Despite their poor overall performance in the Premier League this season, Tottenham have looked strong in the Europa League and a win on Thursday against Elfsborg would see the Londoners secure automatic qualification for the next round.
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Tottenham vs Elfsborg prediction: Goals expected in the capital
Key Stats
- Three of Elfsborg's last six competitive and non-competitive matches have produced over 2.5 goals.
- Both teams have scored in each of Tottenham's last four outings.
- Elfsborg have only failed to score in two of their last six matches, including friendlies.
Correct score prediction: Tottenham 2-1 Elfsborg
Injury-hit Tottenham have struggled to find any consistency of late but we are backing the Londoners to claim a 2-1 win against Elfsborg on Thursday which would book their place in the next round. Spurs have scored at least two goals in three of their last five matches but they have only managed to keep one clean sheet during that period.
Pre-game odds and win probability: Tottenham the overwhelming favourite
- HOME: 2/11 (1.18) – 84.6%
- DRAW: 17/2 (9.50) – 10.5%
- AWAY: 16/1 (17.00) – 5.9%
*odds from Ladbrokes, subject to change
Tottenham are the expected winner of this game with a probability of 84.6%, and we won't disagree with the bookmakers on this one.
You can find all our predictions for today's games on our football betting tips page.
Most recent H2Hs: Never met befiore
Tottenham play host to Swedish side Elfsborg for the very first time in their history this week and we're backing the Premier League side to come out on top.
Tottenham preview: Injuries have taken their toll
Spurs took a step closer to automatic qualification from the new-look Europa League group stage when they made the trip to Germany last week to face Hoffenheim.
James Maddison fired Tottenham in front after just three minutes and Son Heung-Min made it 2-0 before the break. Hoffenheim pulled a goal back in the second half but another goal from Son proved vital for Spurs as their hosts made it 3-2 late on but were unable to carve out an equaliser.
Cristian Romero, Micky van de Ven, Dominic Solanke, Brennan Johnson, Destiny Udogie, Guglielmo Vicario and Wilson Odobert could all miss out on Thursday night due to injury.
Predicted lineup: Austin (GK), Davies, Dragusin, Porro, Maddison, Bentancur, Kulusevski, Gray, Bergvall, Son & Richarlison
England Premier League 13/04/25
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Wolverhampton
4
Tottenham
2
UEFA Europa League 10/04/25
D
Eintracht Frankfurt
1
Tottenham
1
England Premier League 06/04/25
W
Southampton
1
Tottenham
3
England Premier League 03/04/25
L
Chelsea
1
Tottenham
0
England Premier League 16/03/25
L
Fulham
2
Tottenham
0
Elfsborg preview: eyeing a spot in the play-offs
Elfsborg have put themselves in with a great chance of making the Europa League play-offs this season after they picked up ten points from their opening seven group games.
The Swedes played host to Ligue 1 side Nice last time out and managed to come away with a massive three points thanks to a solitary second-half strike from Gustav Henriksson.
The visitors have no fresh injury concerns or suspended players ahead of the trip to London this week.
Predicted lineup: Pettersson (GK), Hult, Holmen, Henriksson, Yegbe, A. Zeneli, Hedlund, B. Zeneli, Qasem, Rapp & Abdullai
Sweden Allsvenskan 12/04/25
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IFK Norrkoping
0
Elfsborg
2
Sweden Allsvenskan 07/04/25
L
Malmo FF
2
Elfsborg
1
Sweden Allsvenskan 30/03/25
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Mju00e4llby AIF
2
Elfsborg
2
Europe Friendlies 20/03/25
L
GAIS
2
Elfsborg
1
Club Friendly List 15/03/25
W
Degerfors
1
Elfsborg
4
Player to watch – Son Heung-Min
Son Heung-Min might not have scored as many goals this season as we have come to expect from the South Korean star but he is still Tottenham's key attacking threat.
Son has scored three times in the Europa League this season and only Brennan Johnson has matched that total for Tottenham.
Will Tottenham's South Korean star guide them to automatic qualification?
Spurs need a win just to make sure of their place in the automatic qualifying positions and we're backing Son to lead his teammates to glory on Thursday night.