Overview
Thomas Frank's side suffered their biggest defeat of the season, losing 1-4 in the North London derby at the Emirates Stadium. Eberechi Eze added to Spurs' pain when he scored a hat-trick.
This defeat extended Tottenham's unconvincing run of results, who are struggling to maintain stability after a promising start under Frank.
Newcastle's elimination from the Carabao Cup in October opened a challenging period, when they lost to Chelsea, drew with Manchester United and continued to fall to Arsenal last weekend.
Although Spurs had a resounding 4-0 victory over FC Copenhagen in the Champions League, the away trip to the reigning European champions is clearly not an ideal test. Especially in the context of Frank's team having problems in both attack and defense.
After conceding just three of their first three Premier League games of the season, Spurs have conceded in all three of their last three - a worrying decline.
However, their defensive form in the European arena is a completely different story. Spurs have kept a clean sheet seven times in 13 matches in the Champions League and Europa League in 2025. This is the best result among the teams participating in major European tournaments this calendar year.
In the win over Copenhagen, they are faced with an expected goals conceded of just 0.35 - Spurs' lowest xGA in the Champions League since February 2019, when they held Borussia Dortmund back to just 0.10 xG.
Meanwhile, PSG have yet to find their peak form of last season, partly due to the impact of important injuries.
Golden Ball Ousmane Dembele has only played 10 times this season and is still uncertain to play due to a calf injury. Meanwhile, young talent Desire Doue also continues to be absent due to a hamstring injury.
In the defeat to Bayern Munich in the 4th match, PSG suffered another big loss when Achraf Hakimi suffered an ankle injury after a fierce tackle by Luis Diaz. The Morocco defender is expected to be unable to play until he leaves for the African Cup next month, forcing Luis Enrique to find a temporary solution for the right-back position.
A feasible option and one he applied in last weekend's 3-0 win over Le Havre was to take 19-year-old midfielder Warren Zaire-Emery down to play in this role.
Head-to-head record
PSG faced Tottenham for the first time in a major tournament in Europe more than 3 months ago, in the UEFA Super Cup match. And it was truly an exciting match.
PSG started slowly after the summer break and were behind by 2 goals, before exploding with 2 beautiful goals at the end of the match to take the match to the penalty shootout, where they won convincingly.
The French capital team has lost just one of their last six home Champions League games against English opposition (W4 D1), with the only defeat coming a 1-0 defeat to Liverpool in the first leg of last season's round of 16.
Meanwhile, Spurs have lost just two of their last 13 meetings with Ligue 1 sides in Europe (W6 D5). Their most recent away match against the French representative was a 0-0 draw with Monaco last month.
Score prediction: PSG 2-0 Tottenham
The match between PSG and Tottenham takes place at 3:00 am on November 27 (Vietnam time).
