West Brom v Tottenham Hotspur, 3pm
It’s been a bittersweet season for Spurs supporters, who have seen their team reach the group stage of the Champions League and also lose at home to Wigan Athletic, while they have also been dealt a blow due to Michael Dawson getting injured for several weeks. Nevertheless, they are warm favourites to win at The Hawthorns on Saturday, although it’s interesting to note that Boylesports are prepared to offer 11/10 compared to the 10/11 with Ladbrokes.
Indeed, with several players on international duty this week, Harry Redknapp must be cursing the timings of the international qualifiers, although Jermain Defoe is in great form after that brilliant hat-trick for England against Bulgaria. The striker is 9/2 to open the scoring with Victor Chandler and this firm are once again to be applauded for their excellent First Goalscorer prices. You can get Gareth Bale at odds of 11/1 with Boylesports and he’ll be looking to get forward a lot.
It’s a match where we might see new signing Rafael van der Vaart make his debut for Tottenham and the former Real Madrid midfielder is 7/1 with William Hill to enjoy a dream debut by breaking the deadlock.
The Baggies were thumped 6-0 by Chelsea on the opening day of the season, although they have done a lot better in subsequent matches against Sunderland and Liverpool. In both instances, Roberto Di Matteo’s team kept things tight and you can get 3/1 with Ladbrokes that West Brom keep their 100% record by beating Tottenham.
