Thomas Frank has made an impressive start as Tottenham Hotspur boss and will now be looking to get off to a Champions League flier against Villarreal.
When you're inheriting a squad who finished fourth bottom of the Premier League, you wouldn't expect to be looking forward to games against Europe's elite.
But that's the strange scenario Frank finds himself in after Ange Postecoglou led Spurs to Europa League glory last term while presiding over a disastrous domestic campaign.
The former Brentford boss has won three of his four league games, including a 3-0 victory at West Ham on Saturday that brought up a 14/1 scorer bet in Saturday's football tips.
Now Tottenham begin their Champions League campaign with a visit from a Villarreal side who finished fifth in La Liga last term.
Unai Emery memorably steered them to the semi-finals of this tournament four seasons ago but this is the first time they've been back with Europe's elite since then.
There's plenty of stability at Villarreal, with Marcelino now into his third campaign as boss, and Saturday's 2-0 loss at Atletico Madrid was their first defeat of the season.
How the bookies view it: Spurs odds-on favourites
Premier League sides are usually favourites in Europe unless they're facing one of the big boys and BoyleSports have Spurs at 20/23 for this one. Villarreal are 16/5 outsiders and the draw pays 5/2.
Head to head: Villarreal chase more English joy
This is the first time these sides have faced off but Villarreal have taken on English opposition 23 times, losing just nine of those games inside 90 minutes.
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Georges Mikautadze was Villarreal's big summer and made his debut against Atletico after arriving from Lyon. The Georgian showed in Euro 2024 how dangerous he is and the striker is 5/4 to score or assist. He's also 6/5 at Bet365 just to have an effort on target.
Probable line-ups
Tottenham look set to be without Dominic Solanke again while Dejan Kulsevski, James Maddison and Radu Dragusin are out long-term.
Villarreal also have a few issues, with Pau Cabanes, Gerard Moreno, Willy Kambawala and Logan Costa on the sidelines.
Tottenham Hotspur: Vicario, Porro, Van de Ven, Romero, Spence, Palhinha, Sar, Bentancur, Kudus, Richarlison, Johnson.
Villarreal: Luiz Junior, Foyth, R Veiga, Mourino, Cardona, Parejo, Partey, Buchanan, Moleiro, Mikautadze Pepe.
Anything else catch the eye?
Frank has only lost one game since taking charge but that came at home to a Bournemouth side bossed by Andoni Iraloa. He has the Cherries playing like a La Liga side and they totally dominated that game.
That makes me think Villarreal could get a bit of joy in this one so I'm going to combine BTTS with over 2.5 goals at 11/10 with BoyleSports.
Former Arsenal star Thomas Partey will receive a hostile reception if he starts for the Spaniards. The midfielder looks a good candidate for a card at 7.4 with Bet365, who also have him at 10/11 for over 1.5 fouls.
Tottenham have been a threat from set-pieces under Frank and both central defenders would have scored at West Ham had Cristian Romero not been harshly penalised for a slight push.
The Argentine stopper could be worth a punt at 12/5 with Bet365 to get an effort on target here.
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