Ipswich Town got their Premier League season up and running with a shock win on the road against Tottenham Hotspur and will now be out to give their survival hopes a massive boost by doing the double over Ange Postecoglou's side.
The Tractor Boys recorded their first win in the top flight for 22 years when the beat Spurs 2-1 back in November, a game that brought up two bets for me. But they've only claimed two more league victories since then and that's why they remain odds on to be relegated.
Kieran McKenna's side did boost their chances of dodging the drop with an excellent point at Aston Villa last time out, recovering from a first-half red card to claim a 1-1 draw. That has left them just two points behind Wolves in the table so another win over Tottenham could lift them out of the relegation places.
Spurs were beginning to flirt with the drop themselves after a horror run that saw them win just once in 11 Premier League games. But they've won their last two in the league against Brentford and Manchester United to move back into mid-table and ease the pressure on Postecoglou.
The Aussie had been the odds-on favourite for next Premier League manager to be sacked but last week's victory over United saw his price shift to a best 6/5.
Players are now coming back from injury so Postecoglou will be looking for another three points at Portman Road to get more fans back onside.
How the bookies view it: Spurs revival to gather pace
BoyleSports fancy Tottenham to make it three Premier League wins in a row as they have Postecoglou's side as 10/11 favourites. Ipswich Town are 5/2 outsiders and the draw pays 11/4.
Recent head to head: Four in a woe for Tottenham
That 2-1 victory in London earlier this season made it four wins in a row for Ipswich against Spurs, a run that spans 24 years. Tottenham last tasted victory in this fixture way back in August 2000.
Players to watch: Delap holds the key for Tractor Boys
Backing Liam Delap for a goal paid off for me in that win over Spurs back in November and the striker will be the biggest Ipswich threat again. He's 11/8 at BoyleSports to take his tally for the season to 11.
Mathys Tel looks like a good acquisition for Spurs and the Frenchman has one goal already from his three outings. He's 15/8 at BoyleSports for anytime scorer in this one.
Probable line-ups
Axel Tuanzebe is suspended for Ipswich after his red card against Villa last weekend. Julio Enciso was also injured early on in that match and could miss out along with Conor Chaplin, Sam Morsy, Cheidozie Ogbene, Sammie Szmodics, Wes Burns, Christian Walton and Leif Davis.
Tottenham's injury crisis is easing but they still look set to be without Cristian Romero, Micky van de Ven, Radu Dragusin, Timo Werner, Dominic Solanke and Richarlison.
Ipswich Town: Palmer, Townsend, Greaves, O'Shea, Wolfenden, Phillips, Clarke, Cajuste, Johnson, Hutchinson, Delap.
Tottenham Hotspur: Vicario, Spence, Danso, Davies, Porro, Sar, Bentancur, Kulusevski, Maddison, Son, Tel.
Anything else catch the eye?
Goals are usually guaranteed at both ends with Postecoglou's side but they've kept clean sheets in their last two Premier League games. I've got a feeling this game will be quite open though as Ipswich are likely to have a go instead of parking the bus.
The bookies agree as BTTS is tiny at 2/5 with BoyleSports while adding on over 2.5 goals only boosts the odds to 3/4. You can get to 11/10 though by combining BTTS with no draw.
Going for Spurs corners paid off for me in that last meeting as Postecoglou's side won 12-2 on that count. Those figures are likely to be closer with Ipswich having home advantage but over 6.5 Tottenham corners still looks decent at evens while Spurs -2.5 in that handicap pays 6/4.
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