Tottenham are marginal favourites to win away at Marseille on Tuesday and win they must in order to remain masters of their own destiny.
Marseille have won just once in their past five Ligue 1 games.
Spurs remain third in the Premier League after an added-time winner against Bournemouth at the weekend.
Conte’s contract expires at the end of the season and, while speculation is rife, the smart money has to be on the Italian waiting to see what the January transfer window yields.
English winter windows are rarely seminal for anyone, but it is of note that Daniel Levy broke with tradition last January and the acquisitions of Rodrigo Bentancur and Dejan Kulusevski were comparatively exceptional.