Tuesday, September 09, 2008
EPL Tottenham vs Aston Villa
Well Spurs got a very lucky but at the end a deserved draw away at Chelsea. If it wasn’t for that lucky deflection to Bent there is no way they would score. They hardly threatened the Chelsea’s defence but their back four was absolutely awesome.
Gomes looked very good in goal and made no mistake about it, although Spurs are known as a attacking team. Keeping King and Woodgate healthy will be the key to winning games. They are definitely one of the best defensive partnerships in the EPL and it showed against Chelsea.
The home team are desperately missing their attacking threats from last season in Malbranque, Keane and Berbatov though.
Roman Pavluechenko is expected to make his debut and will be a welcome addition to the depleting frontline. He is a very impressive player but whether or not he can cut it in the EPL is another question.
I personally believe he will struggle to have 60% of the impact Berbatov had in his first season. But providing he can reach close to that mark then he will still have plenty of time to improve and will prove to be a real steal.
Well we all know about Villa and their inconsistency. They love to play attractive football that’s why they struggle to get results away from home.
They are just not solid enough and because you always expect the home team to create chances a lot of the time they find themselves behind and chasing the game. Villa will be a dangerous and unpredictable team this season. I expect their players to be more motivated and concentrated against the bigger teams but less so against the lower teams. With that said I think they will switch on this game against Spurs.
However I just feel that the handicap is in Tottenham’s favour and I have no doubt had Spurs not struggled so far the handicap will be a lot higher. I think the results against Chelsea would have given them more believe to kick start the season and they will be more hungry for their first win in front of the home crowd.
7 units home win –0.25 @ 1.80 with bet 365.com
Gomes looked very good in goal and made no mistake about it, although Spurs are known as a attacking team. Keeping King and Woodgate healthy will be the key to winning games. They are definitely one of the best defensive partnerships in the EPL and it showed against Chelsea.
The home team are desperately missing their attacking threats from last season in Malbranque, Keane and Berbatov though.
Roman Pavluechenko is expected to make his debut and will be a welcome addition to the depleting frontline. He is a very impressive player but whether or not he can cut it in the EPL is another question.
I personally believe he will struggle to have 60% of the impact Berbatov had in his first season. But providing he can reach close to that mark then he will still have plenty of time to improve and will prove to be a real steal.
Well we all know about Villa and their inconsistency. They love to play attractive football that’s why they struggle to get results away from home.
They are just not solid enough and because you always expect the home team to create chances a lot of the time they find themselves behind and chasing the game. Villa will be a dangerous and unpredictable team this season. I expect their players to be more motivated and concentrated against the bigger teams but less so against the lower teams. With that said I think they will switch on this game against Spurs.
However I just feel that the handicap is in Tottenham’s favour and I have no doubt had Spurs not struggled so far the handicap will be a lot higher. I think the results against Chelsea would have given them more believe to kick start the season and they will be more hungry for their first win in front of the home crowd.
7 units home win –0.25 @ 1.80 with bet 365.com
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