Portsmouth v Tottenham Preview

Tottenham are currently in 9th position and Jacques Santini has tightened up the team defensively?.so much so that Tottenham are still unbeaten away, and have kept clean sheets in four of their five matches. Sure?they haven't been setting the world on fire in front of goals, but this Tottenham side has a discipline to it, which gets results. This is reflected in the odds. At Stan James we bet?.Portsmouth?.7/4, The Draw?..11/5, Tottenham?..11/8. It's a difficult game to call though. Tottenham are the form side. Tight at the back?.they will be well marshaled and will give Pompey few opportunities, but you still get the feeling that they are no world beaters. Pompey will not be overawed. Harry Redknapp has riches in attack at Fratton Park, with Yakubu, Lua Lua, Fuller and now Kamara all vying for the starting line up, and this competition for places can only reap rewards for Pompey. They will always score goals with players like these and Harry knows it??what he must do is shore up his defence. Michael Carrick returns for Tottenham and he'll see this as a chance to shine, as they are without the services of Jamie Redknapp and Sean Davies. He's a 10/1 chance to score first. Jermaine Defoe, Robbie Keane, and Freddy Kanoute are all available, so Spurs will fancy their chances of at least getting on the score sheet. There will be a little bit of an edge tonight and you can see that bookings might be high. The TV cameras always raise the tempo. It's one of those games where you could see any result happening. Tottenham are worthy favourites because they have that little bit of extra class?..but Pompey are quite capable of winning this. The draw would seem the obvious result?but I'm sitting firmly on the fence?click on www.stanjames.com for the full list of markets