Football Monday Night 25th Feb

Football
Published: 25/02/2013

West Ham take on Tottenham Monday night in front of the TV cameras here is our guide to the best of the bets from that game.

Despite being the away side bookmakers make Tottenham the 5/4 (BetVictor) favourites to win this game. Spurs enter the game in great form as they are now ten games unbeaten in the Premier League, winning six and drawing four. A trip to West Ham should hold no fears for them as they look to keep the pressure on in the race for a Champions League spot. The head to head record also favours Tottenham who have won six of the last eight meetings between the two. The Hammers are on a bad run of form with just one win from their last eight in all competitions. At home in the Premier League though they still remain difficult opponents losing just three times this season. If you think Sam Allardyce and his team can get something from the game then West Ham can be backed at 13/5 (bet365/Stan James) for all three points while the draw is available at 5/2 (BetVictor/Blue Sq/888 Sport).

The man of the moment in the goalscoring stakes is Gareth Bale who is 5/1 (general) for the first goal and 7/5 (bet365/paddy Power/BWin) to score at anytime. The Welshman is making a late run for the player of the season award that seemed destined for Robin Van Persie. He has now scored ten goals in his last 12 appearances in the Premier League and seven in his last six in all competitions. Those looking for other options will see that Emmanuel Adebayor is 6/1 (general) while Clint Dempsey is 7/1 (bet365/ladbrokes). Those looking for a West Ham player can get 8/1 (betway) Andy Carroll in the first goalscorer market while Kevin Nolan is 10/1 (sportingbet/ladbrokes).

Those looking for a bet on the correct score market should head to BetVictor who will not be beaten on any of the top 15 priced scores in this game. They make the 1/1 draw the 7/1 favourite while a Tottenham 1/0 win is 17/2 and Tottenham 2/1 is 19/2. The 0-0 draw and the 1-0 West Ham victory is 11/1 while 2/1 West Ham is 12/1 (188 Bet also) and so is 2-0 Tottenham.

It might be worth a small interest at 6/5 (Bwin) in the second half to be the highest scoring in this game. Tottenham have scored the highest proportion of goals in the second half of games this season (73%) and eight of the last ten goals West Ham have conceded in the Premier League came in the second half.

Talking of goals I like the look of over 2.5 goals in this game which is available 39/40 (pinnacle). This has occured in eight of the last 12 games West Ham have played and in seven of the last 11 Tottenham games in all competitions.

Although this is the only game in England on Monday evening two games take place in Italy and one in Spain. In Italy I think it might be worth taking Udinese to get something from their game with Napoli. Although Napoli are second in Serie A they have started to stutter a little winning just two of their last five in the league. Udinese are no mugs at home winning each of their last four games and going unbeaten here since September 2nd in the league (when they lost to Juventus). You can get them at 5/4 (ladbrokes) in the draw no bet market and this looks the way to play it.

BEST OF THE BETS

GOLD: Udinese to beat Napoli in draw no bet market, 5/4 (ladbrokes)
SILVER: Over 2.5 goals between West Ham and Tottenham, 39/40 (pinnacle)
BRONZE: 2nd half highest scoring between West Ham and Tottenham, 6/5 (BWin)

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Any odds displayed within this article were correct at the time of publishing (25/02/2013) but are subject to change.

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