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Tuesday 18th October 7.45pm
Champions League Group Stage
BayArena
Another game against West Brom, another frustrating draw and we're back to the Champions League.
Our first game in the competition this season saw us lose 2-1 to Monaco at Wembley.
It was our first loss of the campaign and the only one so far, but it already left us playing catch up.
The win in Moscow corrected it somewhat, but we really need a result in this game, too.
Our hosts have had a mixed start to their season and lie 10th in the Bundesliga.
3 wins, 3 losses and 1 draw, scoring 11 and conceding 9 is something of an underwhelming start for them.
Their defeats were to sides that they'd expect to get results against, too.
One of their victories was against Dortmund though, so it seems they're a little unpredictable.
Their two Champions League games were both draws and they took the lead in each game.
Seemingly coasting in their opener against Moscow, they cruised to 2-0 within 15 minutes.
CSKA looked to be on the ropes and struggling badly, but they hit back to shock the Germans.
Dzagoev pulled one back with ten minutes to go in the first half and they were level by the break.
Eremenko got the equaliser and an easy victory turned into a real battle, but nobody could nick it.
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Their second game took them to Monaco, where they largely outplayed their hosts in a close game.
Javier Hernandez put them into the lead with around 15 minutes left, but they couldn't hold onto it.
Kamil Glik, a centre-half, grabbed an equaliser in the 94th minute with virtually the last kick of the game.
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We have a slightly strange record against Leverkusen, as we've only played them in one competitive game.
The unusual format of the 06/07 UEFA Cup is behind that, as it featured groups of five teams.
Each team played the rest once with no return leg. Very odd.
Our game was at the BayArena and Berbatov scored the only goal, as we topped the group with a 100% record.
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Who are their danger men? The obvious one is Hernandez, who's had a great record since joining from Utd.
He got 26 goals in all competitions last season and already has 7 in this one.
Veteran and club legend Kiessling is a contrast to breakthrough Finn, Joel Pohjanpalo as their other options.
The former's played ten seasons for them, scoring 158 goals along the way.
The latter has only played 30 minutes of football from the bench, but already has four goals, including this hat-trick:
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He broke his toe just after this though, so he'll miss our games.They're a talented side and will be a real test for us.
It'll be a very different game to the one against West Brom too, as their style of play is closer to ours.
Son will be looking to impress on his return to his old club.
We have no suspensions for this game, but Kane is still injured and Alderweireld will definitely miss it.
Dembele was only fit enough for the bench against West Brom and Rose missed out entirely.
No news on the likelyhood of either starting this one, unfortunately.
Leverkusen have no suspensions either, but they also have a few injuries.
Yurchenko, Bellarabi and Pohjanpalo all miss out, while Bender is a doubt.
Lineups for each team's last league game:
Spurs: Lloris; Walker, Alderweireld, Vertoghen, Davies; Wanyama; Sissoko, Eriksen, Alli, Lamela; Janssen.
Subs: Vorm, Trippier, Dier, Dembele, Onomah, N'Koudou, Son.
League form: DWWWWD.
Leverkusen: Leno; Heinrichs, Tah, Toprak, Wendell; Brandt, Aranguiz, Kampl, Canhhanoglu; Volland, Hernandez.
Subs: Ozcan, Dragovic, da Costa, Baumlartlinger, Havertz, Mehmedi, Keissling.
League form: WLDWWL.
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (TUR). Experienced ref who's already had a Champions League final. History of sending off English-based players, though.
Our performance against West Brom wasn't up to scratch and I expect changes, but who's out?
Who replaces Alderweireld and do we need to adjust anything else in his absence?
Should we start Son up front or did Janssen do enough to keep his place? Maybe play both?
