Chelsea vs. Tottenham Odds and Pick
By: Al Hain-Cole
Goal.com
Chelsea and Tottenham will be hoping to get their hands on the first silverware of the season when they come face to face at Wembley in Sunday's League Cup final (11 a.m. ET, beIN Sports).
Jose Mourinho won his first trophy in English football in this competition back in 2005, and he is available at -155 odds with the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook to lift it for the third time here.
However, Spurs secured a memorable 5-3 victory when these sides last met in the league in January and are on offer at odds of +425 to come out on top once again this time out.
The Blues have drawn four of their last six matches in all competitions and you can get odds of 3-to-1 (+300) on them taking it into extra time with another stalemate after 90 minutes.
Other betting options at the Westgate
To win outright: Tottenham +240, Chelsea -280
Spread (90 minutes + injury time): Tottenham +1 goal (-135), Chelsea -1 goal (+115)
Total (90 minutes + injury time): 2.5 goals (OVER -125, UNDER +105)
While the Premier League leaders are the unsurprising favorites to take home the trophy, that exciting encounter at White Hart Lane will still be fresh in the minds of both sets of players, instilling Mauricio Pochettino's men with plenty of confidence despite their midweek Europa League exit in Florence.
What's more, the underdogs will have fond memories of the last time the teams met in a League Cup final, their 2-1 extra-time victory in 2008 providing them with their first and last piece of silverware since 1999.
With this in mind, this game should hold no fear for Spurs, who will fancy their chances of causing problems for a team they put five goals past less than two months ago.
Furthermore, having kept just two clean sheets in their last eight fixtures, the usually watertight Chelsea defense are looking uncharacteristically vulnerable at the moment and will certainly miss the protection usually provided by the suspended Nemanja Matic in midfield.
All things considered, odds of -125 look far too good to pass up on both teams finding the net in another entertaining encounter, in a bet which would have paid out in nine of the last 12 meetings between the sides.
While the 'both teams to score' prop is not offered at the Westgate, bettors can apply the same logic and try to get OVER 2.5 total goals.
Goal.com best bet: Both teams to score at 4-to-5 odds (-125)