Swansea v Tottenham Betting Preview – FA Cup 17th March 12.15pm
An interesting all-Premier League clash now and Tottenham, whose only piece of silverware this season can be in the FA Cup after getting dumped out of the Champions League by Juventus, will have to go without the injured Harry Kane. That will give the home side a boost and the Swans have been producing some fine form at the Liberty Stadium and could make life uncomfortable for the favourites.
Swansea v Tottenham FA Cup Betting Tips
Can Swansea use home advantage to put themselves through to the FA Cup semi-finals? They have done so well at home in the FA Cup already this season there is a good chance for them here. They are in brilliant home form at the moment, running on a seven-match winning streak at the Liberty Stadium in all competitions, which includes league wins over Liverpool and Arsenal. On home soil in this season’s FA Cup, Swansea have beaten Championship high-fliers Wolves, hammered eight goals past League Two side Notts County and saw off current boss Carlos Carvalhal’s former club Sheffield Wednesday. So there has been no question about their ability to take chances on home soil and therefore it is worth a look at both teams to score for even money odds at bet365* (betting odds taken on March 14th, 2018 at 3:32 p.m.). That has happened in three of the last four between these two at the Liberty Stadium.
It has been a while since Swansea celebrated a home win over Spurs. It hasn’t happened since the 1991 League Cup and are D2 L5 since then against the Lilywhites on home turf. From the two Premier League meetings this season, Swansea earned a 0-0 draw at Wembley before losing 2-0 at home against the Lilywhites back on January 2nd. This will be the first ever FA Cup game between Swansea and Tottenham.
Tottenham have scored at least two goals in all but one of their last eight games against the Swans, but they will now be without the injured Harry Kane for a while. It will be interesting to see what back up plan that they have. Fernando Llorente is now the 3/1 outright favourite in the bet365 first goalscorer market* (betting odds taken on March 14th, 2018 at 3:32 p.m.). Can he step up to the plate against his former club? The winning form of Spurs away from home isn’t great having taken just two in their last seven (D5) and in that sequence, they have collected just the one clean sheet. They have netted in each of their last thirteen away games in all competitions and unbeaten in nine on the road though (W4 D8). Over 2.5 goals at bet365 is a decent option to consider for this one. Tottenham have drawn out at Rochdale and Newport in this season’s FA Cup in their away games, needing replays to get through those ties.
Swansea v Tottenham FA Cup Betting Odds*
Tottenham 9/20, Draw 16/5, Swansea 13/2* (Betting Odds taken at 00:27 p.m. on March 14th, 2018)
Swansea v Tottenham FA Cup Predictions
There is a decent chance of this going beyond 90 minutes. There are no replays at this stage now, just extra time and penalties if needed. Swansea are battling along well at the moment and have to use Tottenham’s loss of Harry Kane as a motivator. Look for a draw at 90 minutes.
