Tottenham Hotspur begin their 2020/21 Europa League campaign with a clash against Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub.
The Lilywhites go into the game on the back of a six-goal thriller in the Premier League against London rivals West Ham United last weekend, although they would have been disappointed to only take a point after being 3-0 up at half-time.
Spurs have already played three times in the competition already, scoring 12 goals in the process, but are coming up against a rather unknown quantity on Thursday night.
Commonly-known as LASK, the Austrian side were somewhat of a surprise package in the Europa League last season as they emerged from a group that contained Sporting CP and PSV Eindhoven.
A round of 32 clash against AZ Alkmaar was comfortably negotiated which set-up quarter-final tie against Manchester United.
The Red Devils progressed 7-1 on aggregate either side of lockdown, but head coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's comments about LASK ahead of the first-leg provides an insight as to what's in store for Jose Mourinho's side at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
"Absolutely no chance. They are ahead of Salzburg in the league," Solskjaer said. "We’ve seen them knock out Alkmaar quite easily, really comfortably.
"This is a tough game. They play a certain style of football they are used to – high energy, high tempo, they’re very good at set-pieces and know the system.
"So this is going to be a challenge for our boys."
In addition, the United boss was able to get an inside scoop on LASK from Bruno Fernandes as the midfielder played against them in the group phase whilst still at Sporting CP.
"To be fair, when we got the draw, it was useful that Bruno was there," Solskjaer added. "He said it’s going to be a very tough game. They lost against them but won 2-1 at home.
"They lost away from home but obviously he mentioned he didn’t play in that one! He said it will be a hard game for us and the players must be ready."
Solskjaer's comments about how good LASK are at set-pieces could be a concern for Spurs.
Two of the goals conceded against the Hammers were from set-pieces and Mourinho has called on his side to defend better in these situations.
"We just need to defend better from set-pieces," he said in his pre-match press conference. "We’ve conceded just one goal from open play against Southampton."
