Free football betting tips and odds: FA Cup fifth-round replay between Tottenham Hotspur and Rochdale

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It’s a date at Wembley for Sky Bet League One strugglers Rochdale as they travel to face Tottenham in an FA Cup fifth-round replay.

Steven Davies’ 93rd minute equaliser was enough to give Keith Hill’s side the draw after Harry Kane’s late penalty seemingly secured passage for Spurs.

Unsurprisingly, Spurs are 1/9 odds-on favourites for this one, with 12/1 the best price for the game to go past 90 minutes and Rochdale a huge 33/1 to cause a shock upset.

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Posted at 1040 GMT on 28/02/18.

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  • Spurs have won each of their last eight FA Cup replays, last being eliminated in 2007 to eventual winners Chelsea in the quarter-final stage.
  • Rochdale have only taken a top-flight side to replay once in the FA Cup, drawing twice against Norwich in the 1976 third round, with Dale losing 2-1 in the second replay.
  • Tottenham are unbeaten in their last 13 games in all competitions at Wembley since losing to West Ham in the fourth round of the EFL Cup (W11 D2).
  • Rochdale will be visiting Wembley for the first time since May 2008 when facing Stockport in a fourth-tier play-off final, losing 2-3 to Stockport during Keith Hill’s first spell with the club.
  • Mauricio Pochettino has never lost to a side from a lower division than the Premier League as a manager in English football (P19 W16 D3 L0).
  • Dele Alli could be the first player in Spurs' history to score in the top-flight, League Cup, FA Cup and European Cup/Champions League in the same season.
  • Ian Henderson has scored six goals in the FA Cup this season; only Will Grigg has bagged more (seven).
  • Harry Kane has scored eight goals in his last six FA Cup games for Tottenham Hotspur.

Team news

Tottenham

Tottenham will be without central defenders Jan Vertonghen and Toby Alderweireld. Vertonghen misses out with an ankle injury but could return to face Huddersfield on Saturday, while Alderweireld remains on the sidelines with a hamstring problem.

Michel Vorm returns in goal while Kieran Trippier, Danny Rose, Harry Winks and Son Heung-min are also set to start.

Rochdale

Scott Wiseman, Billy Knott, Sam Hart and Mihai Dobre are all ineligible after joining the club in the January transfer window. Defenders Niall Canavan and Keith Keane are also expected to miss out having played just one game between them in 2018 due to injury.

Youngsters Daniel Adshead, Aaron Morley and Matty Gillam have been promoted to the senior squad for the clash.

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