Tottenham v Dortmund Betting Tips: Can Spurs make home advantage count?

Likely XIs

Spurs are still without their key man Kane up front, while Dele Alli hasn’t been able to recover from his hamstring strain.

Left-back Ben Davies is out with a groin injury, and Spurs are sweating on the fitness of their other option in that position Danny Rose, who picked up a shin wound against Leicester in the Premier League.

Mauricio Pochettino will be boosted by a return to the squad for Erik Lamela (back) and Eric Dier (virus), although it’s not clear if they’re ready to start.

Dortmund manager Lucien Favre will be without key man Reus for this one. He suffered a muscle tear in last weekend’s 3-3 draw with Hoffenheim.

Paco Alcacer is out with a shoulder injury, with Lukasz Piszczek (foot), Manuel Akanji (hip) and Julian Weigl (infection) all missing out too.

Key Battles

Jadon Sancho will be looking to put on a show in North London, and it’s down to the Spurs back-four to stop him. The young English winger has been making a name for himself in the Bundesliga with his pace and trickery, but can he do it against English opposition?

With Kane being ruled out, Dortmund will need to shut down Son and limit the space he can run into. He’s become a clinical finisher and filled the void left by Kane’s injury. Axel Witsel may need to track back to restrict Son’s creativity.

On the opposite side to Sancho, Raphael Guerreiro has been given a new lease of life since being pushed forward and playing in a more attacking role. The Portuguese international grabbed a goal at the weekend, and will be a threat to the right hand side of Tottenham’s defence.

Match Odds

Our traders have this as a pretty even match-up, but Spurs come in as slight favourites despite missing two of their key men. They’re 6/5 to gain a first leg advantage.

Dortmund are being backed too, and you’d struggle to call it a shock is they notched a first leg win. They’re out at 9/4 underdogs.

Die Schwarzgelben will need others to step up in the absence of Reus and Alcacer, the source of most of their goals. Mario Gotze and Sancho come in at favourites to score anytime for the Germans at 21/10.

In the last three meetings between the two sides, both teams have got their names on the score sheet. If you think both teams can notch again, it’s 6/10 with our traders.

Spurs won 3-1 last time the two faced each other at Wembley, and a repeat of that result is 16/1.

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