The Uefa Champions League Round of 16 returns on Tuesday night and Spurs face a tough task, 1-0 down and having to do the travelling for the second leg of the clash with RB Leipzig.
RB Leipzig
The match result betting for the first leg had an open look about it, the game was staged back on the 19th February and a second half penalty from Werner earned Leipzig a 1-0 win in London. The Bundesliga side were full value for the victory in what is their debut in the knockout rounds. Their only previous appearance in the Champions League saw them bow out at the group stage in the 2017/18 season.
RB Leipzig came through a very competitive Group G, finishing top of the quartet ahead of Lyon with Benfica and Zenit missing out. Leipzig finished their group with a record of 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat and they scored exactly 2 goals in 5 of their 6 group matches. The 1 defeat came in a home game, 2-0 to Lyon whilst other home fixtures delivered a 2-1 win over Zenith and 2-2 draw with Benfica.
In Germany's Bundesliga 1 Leipzig are in third spot, 1 point shy of Dortmund and 2 points behind leaders Bayern Munich who have a game in hand. They have won 7 of 12 home games, drawing another 4 and losing 1, scoring 32 goals and conceding 13.
In the outright betting RB Leipzig are generally an 18/1 (from 33/1) chance to go on and lift the trophy.
Spurs
Spurs have a mountain to climb to stay in the tournament and their chances are not helped by the absence of long term injury victims Kane and Son up front. Last season Spurs beat Dortmund home and away in the Round of 16 to go through 4-0 on aggregate and they went on to reach the final where they lost to Liverpool.
Spurs finished as runners up to Bayern Munich in Group B. They lost home and away to the group's winners but they thrashed Red Star 4-0 away from home and drew 2-2 at Olympiakos.
Since the first leg of this clash Spurs lost back to back league games at Chelsea and at home to Wolves. They were beaten by Norwich on spot kicks in an FA Cup fifth round tie on home turf and at the weekend they drew a league game at Burnley.
Spurs have slipped to eighth place in the Premier League standings and their away record is poor with just 3 wins alongside 6 draws and 6 defeats with 20 goals scored and 25 conceded.
In the betting to be crowned Uefa Champions this season Spurs are now trading in the region of 80/1 (out from 25/1).
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Betting
In the match result market (90 minutes) Leipzig are trading at around 6/10, the draw is 13/4 and Spurs can be backed at around 17/4.
Both sides to find the net is 83/100 and a game of 3 goals or more in total is 15/20
Verdict:
I was surprised by the low scoring nature of the first leg but I won't be put off the goals trail here with Spurs having the chase the tie. Both teams to score is my idea of the likely outcome during regular time.
Bets: Both teams to score? Yes at 83/100
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