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Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City Odds: Defoe Can Secure Points for Spurs

Tottenham take on big spending Manchester City this weekend at White Hart Lane in a game that carries tremendous significance for both clubs, even though it is only the opening game of the new season. Most Bookmakers have Spurs as favourites to take the three points with a best price of 7/5 offered by Bet365, who quote City at 2/1 with the draw being a 23/10 option.

Spurs boss, Harry Redknapp has not added to his squad this season but it is known that he is a big admirer of City’s Craig Bellamy, who looks likely to be left out of the team by City. Nonetheless he has a strong line up at his disposal and is almost certain to select the Crouch/Defoe partnership to lead the attack.

2010/11 Premier League Odds Comparison

On recent head to head form then it is Spurs who easily come out on top, indeed they secured the double over City last season, including winning this fixture 3-0 where Defoe scored one of the goals. The odds of Spurs repeating that scoreline, no matter how unlikely are very tempting at 22/1 with bet365 - £220 for a £10 bet looks too good to miss.

Spurs v Man City LIVE on Sky Sports 1 at 12.45 on 14 August.

With £50m spent by City so far this season means that the new Board at Eastlands will be looking for an immediate return on their investment, which puts a mountain of pressure on the shoulders of City boss, Roberto Mancini. He knows that a losing start at White Hart Lane will put him under extreme pressure, especially with a home fixture against Liverpool next and Sunderland away next week. It is a daunting period for Mancini whose team lost four of its six pre-season matches, including a 0-3 defeat by European Champions, Inter Milan a couple of weeks ago.

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For our money we are going to stick our necks and back Spurs to get off to a winning start, but believe that there will be only one goal in it by the end of the 90 minutes. We would consider backing any of the following Correct Score Betting Options:

1-0 Win Spurs – 7/1 (Win £70 for £10 Bet)
2-1 win Spurs – 17/2 (Win £85 for £10 Bet)
3-2 Win Spurs – 28/1 (Win £280 for £10 Bet).

These Odds are available via Bet365 Bookmakers.

First Goalscorer Market

Most soccer punters like to bet on who will score the first goal in a match and Bet365.com offer the following odds:

11/2 Jermaione Defoe
11/2 Emmanuel Adebayor
11/2 Roman Pavlyuchenko
6/1 Carlos Tevez
6/1 Peter Crouch
7/1 Robbie Keane
10/1 David Silva

Spurs v Man City Match Odds

7/5 Spurs
2/1 City
23/10 Draw

Posted: Friday, 13th August 2010
Author: Rodney Wise
Tags: english premiership, white hart lane, tottenham hotspur, manchester city, bet365,

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