Burnely vs Tottenham Hotspur Preview

January 5, 2015
By: Deke Hardman

FA-cup

Burnley welcome Tottenham Hotspur to Turf Moor on Monday evening, in the third of four all-Premier League FA Cup third round ties.

The hosts, who have won the competition on two occasions, have lost three of their last eight league games despite being odds on favourites for relegation back to the Championship.

Manager Sean Dyche will be forced into a number of changes, with Jason Shackell, Dean Marney and Kevin Long all out after they were all withdrawn during the first half of Thursday’s 3-3 draw at Newcastle United.

Top scorer Danny Ings is widely available at 7.5 (13/2) to get the first goal of the game, ahead of Ashley Barnes who is a 10.0 (9/1) chance with Bet 365.

The home win is generously priced at 4.6 (18/5) with Bet 365, with the visitors odds on favourites at 1.85 (17/20) with Bet Victor, who have the draw at 3.8 (14/5).

Mauricio Pochettino’s side are in great form, with five wins in their last six matches in all competitions including Thursday’s remarkable 5-3 win over league leaders Chelsea.

They are now just two points off a top four spot, are in the knockout stages of the Europa League and have a League Cup semi-final with Sheffield United too look forward to but will be keen to progress in a competition that they haven’t won since 1991.

Nabil Bentaleb is unavailable after joining up with Algeria for the Africa Cup of Nations while Ryan Mason and Erik Lamela are both doubtful with respective hamstring and calf problems.

Harry Kane, who continued his superb form with an impressive brace last time out, is unsurprisingly favourite to open the scoring at 5.5 (9/2) with Bet Victor, while Christian Eriksen is an 8.5 (15/2) chance with Bet 365.

Kane opened the scoring in Spurs’ 2-1 win over the Clarets at White Hart Lane just over two weeks ago, and a win for the North London with both teams scoring in the game this time around can be backed at 3.85 (37/13) with 888 Sport, while the same firm offer odds of 1.81 (13/16) for there to be at least three goals in the game as there has been in each of the last twelve meetings between the sides.

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