Key stats
- Tottenham Hotspur have kept a clean sheet in four of their six games, no team has done this more in the UEFA Champions League.
- Slavia Praha have failed to score in five of their six games, more often than any other team in the 2025/2026 UEFA Champions League.
- Slavia Praha have failed to win in their last 12 games in the UEFA Champions League, their longest winless streak in the competition (since at least 2004/2005).
Highlights
Analysis
Save for a few moments in the game, Tottenham were in control throughout.
Match report
The hosts would have had an opener after just 36 seconds if it weren’t for superb goalkeeping from Jindřich Staněk, who instinctively denied Richarlison after brilliant work from Wilson Odobert.
Even with the score remaining level, confidence and determination were clearly flowing through Thomas Frank’s side in equal measure, with a David Zima block being required to stop Pedro Porro’s shot, before Staněk denied Mohammed Kudus and Richarlison.
There was still a blow shortly after as Micky van de Ven was booked for putting his arm in Mojmír Chytil’s face, which means he will miss the Borussia Dortmund match. Lukáš Provod then asked a question of Guglielmo Vicario with a strike from range, before Michal Sadílek guided a header harmlessly off-target as the visitors grew into proceedings.
Slavia were the architects of their own downfall in the 26th minute, though, as Cristian Romero got a flick on Porro’s corner and Zima headed the ball past Staněk. The visitors kept coming despite the setback, but Vicario stopped a venomous Youssoupha Sanyang strike and scuffed Sadílek’s effort.
Spurs were awarded a penalty within three minutes of the restart following Sanyang’s challenge on Porro, and Kudus slotted it down the middle to double his side’s lead. Staněk got down to stop Odobert’s effort as the hosts piled on yet more pressure, and Richarlison squandered an opportunity from Odobert’s ball into the box.
A flurry of substitutions were made around the hour mark, but there was a familiar story for the new faces, with Staněk impressively stopping Mathys Tel and Pape Matar Sarr. There was also another Sadílek attempt that lacked conviction, before Xavi Simons became the latest player to bring a save out of Staněk.
The Dutchman then won a penalty from Igoh Ogbu and beat Staněk with his spot-kick despite the goalkeeper getting a hand to it.
That capped off a great evening for Spurs, who recorded back-to-back competitive victories having not won any of their previous five matches, taking them into the UCL’s top eight ahead of Wednesday’s fixtures. They also ended Slavia’s five-game unbeaten run in all competitions, leaving the Czech side 32nd in the table for now.
Flashscore Man of the Match: Xavi Simons (Tottenham Hotspur)
Post-match comments
Tottenham midfielder Xavi Simons was delighted to give them home support something to cheer about after some tense send-offs for the teams in recent times.
"Really happy to win another game at home with the fans. We have to continue, really happy," he told TNT Sports.
"It's always a pleasure for me playing Champions League, I'm enjoying my dreams. Really happy to be here."
"It's a team that play man-to-man and you have to look for space and create chances. First half we had those chances but didn't score, luckily we had two goals in the second half."
"The weekend will be a tough game at Forest, we hope we can continue this run," he added.
Tottenham goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario knows exactly how it feels to be on the receiving end of unrest from home support.
"It happens to all professional sports people - when you do good things you ae the best when you make mistakes you are not the best," he told TNT Sports.
"I'm 29-years-old so I will have a few more years left, I'm happy when the fans cheer for me but I'm aware when I make a mistake or have a good game. I'm just trying to stay balanced, that's my personality.
"We (Thomas Frank) didn't speak but I know the gaffer is by my side. I can thank him for what he said, it's part of football. I'm a big man and I can handle these things. They are part of the game and we move on."
On whether Spurs have turned a corner, he said: "Probably, I hope so. We are judged every three days and football can change every three days in a good or bad way. We have to keep momentum, you need to have balance when things are going well or bad. If the result is good everyone is happy but we need to stay calm and focussed and try to do our best."