Tottenham - Sheffield United

In the second semi-final of the Capital One Cup in England at "White Hart Lane" against each other face the teams of Tottenham and Sheffield United. The odds for the game offered by the leading bookmaker Bet365 are as follows: 1.33 for a home win, with a draw at 5.75 and 10.00 for the victory of the guests. Tottenham came to this match after emphatic success in the previous round at Newcastle with 4:0. Sheffield United in turn brought one of the surprises of the tournament and discarded the flying high team of Southampton with 1:0.

Tottenham won at the weekend against Sunderland with 2:1. Spurs kept the distance of 3 points to the fourth place entitling participation in the Champions League next season. Now, the boys of Mauricio Pochettino are focused on the upcoming match against Sheffield United. Spurs will have a seemingly easy task, but if they want to get to the battle for the Cup at Wembley, the team should not allow an understatement. Nabil Bentaleb will miss the match for Tottenham, because of his participation in the Cup of African Nations. This will give a new chance on Benjamin Stambouli in midfield. Nacer Chadli has personal problems and was released from his coach Pochetino to return to his home country Belgium. Out due to injuries are Ryan Mason and Eric Lamela. At issue before the game are Younes Kabul, Vlad Chiriches and Federico Fazio.

Sheffield United lost his visit to MK Dons with 1: 0 over the weekend in a match of League One. After this defeat, "knives" were outside the area of the playoffs, but there are many more rounds till the end. Now, Sheffield United will throw all the forces to achieve a good result predicted by soccer predictions against Tottenham in this tournament before the second leg after a week. Craig Alcock will return in the composition and will take the position of the right-back after missed the final round due to injury. Stephen Scougall is questionable after being replaced against MK Dons. Ben Davis missed the game due to injury, while Chris O`Grady has minutes with the team of Brighton in the tournament and have no right to participate in the game.

Tottenham is a much better team and will seek a landslide victory to have some advantage in the rematch next week. We recommend you to look for convincing success for the hosts with more than one goal difference. Coefficient for such an outcome at bet365 is attractive - 2.075.

Prediction Tottenham - Sheffield United: 1(-1.5 AH)
Security: 5/10
Odds: 2.075 at bet365