STAR PREVIEW: Spurs v Bayer Leverkusen

Plenty of short price jollies on tonight’s Champions League card and the challenge for punters will be avoiding any coupon busters.

Dortmund, Juventus, Real Madrid, Porto, Sevilla are all around 4/9 or shorter and there’s usually one team that spoils the fun.

Leicester and Spurs are in action tonight in matches that look infinitely harder to predict.

Bayer Leverkusen and Spurs shared a 0-0 draw in the reverse fixture last month and since that match Spurs have failed to win in three games. Draws against Bournemouth and Leicester and a loss against Liverpool. Finding the back of the net seems to be a current problem for them with just five goals in their last six league and European games.

Mauricio Pochettino said of last month’s match: ”We are creating the same chances as before, but it’s true that our percentage was poor in front of goal.

“We need to be more clinical in our offensive situation. We need to be determined and aggressive in the last third.

“It’ll be tough but we are conscious that we need to take the three points if we want to go to the next round.”

Bayer Leverkusen have recently fared slightly better domestically with an away win to Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga at the weekend moving into a mediocre 10th.

Before tonight’s games Spurs are second in Group E with four points and Bayer Leverkusen third with three points.

Tottenham Hotspur v Bayer Leverkusen
UEFA Champions League Group Stage
19:45 BT Sport 2 / BT Sport 2 HD / BT Sport 4K UHD

HEAD TO HEAD RECORD
(Maximum 10 matches)
Oct 2016 EUROPEAN CUP B Leverkusen 0-0 Tottenham

STARTING XI

Tottenham

1 Lloris
2 Walker
15 Dier
5 Vertonghen
33 Davies
12 Wanyama
19 Dembélé
17 Sissoko
20 Alli
23 Eriksen
7 Son Heung-min

Bayer Leverkusen

1 Leno
39 Henrichs
21 Toprak
4 Tah
18 Nascimento Borges
44 Kampl
15 Baumgartlinger
20 Aránguiz
19 Brandt
14 Mehmedi
7 Hernández Balcázar

Tough shout but I think Spurs should just about do enough for the home win and am backing them at around evens with Star Sports.

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