The race for the Premiership title took another turn yesterday with Everton’s win over Arsenal in Sean Dyche’s first match in charge of the Toffees.
That’s opened the door for Manchester City to close the gap to just two points if they can win in north London this afternoon.
Spurs stand in their way and while they won’t want to do the Gunners any favours they’re involved in their own battle for a seat at Europe’s top table in the Champions League. A win would take them just a point off Newcastle in fourth who were held by West Ham yesterday.
The big stat ahead of the game is that City have never scored, let alone won, at the new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. However Spurs have lost all five matches against teams currently above them in the table. So something’s got give.
Antonio Conte looks likely to miss the match as he recovers from surgery and his presence will be keenly missed on the Spurs’ touchline. As if this Tottenham side weren’t unpredictable enough.
The match pits the league’s two top scorers against each other. Harry Kane is having a terrific season with 16 goals but is a distant second to the goal machine Erling Haaland on 25.
Kane is 13/8 (bet365) to score his what would be his 200th Premier League goal, placing him in esteemed company alongside Wayne Rooney and Alan Shearer. A goal would also earn him his place in the Tottenham Hotspur history books as the clubs’ greatest ever scorer, surpassing Jimmy Greaves’ 267 goals for the club.
At the other end Haaland is a 4/5 shot to get his name on the scoresheet. He’s scored in 18 of 31 appearances. The odds imply a 44.4% chance, but he’s done it 58% of the time so there’s potentially a bit of value there.
Despite their recent poor record at Spurs the visitors are 7/10 to win and you’d think they’re unlikely to let the chance to close the gap on Arsenal pass them by.
With the league’s top marsken on the pitch goals look guranteed. Over 2.5 goals pays 4/6.
In the Scottish Premiership Celtic have responded whenever Rangers have put them under any kind of pressure and they must do as again today to re-establish their nine point lead at the top of the table.
It’s a lunchtime appointment in Perth for Ange Postecoglou’s men who needed a 95th minute winner to claim all three points last time they visited St Johnstone‘s McDiarmid Park.
The Saintees haven’t beaten Celtic in 25 attempts but they’re seldom embarrassed on their own turf so Celtic may need to be patient once more. That’s never usually a problem for the Hoops who have scored a goal after the 75th minute in 75% (9 of 12) of their away league games this season. No one in the Premiership has conceded more goals in the last 15 minutes than St Johnstone.
Best we can do at Bet365 is a goal after 77:59 at 5/6 which gives us 12 minutes plus whatever David Dickinsons adds at the end of the match.
Super Singles
- Man City win & Over 2.5 match goals 6/4 Bet365
- Harry Kane to score 13/8 Bet365
- St Johnstone v Celtic – Goal after 77:59 5/6 Bet365
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Today’s Racing Tips
It’s day 2 of the Leopardstown Festival and Rizzel has picked out two selections in the big handicap and Ladbrokes Novice Chase.
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