Tottenham vs Charlton Athletic Betting Tips & Preview

Tottenham Hotspur to win

Spurs are the pick here, and the gulf in quality between a Premier League side and League One opposition ought to tell the story even before a ball is kicked in this Carabao Cup second round tie. Tottenham have won two of their last five outings, including a comfortable home victory over Everton, and while their form has been patchy of late, the calibre of squad at Thomas Frank's disposal should be more than enough to see off Charlton Athletic, who play two divisions below them. The head-to-head record also points firmly in Tottenham's favour, with five wins from five in the meetings listed. The model puts the win at 43.6%, which reflects the unpredictability inherent in any cup fixture involving a lower-league side capable of causing an upset, but on balance this is still the most likely outcome on the night.

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Tottenham's build-up to this tie has been a mixed bag. They beat Aston Villa away and Everton at home in their last five, but those wins were sandwiched around a draw with Leeds United and a defeat to Chelsea, and they head into this fixture off the back of a loss to Brentford. It's not the ideal platform, and there will be some pressure to put things right quickly, but the underlying quality of the squad remains the main factor working in their favour against lower-division opposition.

Charlton, by contrast, arrive full of confidence. They've won three of their last four matches, beating Cheltenham Town, Derby County and West Ham United in succession, with their only defeat in that run coming against Swansea City back in May. That's a decent sequence of results and shows Charlton are in good touch heading into this game, even if the step up in opposition quality here is considerable.

Head-to-Head

History is emphatically on Tottenham's side. The five meetings listed between the clubs have all ended in Tottenham victories, stretching back to 2005. Charlton haven't managed so much as a draw against Spurs in any of those encounters, home or away, and while old results carry limited weight given how much both squads have changed since 2011, the pattern does reinforce the sense that this fixture has historically been one-sided.

Team News

Tottenham will be without Wilson Odobert and Xavi Simons, both sidelined with cruciate ligament tears since February and April respectively. Those are significant long-term absences in terms of squad depth, though Spurs still have plenty of attacking options to call upon for a game of this nature.

Charlton's team news shows just the one absentee, with Micah Mbick out through a knee injury since March. Beyond that, there's nothing else listed in terms of unavailable players for either side, so both teams should otherwise be able to name strong squads for this one.