Weekend Football Betting Tottenham Hotspur v Newcastle United
Sunday 19th April 1.30pm ko Live on Sky
H2H in Premier League
2008/2009 |
21/12/2008 |
Newcastle |
2-1 |
Tottenham |
2007/2008 |
30/03/2008 |
Tottenham |
1-4 |
Newcastle |
22/10/2007 |
Newcastle |
3-1 |
Tottenham |
2006/2007 |
14/01/2007 |
Tottenham |
2-3 |
Newcastle |
23/12/2006 |
Newcastle |
3-1 |
Tottenham |
2005/2006 |
01/04/2006 |
Newcastle |
3-1 |
Tottenham |
31/12/2005 |
Tottenham |
2-0 |
Newcastle |
2004/2005 |
10/04/2005 |
Tottenham |
1-0 |
Newcastle |
21/08/2004 |
Newcastle |
0-1 |
Tottenham |
2003/2004 |
14/03/2004 |
Tottenham |
1-0 |
Newcastle |
13/12/2003 |
Newcastle |
4-0 |
Tottenham r |
HOME/AWAY AVERAGES (LAST 20 GAMES) TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR – HOME
WON |
7 |
35% |
15/8 |
DRAW |
7 |
35% |
15/8 |
LOST |
6 |
30% |
23/10 |
OVER 2.5 GOALS |
6 |
30% |
23/10 |
UNDER 2.5 GOALS |
14 |
70% |
2/5 |
FOUR GOALS OR MORE |
3 |
15% |
11/2 |
0-0 DRAW |
4 |
20% |
4/1 |
NEWCASTLE UNITED – AWAY
WON |
3 |
15% |
11/2 |
DRAW |
8 |
40% |
6/4 |
LOST |
9 |
45% |
6/5 |
OVER 2.5 GOALS |
13 |
65% |
8/15 |
UNDER 2.5 GOALS |
7 |
35% |
15/8 |
FOUR GOALS OR MORE |
6 |
30% |
23/10 |
0-0 DRAW |
3 |
15% |
11/2 |
H2H (LAST 5 SEASONS – 11 LEAGUE GAMES)
OVER 2.5 GOALS |
7 |
64% |
4/7 |
UNDER 2.5 GOALS |
4 |
36% |
7/4 |
FOUR GOALS OR MORE |
6 |
55% |
5/6 |
0-0 DRAW |
0 |
0% |
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THIS SEASONS GOAL AVERAGES PER GAME
THE PREMIERSHIP |
2.5 |
HOME |
AWAY |
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR |
2.3 |
1.6 |
3 |
NEWCASTLE UNITED |
2.8 |
3 |
2.6 |
CURRENT FORM TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR - LAST FIVE GAMES
Premier League |
07/03/2009 |
Sunderland |
1-1 |
Tottenham |
DRAW |
Premier League |
15/03/2009 |
Aston Villa |
1-2 |
Tottenham |
WON |
Premier League |
21/03/2009 |
Tottenham |
1-0 |
Chelsea |
WON |
Premier League |
04/04/2009 |
Blackburn |
2-1 |
Tottenham |
LOST |
Premier League |
11/04/2009 |
Tottenham |
1-0 |
West Ham |
WON |
NEWCASTLE UNITED - LAST FIVE GAMES
Premier League |
04/03/2009 |
Newcastle |
1-2 |
Man Utd |
LOST |
Premier League |
14/03/2009 |
Hull |
1-1 |
Newcastle |
DRAW |
Premier League |
21/03/2009 |
Newcastle |
1-3 |
Arsenal |
LOST |
Premier League |
04/04/2009 |
Newcastle |
0-2 |
Chelsea |
LOST |
Premier League |
11/04/2009 |
Stoke |
1-1 |
Newcastle |
DRAW |
TEAM NEWS Roman Pavlyuchenko and Jermaine Jenas are both struggling with injuries and are rated doubtful. Jermaine Defoe is back in training and could be involved for Tottenham. Obafemi Martins, Steven Taylor Jose Enrique and Peter Lovenkrands are all doubts for Newcastle. Joey Barton remains on the sidelines but Mark Viduka is back in the squad.
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR Squad: Gomes, Corluka, King, Woodgate, Assou-Ekotto, Huddlestone, Lennon, Jenas, Bent, Modric, Keane, Palacios, Pavlyuchenko, Cudicini, Bale, Zokora, Bentley, Dawson, Chimbonda, O’Hara, Hutton, Campbell.
NEWCASTLE UNITED Squad:Harper, Forster, Krul, Beye, Bassong, Coloccini, S. Taylor, Edgar, Cacapa, Butt, Duff, R. Taylor, Gutierrez, Nolan, Guthrie, Lovenkrands, Geremi, Smith, Martins, Owen, Viduka, Carroll, Xisco, Ranger.
TOP SCORERS (LEAGUE ONLY)
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR NEWCASTLE UNITED
PLAYER |
Goals |
PLAYER |
Goals |
Darren Bent |
10 |
Michael Owen |
8 |
Aaron Lennon |
5 |
Obafemi Martins |
7 |
Roman Pavlyuchenko |
5 |
Shola Ameobi |
4 |
Jermaine Jenas |
3 |
Damien Duff |
3 |
Robbie Keane |
3 |
Steven Taylor |
3 |
Jermain Defoe |
2 |
Andrew Carroll |
3 |
THE ORACLE’S MATCH PRICES (100% BOOK)
TOTTENHAM 7/10 59%
DRAW 14/5 26%
NEWCASTLE 11/2 15%
ANALYSIS MATCH: Tottenham are the form team coming into this one with five wins out of seven in the league. They were on course for six out of seven at Blackburn two weeks ago before a poor refereeing decision reduced them to ten men and they conceded two late goals. Tottenham’s form under Harry Redknapp has improved dramatically and they are now on course for a UEFA cup spot. Newcastle are seven games without a win and have won once in sixteen. They are running out of games and have to start winning soon if they are to have any chance of staying up. Alan Shearer will be targeting three points from this one as a draw simply isn’t good enough at this stage of the season. Newcastle actually have a very good recent record against Tottenham, winning the last six in a row. However, those victories came under different managers and with better players. This current Newcastle side has one just three of their last twenty away games and I’ll be very surprised if they make it seven in a row on Sunday. Newcastle have drawn twelve of their thirty two games this season which is more than any other Premiership side. At 3.9 on Betfair, the draw is possibly the value call in this market. However, with the carrot of European football in front of them and a near fully fit squad, I think Spurs will probably take all three points.
GOALS: There is a strong history of high scoring games in this fixture with the last seven in a row featuring three or more and averaging 3.6 goals per game. Newcastle have one of the highest goals per game averages in the division at 2.8 goals per game and have kept just one clean sheet in their last fifteen. It is no coincidence that Shay Given left the club in January. Tottenham on the other hand have only averaged 2.3 goals per game and White Hart Lane has seen fewer goals than any other Premiership ground this season. I think this is partially down to Tottenham struggling in front of goal earlier this season and now that everyone is fit they look to have plenty of goals in the team. There has never been a goal less draw between these two sides in the history of the Premiership. Newcastle have also scored more goals against Spurs than any other Premiership club. I think this could be an open game with both teams going for the win and consequently, I think evens about over 2.5 goals looks a bit of value here.
GOALSCORERS: Robbie Keane is Tottenham’s main goal threat but at 13/8 doesn’t offer particular value. Newcastle’s Michael Owen does appear to be a shade of value at 11/4 to score anytime with PaddyPower. Owen has missed a large part of the season through injury but has fantastic goals to game ratio when he does play. He has had a few games to build up match fitness now and I expect to see his name on the score sheet sooner rather than later.
RECOMMENDATIONS 1pt over 2.5 Goals evens Ladbrokes or 2.04 Betfair
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The Oracle
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