Tottenham Hotspur v Burnley FC

FA Cup 3rd Round, 2. leg

White Hart Lane

14-01-2014 @ 20.00 UK

How are the two sides form?

What are the probable line ups?

Nabil Bentaleb is away on African Nations Cup duty while Ryan Mason and Erik Lamela are doubtful for the match. Burnley goes into this match without Stephen Ward and Kevin Long while Michael Duff and Jason Shackell are doubtful.

Lloris

Walker - Fazio - Vertonghen - Rose

Dembele - Stambouli

Townsend - Eriksen - Chadli

Kane

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Ings

Barnes

Boyd - Marney - Jones - Arfield

Mee - Shackell - Keane - Trippier

Heaton

Worth keeping an eye on

Tottenham Hotspur - Harry Kane: The 21-year old striker is a true Spurs wonderkid. Not many had expected him to have a season like this, and he can be a decisive player for Tottenham against Burnley.

Burnley - Dean Marney: The former Spurs midfielder is an important part of Burnleys midfield. Marney is a typical box-to-box midfielder and his defensive work will be important against a strong Spurs attack.

What to expect from this match?

Tottenham was the best team on the pitch at Turf Moor but had to settle with a draw. Spurs' attack is deadly at the moment, and they will be a challenge for the Burnley defends; Chadli, Eriksen, and Townsend can win this match alone. However, the first match showed that Burnley is a team that keeps fighting and with the spirit they have shown the past week, they can surprise Spurs and move on to the 4th round.

What are the odds?

Tottenham Hotspur: 1/2 (WilliamHill)

Draw: 19/5 (BETVICTOR)

Burnley FC: 7 (Bet365)

Arsenal v Hull

FA Cup Final

Wembley Stadium

17-05-2014 @ 17.00 UK

How are the two teams form?

Arsenal won their last five Premier League matches leading to a fourth in the table and access to the Champions League next season. After what seemed to be a promising year for The Gunners, the fans will be disappointed with the position in the league, and only an FA Cup trophy will save the season. 

Hull, lost their last five matches in the Premier League and finished 16th in the table, saving them another season in the best company. 

The last seven meetings between the two sides have finished with six Arsenal wins and only a single victory to Hull, back in 2008.

Szczesny

Sagna - Mertesacker - Koscielny - Monreal

Arteta - Ramsey

Wilshere - Ozil - Podolski

Giroud

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Long - Jelavic

Fryatt - Livermore - Huddlestone - Sagbo

Rosenior - Bruce - Davies - Elmohamady

Harper

What to expect from this match?

Wenger and Arsenal's season can be saved with the FA Cup trophy on Saturday, and Hull should be an easy task for The Gunners. However, last season we saw Wigan win against Manchester City and we all know that anything can happen in cup football. Arsenal are by far the favorites, especially given their current form compared to Hull's. Hull will probably take a defensive stand in the match, and base their play on counter-attacks. Meanwhile, Arsenal should go out and play the attacking play we have seen in the latest five matches.

What are the odds?

Arsenal wins: 1/2 (BetFred)

Hull wins: 7 (Betfair)

Draw: 7/2 (PaddyPower)

Manchester City v Chelsea

FA Cup Semi-final

Etihad Stadium

15-02-2013 @ 17.15

How are the two teams form?

It's only been a week since the two sides met at Etihad Stadium, and Chelsea took all three points against Manchester City. Since then, City played a 0-0 draw against Norwich on Saturday while Chelsea won 3-0 against Newcastle. In fact, Chelsea are now unbeaten in 12 matches, including the last two matches in the FA Cup. 

However, statistically Manchester City has an advantage as they have won 6 out of the last 10 matches between the two sides. 

What are the probable lineups?

Manchester City are without the profiles Sergio Aguero, Fernandinho, Javi Garcia and Samir Nasri for the meeting with Chelsea. The opponent from London is struggling with injuries as well, as Tomas Kalas and Marco van Ginkel are out, and John Terry and Fernando Torres are rated doubtful. 

Hart

Zabaleta - Nastasic - Kompany - Clichy

Navas - Touré - Demichelis - Silva

Dzeko - Jovetic

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Eto'o

Hazard - Oscar - Salah

Ramires - Matic

Ivanovic - Terry - Cahill - Azpilicueta

Cech

What to expect from this match?

The two sides often play some very even matches against each other, with only one goal separating them. This match will without a doubt be yet another tight match, where Chelsea will try and copy the success they had a week ago. If the Pensioners manage to keep the strong Manchester City attack away from the big chances as we saw last Monday, they are one big step closer to the final. That said, with City losing points in the Premier League this weekend, they will be eager to perform in the midweek game against Sunderland and continue against Chelsea in the weekend. Despite Chelsea won last Monday, I feel confident City will take a win in the 5th round of the FA Cup.

What are the odds?

Most of the bookmakers have Manchester City as favorites with 6/5 at Boylesport while a Chelsea victory gives 11/4 at BetFred. A draw will give 6/2 at Skybet.

Nottingham Forest v Preston North End

FA Cup 4. Round

City Ground

24-01-2013 @ 20.00

How are the two teams form?

Nottingham Forest took an impressing win against West Ham in the third round of the FA Cup and are currently fifth in the Championship. The Tricky Trees are unbeaten in ten matches before the Preston meeting. Preston North End won 3-2 against Ipswich in the FA Cup and are currently fourth in League One after playing a draw in their last match.

What are the probable line ups?

Forest are without Kevin Wilson, Chris Cohen, Dexter Blackstock, Eric Lichaj and Jack Hobbs due to injuries. For Preston, Kevin Davies is out with a ban.

Darlow

Jara - Lascelles - Collins - Harding

Moussi - Reid - Lansbury - Abdoun

Halford - Paterson

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Garner - Hume

Gallagher - Welsh - Kilkenny - Holmes

Buchanan - Wright - King - Clark

Rudd

What to expect from this match?

After Forest humiliated West Ham last round there are great expectations to the Reds. Playing against Preston from the league under them makes them favorites and I expect them to dominate in this match. That said, in cup football you can never be sure and Preston will not lay down and let Forest run them over. Preston will be careful not to take to many risks from the start of the match, but they cannot let Nottingham take control of the match. Four of the last ten matches have been won with a 2-1 score and Forest have won five of last ten matches. There is no doubt in my mind, the Tricky Trees wins this match.

What are the odds?

A Nottingham Forest win will give back 4/5 at betway while a Preston win will give an amazing 5 times the money back with bet365. 

FA Cup

Elland Road

27-01-2013 @ 14.00 GMT

How is the two teams form?

Leeds United has won three of their five last matches; one of the against Birmingham in the FA Cup. The Peacocks are currently positioned 11 in the Championship with 41 points. Meanwhile, Spurs are currently four in the Premier League with the same amount of points. Tottenham is unbeaten in their last five matches after their 1-1 draw against Manchester United on Sunday.

The last ten matches between the two teams have resulted in five Spurs victories, two draws and three wins to Leeds.

What is the predicted XI?

Leeds can have Luciano Becchio back from his virus while Tottenham still are without a couple of players.

Ashdown

Byram - Peltier - Lees - Pearce

Green - Brown - Austin - Varney

Diouf - Becchio

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Defoe

Dempsey

Bale - Dembélé - Parker - Lennon

Assou-Ekotto- Vertonghen - Dawson - Walker

Lloris

What to expect from this match?

As mentioned before, the FA Cup is always the tournament of surprises and Leeds might surprise against Tottenham. However, Spurs has developed the last couple of years and is more or less a top five team in the Premier League.

That said, Leeds has some interesting players in the squad and both Becchio and the veteran Diouf can cause problems for Tottenham. Spurs will not take chances as the Premier League must be more valuable for them, however, I still expect them to use their best players.

Spurs are favorites for this match, and they will be dominating from the start. However, Leeds have had luck earlier in the cup, and I can see them win this by a single goal - Probably in overtime and probably by Diouf (If he is not sent off)

What are the odds?

Tottenham are favorites with the best odds of 4/5 at bet365. However, most of the bets has been on a Leeds victory, where the best odds is 4 from StanJames. StanJames also have the best odds on a draw with 14/5. 

A 1-0 victory to Leeds gives a staggering 16 back at BetVictor.