Juventus With Slight Edge To Win Home Opener Against Tottenham
Published on January 20th, 2018 7:27 am ESTWritten By: Dave Manuel
On 2018.02.13, the much anticipated Round of 16 action in Champions League will get under way with two games, including Juventus squaring off against Tottenham. Juventus will be playing host to Tottenham in the first game on February 13th. Juventus is favoured to move on to the quarter-finals, which is why it should be no surprise that they are favoured to win the home opener of the two game series.
Juventus is having a strong year overall, as they have progressed to the Round of 16 in Champions League, while they are currently 1 point behind Napoli for first place in Italian Serie A.
Tottenham, on the other hand, is slipping a bit this year, as they are currently sitting in 5th place in the English Premier League table, three points behind both Liverpool and Chelsea. This is obviously important, as Tottenham runs the risk of missing out on Champions League next season if these results remain the same.
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Here are the current betting odds for the 2018.02.13 match, courtesy of Bet365:
Source: Bet365
Time Stamp: 2018.01.20 12:17 pm GMT
Odds Subject to Change
Full Time Result
Juventus, 1.95
Draw, 3.30
Tottenham, 4.00
Goals Over/Under
Over 2.5, 2.15
Under 2.5, 1.66
Double Chance
Juventus or Draw, 1.25
Draw or Tottenham, 1.85
Juventus or Tottenham, 1.34
To Qualify
Juventus, 1.66
Tottenham, 2.20
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Juventus has been playing well as of late, as they have won their last four league matches in a row, while you would have to go all the way back to September 12th to find their last loss in Champions League.
Tottenham have been strong as well as of late, as they are unbeaten in their last five English Premier League matches. In addition, they have put together a long unbeaten string in Champions League which has included wins over Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund and APOEL Nicosia.
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There is no question that Juventus should have the edge in this match, though Tottenham certainly has the talent to go through.
This is going to be one of the more intriguing Round of 16 matches.
