App exclusive: The game in numbers - LASK 3-3 Spurs

On Thursday night, we booked our place in the Europa League’s round of 32 with a 3-3 draw with LASK in Austria.

Our hosts had taken the lead in Linz through Peter Michorl on 42 minutes, but we went into the break on level terms as Gareth Bale slotted home the equaliser from the penalty spot on the stroke of half-time. Then, 11 minutes after the restart, Heung-Min Son put us ahead for the first time in the game, yet the home side managed to get back on terms with just six minutes remaining through Johannes Eggestein.

We quickly responded though, finding the lead once more just two minutes later as Dele clipped home from the penalty spot. However, we were ultimately made to settle for a point as LASK got themselves level once more with Mamoudou Karamoko firing home deep into stoppage time.

Here’s a look at the key statistics and numbers behind the game...

200 up for Gareth

200 - Gareth Bale’s strike against LASK was his 200th career goal for club and country.

25 – It was also Gareth’s 25th goal in UEFA competitions.

1 – The Welshman’s strike was his first European goal for us since scoring against Internazionale in March, 2013, and his first European away goal for us since his iconic hat-trick against the same opposition at the San Siro, back in October, 2010.

4 - Gareth completed four dribbles in the game - the most of any player on the pitch.

Defensive highlights

3 - Davinson Sanchez and Japhet Tanganga both won all three of their aerial duels in the game.

5 - Heung-Min Son won five aerial duels in the game - more than any other player on the pitch.

14 - Japhet and Davinson made a combined total of 14 clearances throughout the game – the entire LASK team managed just 12 clearances combined during the 90 minutes.

Player in focus – Pierre-Emile Højbjerg

100 - Pierre-Emile Højbjerg won 100 per cent of the three tackles he attempted.

6.1 – Pierre enjoyed 6.1 per cent of the possession in the game - the most of any Spurs player.

75 - The Dane also enjoyed the highest pass success rate of any Spurs player with 75 per cent of his attempted passes successful - he also made the most passes of any Spurs player.

4 - Our number five ranked highest in terms of interceptions with the midfielder making four in the 90 minutes.

100 – Pierre won 100 per cent of his aerial duels.

0 - Højbjerg also didn’t commit a single foul, nor was he dribbled past in the game.

Tanguy’s rising influence

4 - Tanguy Ndombele made the most successful tackles out of any Spurs player (4).

1 - Tanguy recorded his first assist in Europe this season as he played through Heung-Min Son for our second goal.

3 - LASK are the third team that the Frenchman has provided an assist against in our colours since his move to north London in the summer of 2019.

6 - He has provided six assists for us in total so far - three v Manchester City, two v Crvena zvezda and one v LASK.

European progress

6 - This is our sixth appearance in the UEFA Europa League group stage - a record for an English club. We have also played 53 games in the competition - more than any other English side.

8 - This is the eighth time we have progressed to the Europa League/UEFA Cup round of 32 in nine attempts.

3 - The three goals we conceded against LASK in Austria was the highest number of goals that we have conceded in an away Europa League group stage game.

6 - We have scored six goals away from home in this season’s Europa League group stage - our joint-highest number of goals on the road in such a campaign.

Other notable numbers

14 - Lucas Moura is the only player to appear in each of Jose Mourinho’s 14 European games as our Head Coach so far.

20 – Against LASK, Heung-Min Son scored his 20th European goal for us and the 25th of his career to date.

70 - Joe Hart made his 70th career appearance in UEFA competitions against LASK and his 20th in the Europa League.

3 - We had three shots on target during the 90 minutes in Linz - all of which resulted in goals.