Saturday lunchtime sees a traditionally entertaining Premier League fixture when Spurs host Manchester City at White Hart Lane. Kick-Off 12:45 BST.
Spurs are coming into this game having won their first home match of the season, 1-0 over Crystal Palace. This was Spurs' second 1-0 victory on the bounce and now after 6 matches they sit in 9th place on 9 points. Indeed Mauricio Pochettino’s side have only tasted defeat once this season, and that was a 0-1 loss at Old Trafford on the opening day of the season. Spurs' recent home record reads a decent looking W8, D5, L2.
When playing the top sides in the Premier League Spurs record reads a reasonable looking W4, D2, L4 and Spurs can be backed at around 4.20.
The recent head-to-head record at White Hart Lane is very mixed and reads Spurs 2 wins, 1 Draw and Man City 2 wins.
If you fancy Spurs to do well here then you are certainly best keeping the draw on your side and they can be backed on the handicap +0.5 goals at around 2.00.
The draw can be backed at around 3.80 and this looks to offer some decent value.
Manchester City are coming into this game on the back of a very poor 1-2 home defeat to West Ham at the Etihad last Saturday, and this put a stop to a previously, impressive 5 game winning run. Manchester City currently top the table on 15 points which is 2 ahead of near neighbours United, and City’s recent away record reads a strong looking W9, D2, L4.
When facing teams of Spurs' grading, City’s away record reads a decent looking W6, D1, L3 and Manuel Pellegrini’s side can be backed at around 1.95.
As far as goals are concerned then the stats point to Overs. When looking at both sides' last 10 home and away matches to similar opposition we can see that in the 20 games 8 have seen 4 or more goals scored, 5 games have seen 3 goals and 7 matches have seen 2 or less goals scored. My ratings suggest value in backing Over 2.5/3.0 goals at around 2.00.
This should be a very good game to start the weekend’s Premier League action. Spurs are a very solid team at White Hart Lane and they have only lost 2 of their last 16 home games. However here they are coming up against a Manchester City side that have now won their last 5 away games on the bounce. My ratings suggest no real value on the match line.
For my trade I am turning to the goal line where backing overs in Spurs games this season has already cost us twice. However with 7 of Manchester City’s last 10 away games to teams of Spurs grading seeing at least 3 goals, my ratings suggest this is still the value call. So my recommended trade is Over 2.5/3.0 goals at around 2.00.