spurs1718The Uefa Champions League Round of 16 continues on Wednesday night and our featured match sees Spurs bid to make home advantage pay in the first leg of their clash with RB Leipzig.

 

 

 

 

Spurs

 

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 twice and took 4 points off their 2 games against Olympiakos to progress with a degree of comfort.

Domestically Spurs have moved up to fifth in the Premier League standings on the back of 3 straight wins although they continue to miss long term injury victim Harry Kane. Spurs have won 8 of 13 league games in front of their own supporters with 2 draws and 3 defeats.

In the betting to be crowned Uefa Champions this season Spurs are trading in the region of 25/1. Last season Spurs beat Dortmund home and away in the Round of 16 to go through 4-0 on aggregate. They went on to reach the final where they lost to Liverpool.

 

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RB Leipzig

 

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 with a record of 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat and they scored exactly 2 goals in all 6 of their group matches. They were unbeaten away from home with wins at Benfica and Zenit and a draw in Lyon so they clearly travel well.

In Germany's Bundesliga 1 Leipzig are in second spot, just 1 point behind Bayern Munich. They have won 6 of 11 road trips, drawing another 3 and losing 2, scoring 25 goals and conceding 13.

In the outright betting RB Leipzig are generally a 33/1 chance to go on and lift the trophy. This is their debut in the knockout rounds as their only previous appearance in the Champions League saw them bow out at the group stage in the 2017/18 season.

 

 

Betting

 

Spurs are trading at around 27/20 to win this first leg, the draw is 5/2 and Leipzig can be backed at around 19/10.

Both sides to find the net is 5/10 and a game of 3 goals or more in total is 13/20

 

Verdict:

 

These teams were involved in a number of high scoring games in the group stage and although it's knockout football over 2 legs from here onwards, I think the trend for goals will continue.

Even without Harry Kane Spurs still carry a big threat going forward whilst the German side have a very decent away record.

I fancy both teams will score in a game of at least 3 goals in total.

 

Bets: Both teams to score + over 2.5 total goals? Yes at 8/10

 

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