18th May 2025
We’re not sure there’s ever been two more underwhelming finalists in a European competition than this, certainly not English teams and certainly not in recent years.
Man Utd sit 16th in the Premier League while Spurs sit 17th. Both are only staying up due to the fact the three promoted teams are so poor and are going straight back down.
This Manchester United team is the biggest joke of a United side anyone under the age of 40 will ever have seen, whilst Tottenham are Spursy and never win anything.
This game could end 4-4 due to how much of a clown Onana is and how ridiculous Spurs’ defence lines up, or it could be a 0-0 bore because both sides are too poor to score against one another!
Either way, it’s going to be absolutely fascinating and European finals between two English clubs are always an interesting spectacle.
Match Betting Odds
(Please note all odds are correct at time of publishing)
Man Utd 8/5 (BetFred)
Draw 12/5 (Bet365)
Tottenham 9/5 (Ladbrokes)
(Please note these odds are only for 90 minutes (plus injury time). If you want to cover your back and get extra time and penalties, included, you can do the, “To Life The Trophy” market where you can get Man Utd at 4/5 and Tottenham at 1/1, both with Bet365.)
While both teams have been extremely poor in the league, they have obviously been excellent at times in Europe. Whether that points to the weakness of this competition or not is another story.
United beat Athletic Bilbao 7-1 over two legs to reach the final, while Tottenham beat Bodo Glimt 5-1.
We think this will be a very close game, we can see it being a draw and maybe going all the way to penalties. And with the game being so even, and the teams seemingly being so even (performances in the Premier League and Europa League), it makes sense to go with the bigger odds too.
Game Decided After Penalties
Yes 5/1 (Bet365)
No 1/8 (Bet365)
With the above having been said, we think a small stake on the game being decided on penalties is a good little bet to do, as well.
Both Teams To Score
Yes 3/4 (Coral)
No 11/10 (BetFred)
It may well be a tight, tentative game, but we think it will be quite open. Both defences are poor, so we expect goals. We think 2-2 is much more likely than 0-0. We think both teams to score is highly likely to land. A small stake on both 1-1 and 2-2 is therefore a good idea.
Correct Score Market (Selected)
Man Utd 1-0 15/2 (BetFred)
Man Utd 2-0 12/1 (BetFred)
Man Utd 2-1 9/1 (Coral)
Man Utd 3-0 25/1 (BetFred)
Man Utd 3-1 20/1 (Bet365)
Draw 0-0 10/1 (BetFred
Draw 1-1 11/2 (Ladbrokes)
Draw 2-2 12/1 (Bet365)
Draw 3-3 50/1 (BetFred)
Spurs 1-0 8/1 (Bet365)
Spurs 2-0 14/1 (BetFred)
Spurs 2-1 9/1 (Coral)
Spurs 3-0 28/1 (Ladbrokes)
Spurs 3-1 20/1 (Ladbrokes)
Anytime Goalscorer (Selected)
Bruno Fernandes 12/5 (Bet365)
Dominic Solanke 13/5 (Ladbrokes)
Richarlison 13/5 (Coral)
Rasmus Hojlund 13/5(Ladbrokes)
Heung-min Son 13/5 (Coral)
Amad Diallo 11/4 (BetFred)
Brennan Johnson 3/1 (Ladbrokes)
Alejandro Garnacho 3/1 (Bet365)
Mikey Moore 4/1 (Bet365)
Say what you like about Bruno Fernandes (and we often do!), he does score a lot of important goals for United, and in big games too.
We fancy him to get on the scoresheet here, so we will be taking up Bet365’s 12/5 for him to score at any time.
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Both clubs played on Friday night (United losing 1-0 at Chelsea and Spurs having a 2-0 reverse at Aston Villa) to give them more time to prepare for this game. With both clubs having nothing to play for in the league, they could both rest players for this game. Spurs went with almost a full rotation, but United went strong, although did sub off key players.
Missing for Tottenham are long term absentee centre-back Radu Dragusin (cruciate ligament), attacking midfielder James Maddison (knee), forward Dane Scarlett (groin) and Lucas Bergvall (ankle).
United centre-back Lisando Martinez is also out for the long term with a cruciate ligament injury, striker Joshua Zirkzee has missed the last 10 games with a thigh problem and will miss the final, while Matthijs de Ligt has a knee injury and will be touch and go for the final.
Betting Recommendations
Draw 12/5 (Bet365) – 5 points
BTTS Yes 3/4 (Coral) – 8 points
Game Decided After Penalties Yes 5/1 (Bet365) – 3 points
Anytime Goalscorer Bruno Fernandes 12/5 (Bet365) – 3 points