Tottenham v Barcelona UEFA Champions League, 3rd October 8.00pm
Tottenham needs to come up with something in this one at Wembly aginast Barcelona in midweek. Spurs lost their opening group stage game against Inter and will be really up against it if they fall to the Catalans. However, Barcelona are not running in great form at the moment, being winless in three. Read our Tottenham v Barcelona betting tips for more.
Tottenham v Barcelona Betting Odds*
Barcelona 19/20
Tottenham 5/2
Draw 14/5
* (Betting Odds were taken from bet365 on September 29th, 2018 at 11.35 p.m.)
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Tottenham News and Form
Spurs have somewhat recovered from their little slump of three straight defeats, which included a loss against Inter on match day one of the Champions League. Premier League wins out at Brighton and Huddersfield sandwiched a penalty shootout EFL Cup win over Watford over the last week. In their game against Inter, Spurs were looking in some control after Christian Eriksen had given them the lead in the second half. But they shipped two goals in the last five minutes of the game to suffer a hammer-blow of a loss.
They have been shaky at the back this season and both teams to score at 1/2 odds* (betting odds taken on September 30th, 2018 at 9:39 pm). So already they are worse off than they were in last season’s Group Stage where they posted a great W5 D1 record. Spurs have won three of their last four home games in Europe (L1) but only have the one clean sheet in those games. Tottenham have managed just the two clean sheets in their last ten European fixtures. It is a little tricky to find a good balance in the over/under market with under 3.5 at 8/13 odds* (betting odds taken on September 30th, 2018 at 9:39 pm).
Barcelona News and Form
Barcelona’s form has taken a bit of a dip with a run of three winless matches. They have gone D2 L1 in their last three games, all in La Liga. So that has been a big drop off after they had won their opening six games of the season across all competitions. They are still on a streak of having scored in every game played this season, so they should be backed to get on the scoresheet. In the bet365 correct score market a Barcelona 2-1 is at 15/2 odds* (betting odds taken on September 30th, 2018 at 9:39 pm) and a very appealing option for Tottenham v Barcelona betting tips.
Given that Barcelona have just been through a few struggles recently we have to look at the opportunity of them getting a win, but not by a big margin. A Barcelona to win by a one-goal margin is at 3/1 odds* (betting odds taken on September 30th, 2018 at 9:39 pm). On match day one of this season’s Champions League Barcelona powered their way to a 4-0 home win over PSV. With ten men. Lionel Messi scored a hattrick in that game. Out on the road, this season across all competitions Barcelona are W2 L1 with that loss happening against La Liga bottom side Leganes last week.
Tottenham v Barcelona Head to Head
The previous games between Spurs and Barcelona were in the European Cup Winners Cup back in 1982. There was a 1-1 draw in London before Barcelona took a 1-0 win back on home soil. That’s the extent of the head to head between them.
Who will win – Tottenham v Barcelona Predictions
We still have to roll with Barcelona coming up with something in this one. They are too good of a side to keep down and there have been defensive weaknesses from Spurs the visitors could exploit. Barcelona to win & both teams to score.
