Tottenham vs Bodo/Glimt prediction: EUROPE: Europa League – Play Offs betting tips on match 2025-04-30 19:00.
[p]While Tottenham’s calamitous Premier League campaign continued with a 5-1 thumping at Liverpool on Sunday, full focus switches to the UEFA Europa League (UEL) where their season could just about be salvaged. Ange Postecoglou has steered Spurs to just their second semi-final of a UEFA competition this century, and with the other ending in a breathless victory over Ajax, the North Londoners are looking to keep up that 100% record and reach the final in Bilbao.[/p]
[p]They take a perfect four-game winning record against Norwegian clubs into their inaugural meeting with Bodø/Glimt, and after drawing 1-1 at home to Eintracht Frankfurt in the quarter-finals, a 19-game unbeaten run at home in all continental football too (W15, D4). Spurs’ defending has been surprisingly impressive in the knockout stages so far, conceding no more than one goal in any of their four legs, albeit keeping just one clean sheet. [/p]
[p]Bodø/Glimt promise to be a stern test for that defence having scored in 24 of their last 26 European matches, while they impressively beat league phase table-toppers Lazio to progress from the quarter-finals. They’re proudly flying the flag in this edition as Norway’s first semi-finalists in any UEFA club competition, but to go any further through these uncharted waters they’ll need to beat an English club for the first time (L3). [/p]
[p]Kjetil Knutsen’s side have won eight of their last ten two-legged ties in Europe, and their path to the semi-finals has been about limiting the damage away and overrunning their opponents at home. All six of their knockout stage games in this UEL cycle were won by the home side on the day, with Bodø scoring exactly once in all three away losses. [/p]
[p]Players to watch: Dominic Solanke, Tottenham’s only scorer at the weekend against Liverpool, has scored nine of his 13 goals this season on home soil. Also on target at the weekend, Kasper Høgh is the UEL’s joint-leading scorer (G7), with three of the last five coming after half-time.[/p]
[p]Hot streak: Bodø/Glimt scored in each of their last 12 away games. [/p]
[p][i]Written by Aaron Murphy[/i][/p]