Shamrock vs Tottenham Hotspur (UEFA Europa League Thursday, December 15, 2011)

Watch Shamrock vs Tottenham Hotspur live UEFA Europa League Group A on Thursday, December 15, 2011 18:00 GMT at Tallaght Stadium.

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Tottenham Hotspur beat Shamrock Rovers 3-1 in the first meeting of the two teams at White Hart Lane. It was Tottenham that lower tier player behind 0-1 they actually scored first through Stephen Rice in the second round. But Tottenham immediately pursue and create three goals in 5 minutes through Roman Pavlyuchenko, Jermain Defoe, and Giovani Dos Santos.

Tottenham currently sit in the rank-3 Group A with seven points from five matches, three points adrift of Rubin Kazan on it. Tottenham need a big win over Shamrock if you want to keep hoping to qualify from Group A, and hope Rubin Kazan defeated PAOK. On the other hand, although Shamrock was knocked out, they certainly do not want to go home with zero points.

Tottenham's record against Irish teams is to win four times, drew once, and yet invincible.

Tottenham last three away games on the European stage is won once, drew once and lost once.

Shamrock has the worst defense in the Europa League group stage this season, has conceded 15 goals in five matches.

Shamrock has just managed to win the Irish League for the 17th time, at once became the team's most successful football throughout Ireland.

Tottenham did not seem too seriously compete in the Europa League. Since the first game, coach Harry Redknapp is always lower tier player both.