Tottenham Hotspur vs Arsenal Preview

March 2, 2013
By: Deke Hardman

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The battle for a Champions League qualification spot intensifies on Sunday as Tottenham Hotspur welcome North London rivals Arsenal to White Hart Lane.

Spurs go in to the game on the back of Monday evening’s impressive come-from-behind victory at West Ham United, a result which stretched their unbeaten run in the league to an incredible eleven games and put them in pole position ahead of Arsenal to secure a top four finish.

Jermaine Defoe has recovered from an ankle injury, but is expected to start on the bench while Clint Dempsey joins Younes Kaboul, Sandro and Tom Huddlestone on the side-lines.

At 6.0 (5/1) with several firms, man of the moment Gareth Bale is unsurprisingly favourite to get the first goal of the game having scored twelve goals in his last twelve games, whilst former Gunner Emmanuel Adebayor is a 7.5 (13/2) shot with William Hill.

The Welshman is also favourite the be crowned PFA Player of the Year, ahead of Manchester United striker Robin Van Persie and Liverpool’s Luis Suarez.

Andres Villas Boas men are favourites to take all three points with Stan James offering 2.38 (11/8) for the home win, while Arsenal are 3.3 (23/10) with William Hill. The draw is 3.6 (13/5) with Bet 365.

The visitors are also in decent league form, having won four of their last five to keep in touch with the top four.
Full backs Bacary Sagna and Keiran Gibbs are both out through injury, though Abou Diaby could recover from a calf problem in time to feature.

Stan James has both Olivier Giroud and Theo Walcott at 9.0 (8/1) to open the scoring, with Santi Cazorla 13.0 (12/1) with the same firm having netted his sides last three league goals.

Back in November, the reverse fixture ended 5-2 to Arsenal, the same result as when the teams met at the Emirates last season, though Arsene Wenger’s men have not won on their last four visits to White Hart Lane.

With goals often on the agenda in this clash, you could do worse than take advantage of the 5.0 (4/1) on offer from Bet Victor for there to be at least five scored in the match.

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