It’s a big London derby and the standout fixutre in this weekend’s Premier League fixtures.
Chelsea, the league leaders, take on fifth placed Tottenham Hotspur at Stamford Bridge, a ground which has not been kind in recent years to the men from White Hart Lane.
In fact, they haven’t won there since 1990 when a certain Gary Lineker (pic below) scored the winner. When you take into account Jose Mourinho’s incredible Premier League home record of being unbeaten in 74 matches, all the signs point towards a home win. However, sooner or later, Spurs will beat Chelsea at the Bridge. Is this their time?
If you fancy Spurs to end their horrendous Stamford Bridge record, you can get the very generous odds of 9/2 or if you fancy Chelsea to continue their dominance in this fixture, they are at 8/13. Fence sitters can get 11/4 for the draw and we get the feeling that this represents the best value for the result.
Tim Sherwood has done a fine job since taking over and his decision to put Adebayor back in the team has reaped great dividends. We are thinking Spurs will score, but also Chelsea. Both teams to score tomorrow will give you odds of 17/20.
The first goalscorer market is always a popular choice amongst punters and there a number of interesting odds on offer. Dominated by Chelsea players, Torres and Eto’o lead the market, both at 9/2 with Adebayor being the leading Spurs man at 7/1. Andre Schurrle (pic above) banged in a hat-trick for Chelsea last time out and he is 7/1 to be first scorer. Chelsea captain John Terry is 22/1 for first scorer and we think that’s very much worth a punt.
Half-time/Full-time bets are also a popular market and we like the look of Half-time draw, Full-time Chelsea which you can get for 3/1.
