Premier League: Spurs on the March…and Wolves won’t delay them

Tottenham Hotspur vs Wolverhampton Wanderers

‘Tottenham, Tottenham; no one can stop them;’ goes the song by cockney legends and Spurs fans Chaz and Dave and, you know what, I think they’ll be right this weekend!

Ange Postecoglou’s Spurs have another chance to strengthen their top four challenge when all eyes will be on Premier League: Tottenham vs Wolves on Saturday afternoon. With a team which has recently welcomed back some key players and is on a good run of form, the head coach is confident of a strong run-in.

The outgoing Aussie has earned rave reviews for the way he has transformed Spurs into one of Europe’s best attacking sides. And he has even been linked with the Liverpool job, following Jurgen Klopp’s decision to leave Anfield at the end of the season. The North London club is extremely confident they will keep their man and it looks to me that Postecoglou is enjoying his time at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and he has a vision for the club which the fans seem to share.             

Spurs come into this game on the back of a thrilling 2-1 victory at home to Brighton and Hove Albion while Wolves, surprisingly, lost 0-2 at home to Brentford. The visitors also have an upwardly mobile manager in Gary O’Neil. After being discarded by Bournemouth he has done a sterling job at Molineux and O’Neil is capable of keeping his team in contention for a top ten place.

The Tottenham vs Wolves betting odds reckon this will be Spurs’ weekend…and I agree.

Talking Points

Korea pals to re-unite?

The Republic of Korea was highly fancied to win the Asian Cup but they crashed out in a surprise loss to Jordan and that means Spurs and Wolves both have their star strikers back. With 12 goals and ten respectively, Heung-min Son and Hwang Hee-chan are the fourth and joint-seventh top scorers in the Premier League; and that’s after a month away at the Asian Cup. 

Son made a substitute appearance in Spurs’ win over the Seagulls and he played a huge part in the victory. With the score at 1-1 he climbed off the bench and set up Brennan Johnson’s 96^th minute winner, which all surely means Son is in line for a start against Wolves.   

Hwang had a minor fitness concern on his return from Asia and he missed out at the weekend but O’Neil believes the 28-year-old striker will make the date with his mate Son: “Channy should be fine,” said the Wolves boss,“ just some awareness in his calf and hopefully he’ll be available for the weekend.”

Tottenham back to full strength

As well as the return of Son from Asia, Spurs have been boosted by the recovery of some key players in recent weeks. Central defender Micky van de Ven’s pace and positioning has been missed and he has settled back in, along with midfield general Rodrigo Bentancur and attacking midfielder James Maddison.  

January recruit Timo Werner has made a good start too, so things are looking bright in the White half of North London. And much to the delight of their long-suffering fans Tottenham showed they are no longer a pushover when they come under pressure. Spurs fought back from a goal deficit to beat the Seagulls and that performance left them in fourth position. And that is exactly where the SBOTOP odds reckon they will stay, pricing the Whites at 56.00 to actually win the title.     

Cunha doubt for Wolves

After a pleasing run for O’Neil, Wolves’ game at home to Brentford looked like an ideal opportunity to keep the momentum going but they were stunned by the Bees and dropped to 11^th in the table.  

And in other Tottenham vs Wolves news there is a concern over the fitness of striker Matheus Cunha, who has been in superb form in the absence of Hwang. The Brazilian limped off with a hamstring injury with just 20 minutes gone in the match with Brentford and the absence of both him and Hwang left the Wolves rather toothless. Again, O’Neil is hopeful that Cunha’s injury is not as bad as first feared and that he will be able to line up alongside his Korean partner.          

History

Over the past 20 meetings, Tottenham have won ten matches to Wolves’ seven and there have been three draws. But there isn’t much to choose between the two teams in terms of recent form, with Spurs winning three, drawing two and losing one of the last six while Wolves have won three, drawn one and lost two.  

Spurs have won nine and lost three at home this season…     

Betting Tip

Spurs -1.25 @ 2.19** …so that makes me inclined to leave the draw alone at odds of 4.09. Spurs are priced at 1.50 and Wolves at 4.61; and those figures are surely to be confirmed by a home win on Saturday.

 

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