Tottenham still has its sights set on the Premier League title, but there's a massive mountain to climb to get back in the race. In all likelihood, the Spurs will have to net all 15 possible points the rest of the way and just hope that Leicester City slips up a few times. This match at Stoke City, a team which has seven wins in 16 home fixtures this year, won't be easy, but then again, neither was a 3-0 dominance of Manchester United last weekend.
Soccer Odds at BookMaker.eu
Stoke City +375
Tottenham -125
Draw +265
Over/Under 2.5 (under -119)
ODDS ANALYSIS
Had this match been played two months ago, we're not all that sure Tottenham would be a massive favorite in this one. As it is though, with so much pressure on the Spurs to get all three points or bust, they're -125 favorites, even on the road against a top half team.
Stoke City is +0.5 on the Asian Handicap and is a dog at that at +105. A win for the home side would be rewarded at a price of +375.
The total is relatively low in this duel with Tottenham's defense played incredibly well. The number to beat is 2.5 with -119 vig on the under.
KEY INJURIES
This Tottenham team is still a few weeks away from getting Nabil Bentaleb back from his knee injury, but aside from that, it's relatively healthy. Even long-term absentee Clinton N'Jie could be back in the fold in the near future.
Stoke City's injury list is quite long at the moment. Marko Arnautovic is a doubt in this one, but there are more pressing concerns as well. Jack Butland, Glen Johnson, Jonathan Walters and Marc Wilson are all out for sure, and Erik Pieters is out of contention until the end of the month thanks to his two-match ban for collecting his tenth yellow card of the season.
RECENT FORM
Tottenham has been in fine form of late. Forget about the two losses to Borussia Dortmund in the Europa League, as those matches were always beyond the Spurs. Aside from that though, there isn't much to complain about of late. Tottenham did draw against Liverpool on April 2, but aside from that, it has three wins since March 13 against Aston Villa, Bournemouth and Man U.
Stoke has been slumping just a bit. The team was destroyed at Liverpool last weekend in a 4-1 loss, and that came on the heels of a draw against Swansea City. The matches don't mean a heck of a lot for the Potters though, as they're clearly safe from relegation but don't have a shot of getting into the European discussion.
Stoke City has allowed at least one goal in five straight matches, four straight of which have gone past the total.
ANALYSIS AND ODDS PREDICTION
The way the Stoke City defense has struggled of late, we can't see the Spurs not getting at least one on the board in this one. This though, is the biggest match of the year left for the Potters, and with as well as Bojan Krkic has played with a goal in successive games, we wouldn't discount the possibility of an equalizer.
We're just not sure Tottenham has a surge left in it without Bentaleb. Especially if Leicester City wins again over the weekend to stretch the lead back out to 10 points, we're not sure if the Spurs are going to be fully invested in this match after such a long season. This one screams of a draw to us.
EPL Odds: Stoke City 1, Tottenham 1
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