Tottenham Face Swansea In Top Half Clash

Seventh will play eighth in the Premier League tomorrow evening as Tottenham Hotspur host Swansea at White Hart Lane. A win for the home club could see them move into sixth position should Southampton fail to get the better of Crystal Palace tonight thereby potentially closing up the gap on the Europa League place to one point. A defeat for the Whites wouldn`t see them usurped by Swansea though the Swans would move to within a point of them.

Should Garry Monk`s men fail to pick up the win away from home, they may well fall to as low as 10th with both West Ham United and Stoke City breathing down their necks. The Hammers face Chelsea tomorrow evening whilst Stoke play host to Everton.

This will be the pair`s second clash of the season following Spurs` 2-1 triumph at the Liberty Stadium back in December. Harry Kane got the first goal for the visitors in the first five minutes of the initial 45, this being the only goal netted in the half. Now Manchester City man Wilfried Bony levelled up for the hosts just three minutes after the restart and the match remained level until Tottenham put their noses in front again through Christian Eriksen in the dying embers of the encounter.

Another 2-1 Spurs win can be picked up at odds of 8/1 at both bet365 and Betvictor. Meanwhile Kane is the favourite to break the deadlock once again at the best price of 4/1 (betfair, boylesports). william hill`s 21/10 stays that the first goal of the clash will be scored in the opening 15 minutes of the game.

Their home advantage and superior league position sees Tottenham installed as the favourites to get all three points from the game. Mauricio Pochettino`s men are available at the best price of 3/4 with most bookmakers. A surprise Swansea win can be grabbed at odds of 9/2 at both betfred and Totesport whilst a draw is up for offers at 56/19 at Betbright.

Tottenham will be looking to bounce back from their 2-0 defeat at the hands of Chelsea in the final of the League Cup last weekend. They do, however, have a superb home record in the Premier League with their last loss coming right back in November in a 2-1 defeat against Stoke. Their last five home league games have seen them pick up 11 points from a maximum of 15.

The Whites have scored 11 goals in this period, the biggest contributing factor to this stat being their 5-3 victory over Chelsea in the Premier League back on New Year`s Day. Kane has scored five of these 11 goals and is available at 6/5 (Sports Winner, Titanbet, Bwin) to hit the back of the net at any time. The London-born star scored braces against both Chelsea and Arsenal (2-1) and can be backed at 6/1 (boylesports) to score two or more goals once again against Swansea.

The North London side have, however, failed to keep a clean sheet in their last four and have been priced up at 21/10 (Skybet) to win to nil whilst Swansea are available at 4/7 (betfred) to hit over 0.5 goals.

Swansea have accumulated a total of seven points in their last five games on the road and have scored four goals, all of which having been bagged by different players. The favourite to score against Tottenham at any time tomorrow night is Bafetimbi Gomis who is available at 10/3 with Coral to hit the back of the net.

Monk`s men haven`t conceded a goal in the first half of a Premier League encounter in their last three games on the road. betway`s 21/10 says that they will have a clean sheet at the end of the first 45.

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