S.P.Read Esq: Leicester v Spurs

Our daily columnist and pundit S.P. Read Esq. looks ahead to the FA Cup game on Wednesday between LEICESTER v SPURS and finds the best opportunities available on Star Spreads, the home of sports spread betting.

The day of the week must have a ‘y’ in it….. Leicester are playing Spurs for the third time in just 10 days.

We’ve already had:

LEICESTER WIN
DRAW

Surely not a Spurs win tonight !!! It would certainly be a catalyst to the belief that predicting football matches is a tough job – three different outcomes in three successive matches in the same month. Guinness Book Of Records are you watching?

Whatever the result tonight, there’s no doubt that Leicester won the one that really mattered – the Premier League clash at White Hart Lane thanks to Robert Huth’s 83rd minute winner which was enough to ensure that the Leicester fairytale this season has by no means reached the final chapter.

Au contraire. Leicester are third favourites to win the title (and still a little overpriced too in my opinion) behind Man City and Arsenal and are currently joint leaders with the Gunners.

Spurs are going well themselves but the Leicester defeat was a real body blow to them in terms of their own title aspirations and it might well be that Leicester have broken them, for the time being at least.

Of course, as always with the FA Cup, a lot will come down to how much each team ‘wants it’ tonight. The replay certainly couldn’t be considered good news for either team ahead of a weekend when Leicester play Stoke on Saturday and Spurs are away to Crystal Palace. Certainly, you would assume there will be a mutual appetite for getting it done and dusted inside 90 minutes.

Both managers are expected to rotate their squads.

Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino said: “We have players in a condition where it’s a big risk to play. Always we assess the players and maybe we take a decision to rest some players. It is a good challenge as they play with a different team in the FA Cup, 10 players different from in the Premier League. We have a good chance to go to the next round and the FA Cup is important for us.”

Leicester City v Tottenham Hotspur
FA Cup 3rd Round Replay
19:45 BBC One / BBC One HD

HEAD TO HEAD RECORD
(Maximum 10 matches)
Jan 2016 PREMIER LEAGUE Tottenham 0-1 Leicester
Jan 2016 ENGLISH FA CUP Tottenham 2-2 Leicester
Aug 2015 PREMIER LEAGUE Leicester 1-1 Tottenham
Mar 2015 PREMIER LEAGUE Tottenham 4-3 Leicester
Jan 2015 ENGLISH FA CUP Tottenham 1-2 Leicester
Dec 2014 PREMIER LEAGUE Leicester 1-2 Tottenham
Jan 2006 ENGLISH FA CUP Leicester 3-2 Tottenham
Feb 2004 PREMIERSHIP Tottenham 4-4 Leicester
Oct 2003 PREMIERSHIP Leicester 1-2 Tottenham
May 2002 PREMIERSHIP Leicester 2-1 Tottenham

It’s a tough one to call but should be entertaining for BBC1 viewers.

No joy with the bookings trade last night but there could be plenty of needle between these two sides now and I’m buying bookings at 35 with Star Spreads.

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THIS MONTH
1 Jan -144.00 (SELL 3rd MATCH GOAL 12 points at 78)
2 Jan -120.00 (SELL 3rd MATCH GOAL 12 points at 74)
3 Jan +420.00 (BUY HIGHEST MATCH CHECKOUT 20 points at 149)
4 Jan +370.00 (SELL 1st SPORTING GIJON GOAL 10 points at 53)
6 Jan -60.00 (SELL 3rd MATCH GOAL 15 points at 74)
7 Jan -160.00 (BUY BOOKINGS 20 points at 38)
9 Jan -280 (BUY BOOKINGS 20 points at 28)
10 Jan +84 (BUY CORNERS 30 points at 11.2)
12 Jan -560 (BUY 1st MATCH GOAL 20 points at 37)
13 Jan -500 (BUY BOOKINGS 20 points at 45)
14 Jan -780 (SELL 1st MILLWALL GOAL 20 points at 51)
16 Jan +540 (SELL 1st SUNDERLAND GOAL 20 points at 67)
17 Jan -360.00 (SELL 3rd MATCH GOAL 30 points at 78)
17 Jan -75.00 (BUY TOTAL GOALS 50 points at 2.5)
18 Jan -330.00 (SELL 3rd MATCH GOAL 30 points at 79)
19 Jan -690.00 (BUY BOOKINGS 30 points at 33)

• Any spread prices quoted are indicative and as always prices are subject to fluctuation.
• Please note the opinion, views and forecasts above are of the author and not of Star Spreads.