Tottenham can boost their Europa League campaign if they win at White Hart Lane on Thursday against Besiktas. The opening Group C match ended in a 1-1 draw for the Spurs in Belgrade where they faced Partizan. Besiktas also grabbed a single point out of the opening match, against Greek side Asteras Tripolis.
Besiktas are doing pretty well in the domestic league so far, with eight points out of a possible twelve. They are currently second in the Super Lig table. Tottenham are not doing so well on the domestic front, they are eighth in the Premier League table after an unconvincing start to the season.
There are no fresh injury concerns for Tottenham but manager Mauricio Pochettino could decide to rest some of the players that featured in last weekend's 1-1 draw with Arsenal. Mustafa Pektemek is in doubt for Besiktas, who will most likely rely on former Chelsea striker Demba Ba for goals.
Probable starting line-ups:
Tottenham: Lloris - Naughton, Kaboul, Vertonghen, Rose - Bentaleb, Mason - Lennon, Eriksen, Townsend - Adebayor
Besiktas: Zengin - Kurtulus, Sivok, Koybasi, Franco - Hutchinson, Kavlak, Sahan, Tore - Ozyakup, Ba
My prediction: Tottenham to win 2-1.
Here are the odds for the match at Bet365:
Tottenham win - 4/6 Draw - 14/5 Besiktas win - 5/1
mico.femic.1 9 years ago
Besiktas is a bad team and have no clue about football . Tottenham is better for the class of him to be seen and see . though English is much better football than the Turkish one might see . it can not even be measured. Tottenham is a good team and although they will sometimes weaken but are still difficult subversion all...
Besiktas is a bad team and have no clue about football . Tottenham is better for the class of him to be seen and see . though English is much better football than the Turkish one might see . it can not even be measured. Tottenham is a good team and although they will sometimes weaken but are still difficult subversion all strong clubs as opposed to Besiktas . Tottenham go ahead and fight to the end.
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galata86 9 years ago
in 15 minuts will start maybe the most interesting match tonight. I think that totenham will win easy but I don't expect a lot of goals here. and I don't think that besiktas can score. Tottenham have a really great defensive line and at home I think it is almost imposible to conced goal. So my prediction is easy win for...
in 15 minuts will start maybe the most interesting match tonight. I think that totenham will win easy but I don't expect a lot of goals here. and I don't think that besiktas can score. Tottenham have a really great defensive line and at home I think it is almost imposible to conced goal. So my prediction is easy win for tottenham 2-0
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Snoop 9 years ago
Well, this will be interesting game... It seems that this Europa League is not so imporant for Tottenham, they have played very bad in Beograd, they have more quality that Partizan, but they were playing with 60 %... Basiktas have ambitions in this league, but they were bad in first game against Asteras... Everything is...
Well, this will be interesting game... It seems that this Europa League is not so imporant for Tottenham, they have played very bad in Beograd, they have more quality that Partizan, but they were playing with 60 %... Basiktas have ambitions in this league, but they were bad in first game against Asteras... Everything is possible, all teams have one point, if Tottenham plays on their best level they will win here, they are better team...
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