The only previous meetings between Bodø/Glimt and Tottenham came in May of this year, with the English side winning home (3-1) and away (2-0) in the UEFA Europa League semi-finals, before going on to lift the trophy (1-0 v Manchester United in the final).

Bodø/Glimt have lost 100% of their games against English sides in major European competition (5/5); their worst losing record against sides from a single nation. All of those defeats have come in the UEFA Europa League since the 2022-23 campaign.

Tottenham’s 2-0 win away to Bodø/Glimt in May ended a five-game winning streak at home for the Norwegian side in Europe. They haven’t lost back-to-back home games in European competition since November 2022, with the first of those two defeats also coming against a side from North London (0-1 v Arsenal in the UEFA Europa League).

Tottenham have won three of their last four away games in major European competition (L1), including the last two. The last time they won three in a row away from home was in November 2013 (3), all of which were 2-0 wins in the UEFA Europa League.

Bodø/Glimt came from two goals down to avoid defeat against Slavia Prague in their very first UEFA Champions League match, the first time they’ve ever recovered a two-goal deficit in a major European game. They were the first Norwegian side to come back from two goals down in a UEFA Champions League match since Molde won 3-2 against Olympiakos in 1999.

Thomas Frank could become the first Tottenham manager to win his first two UEFA Champions League games in charge, with none of the previous four managing to do so (W1 D1 Harry Redknapp, W1 L1 Mauricio Pochettino, W1 L1 José Mourinho and W1 L1 Antonio Conte).

Bodø/Glimt faced 26 shots on MD1 against Slavia Prague, meaning they’ve faced 20+ shots in four of their last six major European matches, though all of these have been in away games (27.5 per game on average). In comparison, in their last four home European games they’ve faced 42 shots (10.5 on average).

Mohammed Kudus made eight dribbles on his UEFA Champions League debut for Tottenham against Villarreal, the most by a Spurs player in a game in the competition since March 2020 (Giovani Lo Celso with 11 and Erik Lamela with 8 vs RB Leipzig). Only PSV’s Sergiño Dest (17) and Sporting’s Trincão (10) made more dribbles on MD1 this season.

Spurs benefitted from Luiz Júnior’s own goal for Villarreal in their 1-0 victory on MD1, the first time they’ve ever won a major European match 1-0 thanks to an own goal. It was also the second earliest match-winning own goal in a UEFA Champions League match.

Excluding own goals, five of Bodø/Glimt’s last 11 major European goals have been scored by substitutes. Sondre Fet and Daniel Bassi scored as a sub in the 2-2 draw against Slavia Prague, with Bodø/Glimt the first side to have two subs score in their first ever match in the UEFA Champions League.