Man Utd v Spurs Betting Odds Tips
Man Utd v Spurs, Sunday 14:00 (BBC1)
Tottenham go into this match with confidence riding high after the 5-1 drubbing of fierce rivals Arsenal in the Carling Cup, a display that shows all the positives of Juande Ramos’ revitalised side. However, travelling to Old Trafford is never a desired trip, especially when United are in their current form. With the likes of Ronaldo, Rooney and Tevez in red-hot form this season, the Tottenham defence are in for a torrid time. With both sides in winning form, expect this to be a highly contested and entertaining game of football. Considering United’s consistency this season, bookmakers have priced them as favourites, with Better offering 2/5 on an home win, whereas Tottenham have been given odds of 13/2 (VCBet) to get all 3 points.
BGbet are offering to refund all losing first goalscorer bets on Man Utd v Tottenham if Ryan Giggs scores at anytime in this match.
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Given their assault on yet another Premiership title and the Champions League it’s hard to believe this isn’t bottom of Sir Alex Ferguson’s priorities this term but his side have such a fantastic record in this competition that it’s still not difficult to see why the bookmakers have priced the home side up so short.
United come into this on the back of four straight victories scoring 11 goals and conceding none in the process while the returns of Paul Scholes and Gary Neville, both now back in the reckoning after long term injuries, is a significant boost to Sir Alex Ferguson’s squad. Despite neither being likely starters, the home side are still likely to give one or two of the so called fringe players a rare outing and the likes of John O’Shea, Nani and Darren Fletcher could all figure.
Spurs are likely to field a strong side with Robbie Keane and Dimitra Berbatov leading the line, a partnership that is capable of giving any defence in the world a hard time on their day, while Jermaine Jenas, who was outstanding against North London rivals Arsenal on Tuesday, is really developing as a player under the new management.
Spurs manager Juande Ramos has a proven pedigree in cup competitions having helped Sevilla win the Uefa Cup, Uefa Super Cup, Copa del Rey and the Supercopa de Espana during his time in Spain.
If his side display the same sort of cutting edge to their football that they did on Tuesday night against Arsenal then they will give the Champions something to think about. Despite the Red Devils having an impressive recent record against the North Londoners, (unbeaten in 13 outings and winning 11 of those meetings), the visitors will come here full of confidence and they make a fair bit of appeal at BP 13-2, while the much under rated Robbie Keane will be a constant threat to Ferdinand and Vidic. The Irishman looks decent value to notch at some point in the game (BP 9-2).
Man Utd v Spurs Team News
Anderson is available after missing the victory against Reading because of a domestic matter, but Louis Saha (knee) and Gary Neville (ankle) are still out.
Pascal Chimbonda is suspended for Tottenham and striker Darren Bent is still out with a knee injury.
Also sidelined for the visitors are Benoit-Assou Ekotto (knee), Gareth Bale (foot) and Anthony Gardner (ankle).
Manchester United (from): Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Brown, O’Shea, Simpson, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Fletcher, Nani, Park, Scholes, Ronaldo, Anderson, Carrick, Hargreaves, Giggs, Rooney, Saha, Tevez.
Tottenham (from): Cerny, Robinson, Stalteri, Gunter, Lee, King, Dawson, Kaboul, Jenas, Rocha, Huddlestone, Tainio, Boateng, O’Hara, Taarabt, Defoe, Berbatov, Keane.
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