Spurs take on NK Maribor of Slovenia at White Hart Lane on Thursday night in this Europa league Group J fixture, which will be screened live on ITV4.

Tottenham are huge favourites at 1/4 with Bet365, Maribor are 11/1 underdogs (Bet Victor) and the draw can be found at 21/4 with Bwin.

The Europa league is a funny old thing, some teams want to be in it, but to others it is quite simply a hindrance, and I think Spurs fall into the hindrance bracket. With the shaky start that Villas-Boas has made to his second stint in British football however, he might want to seize the opportunity of a convincing win in order to boost morale!

In the reverse fixture at Maribor Tottenham had to come from behind in order to claim a 1-1 draw with a Sigurdsson equalizer, he is 6/1 with Betfred to be last goalscorer again this time. I’m certain that Villas Boas won’t field his strongest team; however the team he fields should still have enough for a home victory against Maribor. Clint Dempsey is likely to start on Thursday and is a best price 5/1 to score first with Ladbrokes.

Admittedly the Slovenian League is far from the standards of the Premier League, but Maribor know where the goal is. This season they have scored an average of two goals per game and they have scored over 2.5 in 53% of their games so far, there should be goals at White Hart Lane on Thursday night and this game could be a good pick for your goals galore coupon and you can get odds of 6/4 with Boylesports for both teams to score. The bookies clearly don’t fancy Maribor’s chances of scoring but they have only failed to score in three games this season.

Spurs vs Maribor Tips

Both Teams to score (6/4 with Boylesports)

Over 3.5 goals (13/8 with Bet365)

Clint Dempsey 1st Scorer (5/1 with Ladbrokes)

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