App exclusive: Wolfsberger AC 1-4 Spurs - the numbers
Fri 19 February 2021, 19:11|
Tottenham Hotspur
A professional and determined display in Budapest saw us to a 4-1 victory over Wolfsberger AC in the first leg of our Europa League round of 32 tie on Thursday.
Goals in the first half from Heung-Min Son, Gareth Bale and Lucas Moura put us three ahead at the break before the home side pulled one back from the penalty spot just 10 minutes into the second period, through Michael Liendl. However, late on, we restored our three-goal advantage through an instinctive finish from Carlos Vinicius to see us bring back a commanding lead to north London ahead of Wednesday’s return leg.
Here’s a look at some of the key statistics and numbers behind the game...
Tireless Davies
10 – Ben Davies completed the full 90 minutes against Wolfsberger, as he has done in all 10 of our Europa League fixtures so far this season. He is the only player in the squad to have been ever-present for us in this term's European campaign to date.
840 - In the last 33 days, Ben has played nine games for us and has not missed a minute. Including all 120 minutes in our 5-4 FA Cup fifth round defeat to Everton (AET), the Welshman has played 840 minutes in that period, and that includes 480 minutes in just the last 14 days alone.
Soaring Sonny
7 – On target in Budapest, Heung-Min Son has now been involved in seven goals in his eight Europa League appearances for us this season (four goals, three assists).
30 – In total, it is 30 goal involvements in all competitions for the South Korean international after just 35 games this campaign (18 goals, 12 assists) - that matches his account for the entire 2019/20 season in which he played six games more.
4 – In four of his six seasons at the Club, Sonny has now registered 30 goal involvements (2016/17, 2018/19, 2019/20 and 2020/21) – he has never managed more than that in a single campaign with us.
13 – Our number seven has now been involved in 13 goals in just 17 Europa League matches for us since moving to north London in the summer of 2015 (seven goals, six assists).
16 – In his last 18 games in Europe, he has now been involved in 16 goals (12 goals, four assists).
20 – Excluding qualifiers, Sonny is now the fourth player in our history to score 20 European goals (Harry Kane (29), Martin Chivers (22) and Jermain Defoe (20)).
Vinicius' threat
7 – Carlos Vinicius has now been involved in seven goals in just six Europa League appearances for us (four goals, three assists).
10 – It is now 10 goal involvements for the Brazilian in all competitions (seven goals, three assists) this season after 16 appearances.
73 – He is averaging a goal or assist every 73 minutes in all competitions this term. In the Europa League alone, it is a goal involvement every 53 minutes.
Other notable numbers
7 – Lucas Moura has now been involved in seven goals in his 10 Europa League appearances this season (five goals, two assists).
1 - In setting up Carlos Vinicius’ goal, Erik Lamela recorded his first assist of the season.
8 – It is now eight goal involvements for the Argentine in his last 13 Europa League appearances (seven goals, one assist).
2 years, 3 months – Gareth Bale produced a goal and an assist in the same game for the first time in two years and three months – he last did so for Real Madrid in a 5-0 Champions League win over Viktoria Plzeň in November, 2018.
4 – Gareth also created more chances (4) and made more tackles (4) than any other Spurs player in the game.
13 - Including finals, Jose Mourinho has won each of his last 13 knockout ties in the UEFA Cup/Europa League, and hasn’t lost an away knockout match in the competition since December, 2002.
