Maribor v Tottenham predictions

Match	Date	Selection	Bet	Odds	Bet now
Maribor v Tottenham predictions Europa League Uefa, International	25/10/2012 19:00	full time result	Tottenham Win	1.73	Bet at Ladbrokes
Betting prediction was written by Anton

MARIBOR V TOTTENHAM PREDICTIONS AND PREVIEW: MATCH STATS AND FACTS

Maribor has made a fantastic start in the SNL this year and lead comfortable with 35 points after 14 games.  They have won 8 of their last 9 SNL matches and look likely to win the title for a 3^rd straight season.  In the Europa League they started with a strong 3-0 home win over Panathinaikos and then narrowly lost 1-0 at Lazio.  They still have a strong chance of progressing form this very tough group.

Tottenham are 5^th in the EPL after picking up 14 points from 8 matches.  Their recent form was strong winning 4 in a row before a loss at home to Chelsea put them back.  They will fill a top 4 finish is a very achievable aim however and should bounce back strongly.

TEAM NEWS AND RUN OF PLAY

Maribor have had a fantastic few years despite little investment in their playing squad.  Their playing squad is made up with a majority of Slovenian players with just a handful of foreigners and the average age of the squad is very low with no outfield player above 30.  The future is bright for them if they can hang onto the talent they have and continue to produce home grown players.

Tottenham are obviously on another level to Maribor in terms of investment and have a huge amount of resources at their disposal.  Despite this in the last few years they have taken in much more from transfers than they have spent, yet the quality of the squad doesn’t seem to have been reduced much.  Astute buys from Harry Redknapp and now Andre Villas-Boas have them punching above their weight by finishing ahead of sides with much higher transfer spends.

Spurs seem to be taking this competition seriously this season with many quotes from AVB indicating he wants to win the competition as he did in his excellent season at Porto.  He has varied his team selection somewhat but the sides he has put out are still premiership class and should be a tough test for Maribor.

MARIBOR V TOTTENHAM PREDICTIONS: 1X2 BETTING PREVIEW

As you would expect Tottenham are strong favourites here despite being the away side.  I feel with their strong team selections so far and their need of a result they will be committed to winning this match.

The 1.73 available with Ladbrokes for a Spurs win is tempting for me and I’ll be going there to back it.

MARIBOR - TOTTENHAM PREDICTIONS: ASIAN HANDICAP PREVIEW

The Asian market gives us the option of backing Tottenham -0.75.  This means half our stake will be on them winning and half will be on them at -1.  If you expect them to pull off a multiple goal victory fairly often then this could be more enticing than the simple 1x2 bet.

BetVictor offer a strong price here of 1.93 on Spurs -0.75

MARIBOR - TOTTENHAM PREDICTIONS: TOTAL GOALS PREVIEW

Maribor’s last 4 matches have averaged just 1 goal which doesn’t bode well for a high scoring game tonight.  The question is whether the level of opposition is anything like Tottenham though, and Spurs matches have averaged 3.6 goals over their previous 5.

This is a tough one to call with the Under a favourite but I think there is some value in backing Over 2.5 Goals with Pinnacle at 2.04.

MARIBOR V TOTTENHAM PREDICTIONS AND PREVIEW: THE END

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