What Tottenham need to do to qualify for automatic Champions League knockouts
Tottenham Hotspur are still very much in the race for an automatic spot in the round of 16 of the Champions League despite their defeat against Paris Saint-Germain.
Spurs’ 5-3 loss to PSG was the first defeat of their Champions League campaign and leaves Thomas Frank’s men in 16th place.
Finishing in the top eight will ensure direct passage to the round of 16 stage, while teams who finish from nine to 24 will play an additional playoff round.
Spurs will still believe they have a great chance of securing a top-eight finish, given the fixtures they have left.
How many of their three Champions League games do Tottenham need to win?
Despite being in 16th place in the table, Spurs are just two points off a top-eight spot after five fixtures.
The Lilywhites have two back-to-back home games against Slavia Prague and Borussia Dortmund up next before travelling to Eintracht Frankfurt in the final game of the league phase.
12 points were enough last season for teams to secure a top eight spot, and if that proves to be the case again this season, Tottenham may only need four points from their three remaining fixtures.
Winning two of their three remaining games would see Spurs finish with 14 points, which could still give them a smaller chance of squeezing into the top eight.
One more win will be enough for Spurs to secure passage into the knockouts
Slavia Prague are languishing in 31st place in the table, having accumulated just three points in their five matches so far.
Tottenham will fancy their chances of beating the Czech side at home, and doing so will take them up to 11 points.
That tally is almost certain to be enough for a top 24 spot, which will take the North Londoners into the knockouts and leave them potentially needing just one more win from their remaining two matches for a top eight finish.
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