YOUNG BOYS VS TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR CHAMPIONS LEAGUE BETTING PREDICTIONS
Spurs travel to Switzerland today looking to get an edge on a group of Young Boys. Alright, I've gotten it out of the way and I promise we won't have a single Michael Jackson reference. Tottenham got their Premier League campaign off to a stuttering start in their opening fixture against Manchester City. They looked a little light up front and I think that Harry Redknapp will reorganize things a bit and look to play his first-choice team in this fixture.
Spurs, despite being the vistors, are the odds-on favourites for the win here with a 7/10 price tag. Young Boys can be backed at 19/5 while the draw is trading at 11/4.
You get the feeling that Spurs will try to effectively end the tie in this match so that they can likely deploy a second-string side in the next stage of the competition.
If you're looking for the outright qualification odds, you can back Spurs at a 1/7 price while Young Boys are 4/1 to go through to the next stage.
One of the best bets available in this fixture is Spurs to take both legs of the half-time/full-time market. William Hill is pricing Spurs/Spurs at an 8/5 price and I would suggest that fans of the White Hart Lane club jump all over that bet.
Jermain Defoe is the only player in the match listed at an odds-on price to score at any point in the match. He's trading at a 4/5 price while you can back him at 10/3 to score first or last. Defoe is 7/2 to get two or more and he's 20/1 to score a hat-trick. Roman Pavluychenko is priced at 5/4 anytime and 5/1 to score first or last.
Peter Crouch is priced at 6/4 anytime but I would wait to see his name on the team sheet as I wouldn't have a bet if he's not in the starting lineup.
I think Gareth Bale is a nice choice to score anytime if he's starting here and you can back him at a solid 4/1 anytime price.
For Young Boys, they'll be looking to Henri Bienvenu at 15/8 anytime while Moreno Costanzo is priced at 2/1 anytime. Marco Schneuwly and Dario Dussin are both listed at 9/4.
I think we'll see Spurs come out and try to end this one early. The defence should be able to keep Young Boys from scoring and if Spurs can keep possession and move the ball around easily then I reckon they'll take this one. I think Defoe will be looking to get his confidence back together here and he's likely to have a very big match.