Huddersfield Daily Examiner

Laurent the top flight dream

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Huddersfie­ld v Spurs selected anytime goalscorer prices from BetVictor – Harry Kane 4/9, Dele Ali 20/23, Tom Ince 4/1, Elias Kachunga 4/1 and Aaron Mooy 15/2.

Kane unsurprisi­ngly heads the market to break the deadlock BetVictor make him a 2/1 chance to open the scoring and 4/9 to net anytime against the Terriers. He is 7/1 to leave with the match ball for a second successive game.

However, given the fact Town have conceded just three goals in the opening six games since returning to the top-flight this season, that looks very unlikely indeed.

Town have kept four clean sheets in their opening six Premier League games of the season – the only previous newly-promoted side to do this were Blackburn Rovers in 1992/93, with Rovers going on to keep a fifth in their seventh match of that season.

Town are at 8/1 at BetVictor to keep yet another clean sheet. League, it’s for me,” said Depoitre.

“A lot of duels, intensity and action from one side to another. It’s the type of football that I like.

“It was a dream to first play in the Premier League and then score in the Premier League in my first game, so now I try to keep going and improve in every game.”

Depoitre displayed all his best attributes when notching his first goal in England against Leicester, out-muscling defender Harry Maguire before putting a low angled shot inside the far post.

“It’s one of my best qualities – for a striker it’s important to be strong and be good in the duels, win in the air and to keep the ball in front to help the team,” he said.

“When you can score on your first time in the starting XI it gives you confidence and you feel better on the pitch.”

Town have defied the critics by taking nine points from their first six top flight matches, but Depoitre accepts Tottenham represent their toughest test yet.

“It’s the first big club we’re going to play against and I look forward to playing against a club like this,” he said.

“But it’s going to be tough. For me there is Alderweire­ld and Vertonghen, who I played with in the national team, so I know them and I think they are one of the best

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