Tottenham vs SK Slavia Prague tips and predictions: Can Frank restore some order?

Tottenham state of play

Tottenham opened their 2025/2026 campaign with a hopeful stretch that featured a 2-0 job at the Etihad against Man City and two clean 3-0 showings over Burnley and West Ham. That carried straight into Europe. All Champions League betting sites had Spurs odds-on to handle Villareal, and the side looked at ease across the full 90, using 58% of the ball to grind out a 1-0 result.

From mid-October onwards, form went south for Tomas Frank’s side. The team only won three matches across their last 14 outings. Spurs have long fallen out of the Premier League title race and now are in 11th place with 19 points, leaving the gap at 14 behind Arsenal at the top and four away from a European berth.

And had it not gone the way it did through Cristian Romero last Tuesday, the pressure around the place would have climbed even higher. He bagged a brace as the side hauled themselves back from behind twice against Newcastle, who now head to Germany to face Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League. The Argentinian’s goals were the only two efforts on target produced by Tottenham across the entire night.

Before the European fixture comes back into view, attention across the top Premier League bookies swings toward Saturday. Thomas Frank squares up to his old lot as Spurs host Brentford. With a total of six players out nursing injuries and the ropey recent outcomes, you’d question how confident he feels about rotating the group in preparation for Slavia Prague. If anything, I'd say Tuesday is where a few faces get a breather.

In the Champions League, Tottenham currently hold a playoff place on eight points, with the only setback arriving against French champions PSG. Micky van de Ven stayed on the bench against Brentford, which points toward the Dutch defender getting minutes in both the weekend and mid-week assignments.

SK Slavia Prague state of play

Slavia Prague look the form outfit in the Czech Chance Liga right now, cruising through the table with an unbeaten tally of 39 points from 17 matches. Their last domestic setback in league or cup was 21 games ago against Jablonec back in May 2024. Prices across British football betting sites hover between 2/7 and 1/5 for the capital side to go the distance and lift the trophy. 

Their next outing before heading to London comes on Friday against relegation-group toppers Teplice, a fixture Slavia Prague have taken 14 times across their last 18 meetings. I’ve even backed them myself in a double bet at 4/9, paired with UFC 323 Dvalishvili vs Yan 2 on the Georgian to win by decision.

In the Champions League, the step up has told. Slavia Prague are still chasing a first victory after draws with Bodo/Glimt, Atalanta, and most recently Athletic Bilbao. The other outings against Arsenal and Inter Milan finished 3-0 to the opposition.

Control of the ball has proved hard to secure, with only one match delivering a major share of possession. That goes against everything they usually impose on home turf. As the tale goes, and what raises a bigger flag, is that this strain filters straight into chance creation. Slavia Prague’s only two goals in the competition arrived in that opening 2-2 draw.

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Key talking point: Both sides badly crave a lift from this one

Spurs have shown plenty of character across the pitch, yet that edge has not turned into steady points. And even though Thomas Frank says he feels very confident about backing from upstairs, you cannot shake the sense that pressure brews under the surface. Odds on the next permanent Tottenham manager have drawn plenty of traffic, with Oliver Glasner moving into the favourite slot at 5/1 as a possible replacement and Marco Silva next in line.

The tale in the Champions League carries a brighter tone, but the Danish boss will want to use that platform to lift his group’s confidence, tighten their grip on a playoff place and add the sort of points that play well with the board.

For Slavia Praha, the upcoming clash with Tottenham feels like one of the last lifelines to mount any kind of push toward a playoff place. The London club have hit a rough patch, and Jindrich Trpisovsky will know this presents a chance to get a jump on them. After that comes a home date with FC Barcelona, a fixture that could ask far more than they can answer.

Picking up something now could shape a hopeful path toward the final matchday. They face a direct clash with Cypriot outfit Pafos, who are also chasing the same target and currently three points better.

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FIRST.com’s top tip - Tottenham vs SK Slavia Prague

Pick: Total Goals Over 2.5 – 3/4 – (Unibet)

Three of Slavia Prague’s five Champions League outings have finished over 2.5 goals on the combined tally, and the same pattern shows for Tottenham. Frank’s men only drew a blank once, a nil nil against Monaco. In the Prem, Spurs have rattled in 23 goals from 132 efforts this season, posting the league’s best shot conversion at 17.4% and the highest xG overperformance at +10.2. Consistency has gone missing at times, yes.

However, it remains clear they can find a route through. And with Slavia Prague likely to take an extra risk or two to scrape something from the tie, that approach could either bring joy in front of goal yet also leave channels wide at the back. 

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Pick: Tottenham to Score 1+ Goals in the First Half – 4/7 – (Ladbrokes)

As of the Newcastle match, Tottenham went through a fourth straight league fixture without a first-half effort on target. Fair enough, that hardly screams “back the over 1.5.” But bear in mind those outings came against strong domestic opposition who are quite used to Tottenham’s style of play. Plus, Spurs themselves are drifting through a rough spell. I’m banking on a shift here based on what I saw last Tuesday. Slavia Prague might need some time to settle inside the 62k Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, throughout which Tottenham can find the net.

If you fancy that moment arriving and also trust the Czech outfit’s ability to land one of their own, you can fold it into a Bet Builder with Slavia Prague to score anytime across the 90 for a combined price of 9/5.

Team news

Tottenham have six names on the injury list, though plenty look on the verge of pushing back into team-sheet contention. Radu Dragusin and Kota Takai both turned out in a behind-closed-doors friendly last week against Dagenham and Redbridge, with the Japanese defender still waiting on a first club appearance.

Solanke and Kulusevski might not trail far behind either, while James Maddison and Yves Bissouma are expected to miss a large chunk of the remaining months.

From the Czech camp, Filip Horsky, Dominik Javorcek and Petr Sevcik look unlikely to make the trip to London. Oscar Dorley has missed five straight matches through a muscle issue. Ivan Schranz faced a similar problem, and Trpisovsky recently mentioned another health concern with little detail offered, with further tests currently underway.

Tottenham Hotspur vs SK Slavia Prague expected line-ups

Tottenham Hotspur: Vicario; Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Spence;, Sarr, Bentancour, Bergvall; Johnson, Richarlison; Kudus (4-3-3).

SK Slavia Prague: Stanek, Moses, Zima, Chaloupek; Holes, Sadilek, Zafeiris, Mbodji; Provod, Chory; Sanyang. (3-4-3)

Form guide 

Tottenham: DLLLDWLLWD

SK Slavia Prague: WDWWLWWDDD

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