ARSENAL VS TOTTENHAM STARTING LINEUPS FOR THE CARLING CUP
We’re just a short period away from kick-off in the most anticipated fixture from Tuesday’s Carling Cup action. It is interesting to see Arsenal listing a side that doesn’t have an average age of 13 for a Carling Cup side. Rosicky, Nasri and Wilshere et al. aren’t exactly who were expecting to see but you reckon that just makes it a bit more of a match. The atmosphere should be incredible and both sides will desperately want the victory.
Another variable for tonight’s fixture is Arsene Wenger sitting out the match to serve a ban he picked up in their last fixture.
Here are the starting lineups for Arsenal vs Tottenham in the Carling Cup:
Arsenal: Fabianski, Eboue, Koscielny, Djourou, Gibbs, Lansbury, Denilson, Wilshere, Nasri, Rosicky, Vela
Spurs: Pletikosa, Naughton, Bassong, Caulker, Assou-Ekotto, Bentley, Livermore, Palacios, Sandro, Pavlyuchenko, Giovani
Popular bookmaker William Hill is offering up over 185 markets on this one and it really looks like they are favouring Spurs. Both sides are trading at 13/8 outright prices to win in 90 minutes but Tottenham are getting a 4/6 edge over 11/10 Arsenal in the outright qualification market. This last bet includes extra time or penalties.
The favoured correct score draw is a 1-1 result with a 13/2 price tag and one of the things that stands out is the fact that all the correct scorelines are priced identically for this one. A 1-0 result is listed at 10/1 with 2-0 at 14/1. A 2-1 result either way is trading at 17/2 and 3-0 trades at 25/1. A 2-2 draw would be quite plausible and you can back that at a 12/1 price.
The over/under on goals is set at 2.5 and the over is getting the edge with a 6/10 price while under 2.5 is trading at 5/4. Over 3.5 goals is listed at 13/8 while under 3.5 trades at 4/9.
This match could very well wind up 0-0 at half-time, so this is a fixture that could be more defined by the substitutions than the starting lineups.