Tottenham Hotspur start their Europa League group campaign on Thursday night when they travel to Serbia to face Partizan.

Mauricio Pochettino's side saw off Cypriot outfit AEL Limassol 5-1 on aggregate in qualifying to book their place in Group C of the competition.

Spurs have begun the new Premier League season in positive fashion, taking seven points from a possible 12 so far. Their last outing came on Saturday with a 2-2 draw at Sunderland.

Meanwhile, Partizan are currently at the top of their domestic league with a perfect record of five wins out of five.

The Serbians, who are managed by Marko Nikolic, dropped down to the Europa League after suffering a shock defeat to Ludogorets Razgrad in Champions League qualifying.

Jan Vertonghen is expected to miss out for the visitors after sitting out their draw away to Sunderland with a thigh injury, while Roberto Soldado and Kyle Walker remain sidelined.

Recent form

Partizan: WWWWWW

Spurs: WWWWLD

Possible starting lineups

Partizan: Lukac; Ilic, Vulicevic, Stankovic, Petrovic; Drincic, Grbic, Markovic, Pantic; Lazovic, Skuletic

Spurs: Lloris; Dier, Kaboul, Chiriches, Rose; Capoue, Dembele; Eriksen, Stambouli, Chadli; Adebayor

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