English FA Cup football - Leeds United vs Tottenham Hotspur
By Harry Maude on 2010-02-03 17:30:13
Tottenham travel to Elland Road tonight, to take on Leeds in their FA Cup replay. In the first leg, Leeds striker Jermaine Beckford scored a penalty deep in stoppage time to take the tie to a second leg. Spurs had twice been ahead through Peter Crouch and Roman Pavlyuchenko, but Beckford`s two equalisers meant that Leeds will have another chance to progress.
Spurs had a disappointing result at the weekend, with Birmingham scoring an injury time goal to snatch a draw, but they have had a serious squad revamp, with Robbie Keane, Alan Hutton and Giovani dos Santos all leaving on loan moves, and Younes Kaboul and Eidur Gudjohnson coming in.
Spurs are favourites to win over their lower-league opposition, priced at 17/20 (bet £200 to make £170 profit). Leeds are priced at 7/2, while the draw is priced at 11/4.
Despite Spurs` higher status, the match is expected to be quite close, with a 1-1 draw the favourite result at 13/2. This is followed by 1-0 and 2-0 Spurs wins, priced at 7/1 and 8/1 respectively. A 2-1 Spurs win is also at 8/1, while a goalless draw is at 12/1. A 1-0 Leeds win is also at 12/1, while a repeat of last matches` scoreline of 2-2 is at 16/1.
Tottenham / Tottenham is priced at 2/1 on the half time / full time market, with draw / Spurs at 7/2 and draw / draw at 11/2. Leeds / Leeds is at 8/1.
England striker Jermain Defoe, who has been in prolific form so far this season, is favourite to score first at 5/1. Strike-partner Peter Crouch is next at 11/2, followed by Jermaine Beckford at 7/1. Roman Pavlyuchenko is also at 7/1, and Tottenham`s Croatian midfield duo of Niko Kranjcar and Luka Modric are both at 10/1. Leeds` next best hope after Beckford, is Luciano Becchio, who is priced at 11/1.
Now that many of the top teams have been eliminated from the competition, Spurs are seen as having a good chance to go all the way in the cup, and are fourth favourites at 8/1. Leeds are seen as very unlikely to continue their giant-killing ways, and are at 80/1 for the trophy.
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