APOEL Nicosia v Tottenham Predictions & Betting Odds – 26th September 2017

Patient Spurs to win to nil in Nicosia

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APOEL Nicosia v Tottenham Betting Preview – UEFA Champions League 26th September 7.45pm

Spurs will be looking to make it six points fro six at the start of their UEFA Champions League campaign. They put a great three points on the board with a win over Borussia Dortmund at Wembley a fortnight ago and should be able to follow that up against the group outsiders. The points will be important for Spurs here before meeting Real Madrid on match day three. APOEL suffered a 3-0 loss at Madrid in their opening game of the group. Spurs are hot favourites to bag maximum points in this.

APOEL Nicosia v Tottenham Betting Tips

Well, it would appear that the Cypriots have a tough time ahead of them. They lost 3-0 at Real Madrid in their group stage opener and really they don’t have an easy game in Group H. Will they be able to keep Spurs quiet on the night? Well, the Cypriot side do have some home form going as they have only lost one of their last 11 European home games. That was against Anderlecht in last season’s Europa League. Of those eleven matches in that sequence, APOEL have won nine of them. That goal they conceded against Anderlecht is the only one that they have conceded in their last seven European home game. Under 2.5 goals at bet365 fetches a price of 5/4 for this fixture in Nicosia. APOEL have hosted Premier League opposition before, just the once and that was against Chelsea and APOEL produced a 1-0 win in it. So it doesn’t sound all that bad from them actually but they haven’t won in the main draw in the UEFA Champions League since beating Lyon back in March 2012. Their subsequent record since then is D1 L8. Overall APOEL’s home record in the Champions League group stage reads W2 D2 L5. Spurs to win to nil at bet365 is a price of 10/11.

Tottenham scored a big success in beating Borussia Dortmund at Wembley in their group stage opener. They put in a very good performance which would have filled them with belief. However, they are just going to have to be a little cautious here because their away form isn’t great in Europe. Spurs have taken just two wins in their last 11 European away games in a D3 L6 record. After falling to the Europa League last season after finishing third in the group stage, Spurs have lost their last two away games in Europe. In last season’s Group Stage of the Champions League, they collected four points. The last time that Spurs met Cypriot opposition was back in the 2014/15 Europa League against AEL Limassol and Spurs took a 2-1 away win and a 3-0 home win over them. Harry Kane scored in both meetings and Kane is the 12/5 bet365 first goalscorer favourite in the game. In the bet365 correct score market, a Tottenham 1-0, therefore, isn’t going to be a bad option at a price of 6/1, considering the home form of APOEL. Spurs to win 2-0 is a shorter 5/1 punt. This will be Tottenham’s third game in Cyprus, having contested that win against Limassol as well as a 6-1 victory over Anorthosis Famagusta FC in the 2007/08 UEFA Cup first round.

APOEL Nicosia v Tottenham Betting Odds

Spurs 3/10, Draw 5/1, APOEL 12/1

APOEL Nicosia v Tottenham Predictions

Spurs to win: There probably won’t be a whole lot of resistance from the home side beyond the half time break. Spurs may have to be patient out on the road but look value to go and win to nil in this one.