Norwich City vs Tottenham Hotspur Preview

February 22, 2014
By: Deke Hardman

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The weekend’s Premier League action concludes at Carrow Road where seventeenth place Norwich City host top-four chasing Tottenham Hotspur.

The Canaries sit just a point above the relegation zone, and will be desperate to pick up all three points with eighteenth place Sunderland having a game in hand over them.

Their defeat at West Ham United last time out stretched their winless run to four games, while they have only been victorious once since they took all three points from West Bromwich Albion at the Hawthorns in early December.

Jonny Howson’s fitness will be assessed ahead of the game, but Ryan Bennet, Jonas Gutierrez, Michael Turner and Elliot Bennet are all definitely out.

One time Tottenham target Gary Hooper is 8.5 (15/2) to open the scoring with Stan James with Ricky van Wolfswinkel widely available at a price of 12.0 (11/1).

The home win is 4.0 (3/1) with Betfred, with Spurs available at 2.15 (23/20) with Bet 365, who offer 3.5 (5/2) for the draw.

Tim Sherwood’s men lost the first leg of their Europa League last 32 tie with Dnipro 1-0 on Thursday evening, while last time out in the league they thumped Newcastle United 4-0 at St James’ Park.

They began the weekend just three points behind fourth place Liverpool, but with the Reds hosting Swansea City ahead of this match, there is a chance that that gap will have been extended.

A number of first team players who were rested midweek, such as Hugo Lloris, Kyle Walker, Aaron Lennon and Emmanuel Adebayor are all expected to be recalled to the starting line-up, despite the latter reportedly carrying a leg injury.

Adebayor, who has eight goals in just eleven league appearances this season, is favourite to open the scoring at 6.5 (11/2) with most firms, with Roberto Soldado a 7.0 (6/1) shot with Paddy Power.

A brace from Gylfi Sigurdsson secured a 2-0 victory for the North Londoners when the sides faced each other at White Hart Lane back in September, while last season’s corresponding fixture finished all square at 1-1.

With ten of Tottenham’s fifteen league victories coming without them conceding, you may be tempted to back them to win to nil once again at 3.7 (27/10) with Coral.

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