Monday Night Football - Villa can limit Spurs at White Hart Lane

Monday Night Football's here & we've got Premier League football with Tottenham Hotspur hosting Aston Villa & NFL action as the Kansas City Chiefs face the New England Patriots in Foxborough, we've scoured the markets for the best bets available.

(Quality left back Stephen Warnock can help keep Tottenham's attackers in check)

Tottenham have been having a great season so far, only dropping points in the league once (drawing against the freakish performing Newcastle) since their losses against both Manchester teams in their first two games, they will want to win here to keep up their push for a Champions League spot. Aston Villa haven't done at all badly either, although expectations & aspirations are lower, they've also lost just the twice - again to the juggernaut that is Man City & local rivals West Brom. Villa's problem has been too many draws with 6 in the campaign including 4 out of 5 in away games, Alex McLeish has really got his slight squad playing with a resolve that was lacking at times under Gerard Houllier's strange tenure last year. Spurs have been winning & playing nicely with Redknapp's decision to play a shadow squad in the Europa League matches looking smarter by the day, the international break came at just the wrong time & the hugely effective Rafael van der Vaart picked up yet another hamstring injury that puts him out of this one. Gareth Bale's starting to get his game going & is as dangerous a winger as anyone in the league, it's a pity that on the other wing the enigmatic & often ineffectual Aaron Lennon is playing, Villa's wing backs are one of the strong points of their team anyway with Warnock & Hutton, the Scot will be keen on having a good game against his former team. Therefore Spurs will look to the inventive Luka Modric to unlock the Villa defence, Villa will be prepared for that & will pack the midfield, even if they get the ball through to the strikers Jermaine Defoe hasn't always convinced & although Adebayor's all round game has been nice he hasn't scored since 18th September. We aren't keen on Villa scoring, although we're big Darren Bent fans, but they might be able to stop Spurs as well & we're going for no goalscorer at a huge 16/1 - that bet also has you covered if the only goals are own goals which is just as well with Richard Dunne on the pitch!

(Dwayne Bowe can score against the Patriots by outjumping their cornerbacks)

The New England Patriots got a deserved win for their attacking play against the Jets last Monday night & should prove way too strong for the Kansas City Chiefs here but the -15 point handicap is just a little big to be bet & we've instead looked at the touchdown scorers market. The Chiefs really haven't scored enough touchdowns this year but Dwayne Bowe dominates their scoring with a very average 4 TDs on the year he's available at 6/5 to score at any time  & has to be bet with the Patriots very poor secondary. For a first touchdown scorer we have to look at the Patriots, tight ends Aaron Hernandez & particularly Rob Gronkowski are big favourites for Tom Brady when aiming for the end zone but he'll want to get the ball to league leading receiver Wes Welker who was covered by Darrelle Revis last week & he can be bet at 7/1 to score the first touchdown & get a victory underway.

Selections:
No goalscorer at 16/1 (various) in the Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa game

Wes Welker to score 1st touchdown at 7/1 (Boylesports) in Kansas City Chiefs v New England Patriots game
Dwayne Bowe to score a touchdown at anytime at 6/5 (general)