Tottenham v Benfica Betting Tips and Predictions

Thursday night in the Europa league see’s England’s last team standing – Tottenham face last season’s finalists – Benfica at White Hart Lane for the first leg of this last 16 tie and we have free football betting tips.

Spurs will be looking to bounce back after a heavy defeat at the weekend and the hosts can be found as at a best priced 6/4 (PaddyPower) while Benfica currently sit a best priced 23/10 (Ladbrokes) with the draw at 9/4 with most firms.

Tim Sherwood’s men were the masters of their own downfall on Saturday, after a string of defensive mistakes lead to their 4-0 thrashing at the hands of fellow Londoners, Chelsea. Not for the first time this season the lilywhites need to bounce back after a heavy defeat against a top 4 rival. To their credit they have done this well before but there is no doubt that the regularity of this need for a ‘big response’ will not sit well with the Tottenham faithful.

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Onto tonight’s match and although Spurs haven’t necessarily been at their best when playing at home in the league this season, when playing in front of a home crowd in the Europa league they are unbeaten in their last 11, winning 10, scoring 28 and conceding 9 in the process. Despite these encouraging statistics, tonight’s game should be a difficult test against the pace setters from the Portuguese top division who were also last season’s finalists in this competition.

Benfica find themselves in the Europa league as result of finishing third place spot in this season’s Champions League group stage. The Portuguese side are enjoying a good season, currently sitting 7 points clear at the top of the league and are unbeaten in their last 23 matches (all competitions). Having brushed aside PAOK in the last round (4-0 aggregate) Benfica are likely to come into this game full of confidence. In addition to their unbeaten record, Benfica have scored in each of their last 10 away games, scoring a total of 18 goals from those 10 games.

From a betting point of view, this one looks as though it may produce a few goals, with Tottenham’s habit of giving away cheap goals & Benfica’s apparent knack for scoring on the road, ‘over 2.5 goals’ looks a decent bet at 11/10. Alternatively if they start, Roberto Soldado (Tottenham) & Rodrigo (Benfica) could both be worth a punt as ‘anytime scorer’ at 2/1 & 11/5 respectively.

Tottenham v Benfica Betting Tips

Over 2.5 Goals – Bet Here at 21/20 with William Hill

Roberto Soldado Anytime Scorer – Bet Here at 2/1 with Bet365

Rodrigo Anytime Scorer – Bet Here at 13/5 with Bet365

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