Aston Villa vs Tottenham Prediction and Betting Preview | May 3
Aston Villa vs Tottenham Preview
With the World Cup heading to North America this summer, GoldSheet will be ramping up its soccer coverage over the next few weeks. WagerTalk handicapper and GoldSheet’s featured writer Bruce Marshall shares his thoughts on Sunday’s Aston Villa vs Tottenham showdown on Match Day 35 in the English Premier League.
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Tottenham’s Current Form
Maybe this is a good spot on the schedule for Spurs, who could use all of the help they can get these days. Catching Aston Villa between semifinal legs of the Europa League vs. Nottingham Forest, and needing to make up a 1-0 deficit in the second leg at Birmingham on Thursday, could serve as a bit of a distraction for Unai Emery’s side.
Tottenham just won for the first time in sixteen matches last week at bottom-of-table Wolves, yet weren’t able to make up any ground on West Ham or Nottingham Forest in Spurs’ attempt to drag itself clear of the drop zone.
Enough damage to survival hopes might have already been done, and while winning the battle last weekend at Molineux, Spurs might have also lost the war with injuries to Dominic Solanke and Xavi Simons, two of the few creative elements on the squad, now slated to miss an extended period (in Simons’ case also costing him a place on the Dutch squad at the World Cup).
Though there has been a slight uptick in form (4 points out of a possible 9) under Roberto De Zerbi, Spurs hardly impressed in last week’s win and remain in grave danger of the dreaded drop.
Aston Villa’s Current Form
Although the Europa League distraction is present, Villa will also be well-advised to keep its eye on the EPL table, where its current fifth-place position and almost surefire spot into the Champions League next fall isn’t quite secured as of yet, as a tricky closing fixture list could cause the Villans to slump. Yet most of Villa’s efforts this season would seem good enough to see of Tottenham.
With this as the backdrop, the risk with a Villa recommendation is that aforementioned look-ahead to the second leg of the Europa League semis later this week, but as long as that doesn’t prove a distraction, Villa has plenty to snatch all three points here, especially with Ollie Watkins (still looking to impress Thomas Tuchel for a place in the England World Cup squad) still in good scoring form and the hero of the recent win over Sunderland, winter portal add Tammy Abraham, providing extra frontline spark as needed.
Aston Villa vs Tottenham Prediction
Villa, which won the reverse fixture over Tottenham (then under Thomas Frank) 2-1 on October 19 in London, looks especially good value on the win price at +115, which would be our definite first recommendation.
We’d also look to enhance the return on a Villa Halftime/Fulltime at +250 or thereabouts. Meanwhile, if looking for another supplemental wager, might also take a long look at an in-form Watkins to score a goal at +160.
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