I’m expecting to see Spurs comfortably win Sunday’s televised match against Rovers, especially given the revival that the team have experienced under the management of Harry Redknapp. If they’re capable of beating Liverpool twice at home in recent weeks, then they really should oblige at the 4/5 (Boylesports) currently available.
Both teams occupy a place in the relegation zone, although Tottenham are only there by virtue of an appalling start to the campaign, where they collected just two points from their opening eight matches. Since then, the players’ confidence has been slowly restored by a new manager at the helm, and they’ll be keen to bounce back from a 2-1 reverse at Fulham which owed much to a very bad goalkeeping mistake.
Indeed, it’s clear that Paul Ince will demand his team test Heurelho Gomes in the Spurs goal, with the jury very much out on the Brazilian at the moment. Blackburn won this fixture last season, and they’re a lumpy 4/1 (Blue Square) to take the spoils again. However, I’m racking my brain for reasons to back them, especially as it’s been nearly two months since their last league win. That was at Newcastle, when the Magpies had well and truly hit rock bottom, yet Rovers still only scraped a 2-1 win.
Therefore, let’s go for this Spurs victory on Sunday, with the 2/1 (Skybet) about Redknapp’s men leading at half-time and full-time sticking out like a sore thumb. Darren Bent has five in as many games, and the Tottenham striker is 5/1 (Paddy Power) to open the scoring and 13/8 (William Hill) to score at any time. Roman Pavlyuchenko has four in five, and the Russian is 11/2 with totesport to be the first or last name on the scoresheet. Neither defence have been particularly watertight this term, and Over 2.5 Goals looks the call at 3/4 (bet365).