Tottenham vs Bournemouth
English Premier League
Date: Saturday, 15th April 2017
Kick-off at 12:30 UK / 13:30 CET
Venue: White Hart Lane, London.
Title-chasing Tottenham Hotspur host Bournemouth on Saturday, looking to make up ground on league leaders Chelsea.
Spurs head into the weekend 7 points behind the Blues following last Saturday’s 4-0 win over Watford.
Goals from Dele Alli, Eric Dier and Heung-min Son (2) extended Spurs’ winning streak to six matches.
Mauricio Pochettino’s side will be firm favourites on Saturday, having won all of their previous 11 Premier League matches at White Hart Lane.
Bournemouth’s five-match unbeaten run came to an end on Saturday. Eddie Howe’s side lost 3-1 at home to Chelsea, with Josh King scoring his 13th goal of the season.
The two sides drew 0-0 in the reverse fixture back in October.
Team news
Harry Kane is expected to start after making his comeback off the bench last time out.
Victor Wanyama is available following his late withdrawal against Watford. The Kenyan midfield has trained with the squad all week.
Danny Rose remains sidelined but expected to return to outdoor training next week. Cameron Carter-Vickers has a knee problem and will be assessed before kick-off.
Pochettino reaffirmed that Harry Winks and Erik Lamela “will miss the rest of the season.”
Tyrone Mings returns for Bournemouth after serving a five-game suspension for his stamp on Man United’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Junior Stanislas is likely to feature on Saturday after returning from a groin injury.
Dan Gosling has suffered a setback in training and could join Andrew Surman on the sidelines.
Tottenham Hotspur
Mauricio Pochettino’s men have been on fire in the recent period. The Spurs have claimed seven consecutive wins since the 2-2 draw with Gent in the last 32 round of Europa League at Wembley.
The current form seems even more impressive if we know that the Argentine manager could have not used his key man Harry Kane. Spurs’ top scorer will be back in action after the suspension this Saturday.
AFC Bournemouth
The Cherries have had good and ad periods throughout the season. The most important thing for Eddie Howe is the fact that AFC Bournemouth are on a fair distance from the red zone at the moment.
The team had a super tough schedule over the last couple of weeks as they had to take on Southampton, Liverpool and Chelsea.
Tottenham Hotspur vs AFC Bournemouth: Head to head
The Spurs have been super dominant in head to head matches with AFC Bournemouth.
Tottenham won three of four H2H meetings between the two sides, each time by at least three goals difference.
We, however, must mention that the first match in this term of Premier League saw a goalless draw at Vitality Stadium.
Tottenham Hotspur vs AFC Bournemouth: Prediction
The hosts are huge favourites to ease past Bournemouth and keep the pressure on Chelsea at the top.
Howe’s defense proved to be vulnerable against the top teams and the only genuine question is how many goals will end up behind Boruc’s back?
Tottenham Hotspur vs AFC Bournemouth: Bet Tips
The first betting pick will be Tottenham Hotspur -1.5 handicap at the odds of 3/4.
Harry Kane is 1/2 to score anytime on the return.
