TOTTENHAM CLEAR FAVOURITES TO TAKE WEST BROM: ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE: BETTING ODDS AND PREDICTIONS
Spurs line up against Roberto Di Matteo's West Bromwich Albion this Saturday, after what has been a somewhat tumultuous start to the season. Currently sitting at an unflattering 11th on the log, Spurs will most certainly be looking to put this right against Premier League returners/new boys West Bromwich Albion.
Spurs will be itching to kick start their season which has included an impressive display against City, a win at Stoke, qualification for the group stages of the Champions League - however completely halted by a home loss to Wigan.
Peter Crouch has been quoted on Tottenham’s club website as stating that the team will to be wary of West Brom's home form -underlining that the game will be made all the more difficult by newly promoted teams reputation for battling for every point, as well as clear cut intentions to win home games wherever possible. This was made to be all the more clear with the Hawthorns when they put Sunderland to the sword in their only home game of the season thus far. Wigan are having to take a step back with the news on Thursday that Graham Dorrans is a likely doubt for Saturday clash- which also saw him miss Scotland's win over Liechtenstein earlier in the week.
However, in my opinion this should be a match that the big-spending North Londoners could seal up pretty easily. Betfair have Spurs set to win at a very tempting 2.2, with West Brom at a surprisingly flattering 3.9. One must feel that a class outfit such as Spurs simply cannot afford another slip up, and will come out methodical in their approach.
Betfair are also offering some rather lucrative odds on goal predictions with a 2-0 result the way of Spurs netting odds of 12 even, and a 3-0 result at 23 even. For Tottenham to win both halves you will find yourself netting odds at 6.2. A West Brom win- being underdogs in this clash- clearly show with a 1-0 win set at 13, and a 2-0 win at 24 evens- a great return for those venturing on the wilder side.
With Jermaine Defoe officially out of the running on the back of his midweek injury for England, Peter Crouch heads up the list of most likely to open the scoring as well as to score at any given time , with William hill setting him at a juicy 7.0, and 2.75 respectively. Roman Pavlyuchenko comes in at 7.5 and 2.87 for the same bet. Marc-Antoine Fortune fresh off his return from Scottish side Celtic see's himself thrown right into the mix with being odds on favourites to open the scoring for West Brom at 9.0. Oddly enough he shares this list with two others in the forms of Nigerian-Russian Peter Odemwingie and Czech international Roman Bednar, with all three set at odds of 13.0 to score at some point in the game.
Betfair also offer some great scenario placements with what many are considering to be the pick with 'Both Teams to Score' set at 1.8...rather enticing considering how this game is currently poised...
With Spurs blowing hot and cold, supporters and the betting public alike are somewhat reserved in their assumptions of how this one will go. However, from a sane sports fans perspective...Spurs will wrap this up easily. This team is simply too good, and contains too much depth, to let the White Hart lane faithful bear witness to another slip up on what can potentially be a fantastic, and record breaking season. As you will undoubtedly hear from the away- corner this Saturday...'Oh when the Spurs go marching on!!