Eintracht Frankfurt v Tottenham Hotspur: Prediction, Tips and Odds

Eintracht Frankfurt and Tottenham Hotspur meet in the second leg of their UEFA Europa League quarter-final on Thursday night, with the tie on a knife-edge after a 1-1 draw in North London last week.

Hugo Ekitike had fired Frankfurt into an early lead at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium before Pedro Porro equalised to leave it all to play for at Frankfurt Stadion.

The winner will face Bodo/Glimt or Lazio in the semi-finals.

Eintracht Frankfurt v Tottenham Hotspur betting tips and predictions

Eintracht Frankfurt to win - 11/8

This is it for Tottenham, the last chance to save their wretched season and quite possibly the last chance for Ange Postecoglou to save his job.

Win at Eintracht Frankfurt and Spurs are into the last four of the UEFA Europa League and three games away from a backdoor route into next season's UEFA Champions League.

Lose, and all the anger being aimed at unpopular chairman Daniel Levy reaches new levels with Postecoglou surely out of the door and a summer player exodus an inevitability.

The stakes could not be higher for Tottenham and their fragile confidence may struggle to deal with what is about to unfold.

Frankfurt Stadion will be rocking, sold out and expectant, and the contrasts between the sides is immense.

Die Adler are third in the Bundesliga and heading for next season's UEFA Champions League on merit.

Tottenham are 15th in the Premier League and one combination of results away from being the only side above Southampton, Leicester and Ipswich.

Frankfurt come into the tie on a high courtesy of Sunday's emphatic 3-0 demolition of Heidenheim.

Spurs approach it on their knees following a rotten 4-2 loss at Wolves, where all their familiar fragility was there to see.

The 2022 UEFA Europa League champions have won 12 of their last 17 home fixtures including each of their last four in this competition.

Spurs have lost each of their last four away games and six of their last seven.

Premier League pedigree, Tottenham's rich history, possible nerves in the Frankfurt camp, some underdog spirit from the visitors; these and other unknowns have to come into play on the biggest night of the season for both these clubs.

But the cold, harsh reality is that Frankfurt look the better equipped to win this tie and move into the last four.

Mario Gotze Over 0.5 Shots - 6/5

Eintracht Frankfurt held on well in London despite plenty of Spurs' pressure to come away with a 1-1 draw.

The fact that their centre-backs and young keeper Kaua Santos were the men-of-the-match speaks volumes, but it will be a different story in Frankfurt.

Eintracht, blessed with several energetic youngsters, are all about the transition and will expect to unsettle Tottenham with pace on the counter.

For all that, and, for all their youthful exuberance, it's veteran World Cup winner Mario Gotze who makes this attacking force tick.

The 30-year-old is enjoying a fine spring with two goals against Ajax in the last round and another in a 1-0 win over Stuttgart in the last month.

Gotze has played in any number of positions for the Eagles this season and still has an eye for goal. He looks fantastic value at 6/5 to just fire off at least one shot.

Corner Match Bet - Tottenham - 11/10

The 2-way corners market is set at 10 - it's 5/6 over - but it is worth considering the 12/5 there are 12 or more.

Better still has to be the 11/10 that Spurs win more corners than their hosts.

That was certainly the case in the first leg, understandably enough with Spurs at home. They won nine corners to Frankfurt's three.

But even at home, Frankfurt are happy to play without the ball, which means Spurs will do plenty of attacking. And, of course, there is the very real possibility of the Londoners having to chase the game at some point.

Spurs average 6.3 corners away in the Premier League; Frankfurt average 5.3 at home in the Bundesliga.

And in this season's UEFA Europa League, Tottenham have been piling up 5.9 corners per game, Frankfurt just 4.6.

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Eintracht Frankfurt v Tottenham Hotspur odds

Eintracht Frankfurt - 11/8
Draw - 27/10
Tottenham Hotspur - 7/4

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