports 3 and the Discovery Plus app.
TNT Sports costs £30.99 a month, including Eurosport and entertainment and available on a vast range of devices including smart TVs and gaming consoles.
From March 26, TNT Sports streaming will switch from Discovery Plus to HBO Max.
Tottenham v Atletico Madrid stats
- Tottenham have three wins in their last 16 games against Spanish clubs (D5 L8)
- They are unbeaten in their last 24 European home matches (W20 D4), winning all four this season without conceding
- Spurs have won 11 of their 21 previous two-legged European ties after losing the first leg away, but on the only occasion they were beaten by a three-goal margin they were eliminated – against Dortmund in the 2015/16 Europa League round of 16, losing 3-0 away and 2-1 at home
- Djed Spence has reached the highest top speed (35.9km/h) in this season’s competition of any player still involved apart from Paris Saint-Germain’s Bradley Barcola (36.7km/h)
- Of players still involved in the 2025/26 Champions League, only Leverkusen’s Grimaldo (52) and Galatasaray’s Gabriel Sara (52) have attempted more crosses than Atleti’s Julian Alvarez (51) and Tottenham’s Pedro Porro (49)
- All of Tottenham’s last four two-legged ties against Spanish opposition have been unsuccessful
- Atleti have won 10 of their 14 two-legged European ties against English clubs
- They have won seven of their 11 Champions League round of 16 ties, while Spurs have triumphed in two of their five previous ties at this stage of the competition
- Diego Simeone’s team have opened the scoring in seven of their last eight Champions League matches.
- Alvarez has 13 goals in his last 16 Champions League appearances
- Clement Lenglet made 35 appearances for Tottenham during a loan spell from Barcelona in 2022/23. Seven of those games and his only Spurs goal – away to Marseille in November 2022 – came in the Champions League
