WOLVES a replay and aftermath to beat Brentford in the FA Cup, but backed the home side to win in 90 minutes at 11/10 on Saturday.
Gary O’Neil’s players won 4-2 at Chelsea last week to take their recent league record to four wins in six games, but the Bees have been shipping way too many goals, despite Neal Maupay’s scoring efforts and the welcome return of Ivan Toney.
You still have to wonder how Wolves missed out on a point in their 4-3 draw against Manchester United nine days ago, but they bounced back with a fantastic three-pointer at Stamford Bridge and it looks like a wonderful opportunity to add another. Win before the next one. One week to face the Spurs.
HUDDERSFIELD landed last week’s headline bet with a 4-0 win over Sheffield Wednesday at 7/5 and I reckon there’s value on both of today’s Championship selections despite being odds-on.
Leaders LEICESTER head for Watford with the hosts having lost back-to-back against Cardiff (league) and Southampton (FA Cup) and the flying Foxes can hunt down the Hornets at a general 8/11.
Enzo Maresca happens to have many more roles in midfield and attack than Valérien Ismael at the moment and the home team’s busy schedule seems to have held them up.
The same might apply to Bristol City before their visit to MIDDLESBROUGH today, with Wednesday’s penalties defeat at Nottingham Forest coming hard on the heels of last Friday’s home defeat by Leeds.
It can be simply said that “Boro probably wouldn’t offer such a tough challenge today, but Michael Carrick’s side have merit at home thanks to a clever and old-fashioned derby draw with an improvement from Sunderland and a 7/10 price tag compared to today. visitors. “
Sunderland and Southampton look 1/2 and 3/10 short against in-form visitors Plymouth and Huddersfield, but a stuttering IPSWICH have a strong chance of regaining their winning form at home against West Brom.
The general on 10/11 can allow for a smart start to the day at 12:30 and I am sliding into Ligue 1 in two groups in a very smart way.
PORTSMOUTH will be able to pull off all the problems of their back-and-forth marathon in Carlisle with 8/13 after winning for us last week with 4/9, while WIGAN continue to impress and look at an 11/10 price bet to beat Exeter. .
Shaun Maloney and Gary Caldwell managed to win against fourth-placed Peterborough last time out, Wigan leading 3-0 when they were down to 10 men and controlled brilliantly to win 3-2 at London Road.
I’ve included HIBS in today’s top five for Acca and I’m hoping that Aberdeen and Kilmarnock will soon sign up for them in the last eight draws, but tomorrow’s other draw has already seen all the value captured by early risers.
PARTICK were over 2/1 at the start of the week, but still a smart bet with 13/10 to beat Livingston, the Premiership fighters do enough to beat second-placed Raith in the final round.
Thistle beat Ross County 3-0 in the last round and the home record in the Championship looks impressive next to Livi’s 1-2-10 record in the Premiership away.
Sunday’s Premiership action is at Dens where DUNDEE can win the latest Tayside derby by beating St Johnstone at a general Evens.
Saturday SIMPLE
STIRLING led twice before drawing last week and I’m backing Charlie Adam’s rejuvenated FLEETWOOD to win away to Lincoln at 3/1.
RANGERS V AYR UTD 5.30pm Viaplay Sports 1
Scott Brown’s appointment adds plenty of spice to tomorrow’s cup-tie at Ibrox but the Honest Men are 33/1 with Skybet and Paddy Power and multiples backers will do well to get 1/14 about the home win.
Ayr’s recent form in the league may simply raise hopes of a similar look to Partick Thistle’s Cup exploits at Ibrox last season, but the margin of victory is the only debate here.
Last Saturday I tipped the Gers HT/FT to 1/10 in 1/2 and a house win to nil, here is a 4/9 overall with Bet 365 a remarkable 4/7.
ST MIRREN V CELTIC Sunday 14:00 Viaplay Sports 1
The Saints were very good in last week’s two league wins over Hibs (away) and Dundee and any student founded by Mars would watch Celtic’s performance at Hibs and be on course for a 10/1 home win.
Scottish football’s never that simple of course, and the visiting champions are priced up between 2/7 and 1/5 to progress after an easy 3-0 league win here just last month.
The 9/2 draw has been popular since Wednesday, but even if the Saints are as weak as they were during Celtic’s first two goals on January 2, I’ll be on the side of Celtic and BTTS winning here by 2/1.
AIRDRIE V HEARTS Sunday 5 p. m. BBC Scotland
I gave Hearts a 6/5 for back-to-back wins at Dundee last week and the Jambos extended that run to six with a 1-0 win at St Johnstone on Wednesday.
Third place seems certain for Steven Naismith’s team, so a Scottish Cup challenge deserves to be a precedent and they look like a forged bet to win in Airdrie.
The home team is only 4/1 after knocking out St Johnstone in the last round, but the Hearts have a completely different ball game and look like Sunday night’s bankers at 4/6.
INVERNES CT V HIBERNIAN
Hibs took a significant step forward to knock out Celtic on Wednesday and I knocked out the Easter Road side to qualify for the quarter-final draw by beating last season’s runners-up with an aggregate score of 10/11.
Duncan Ferguson’s Caley reached this round with a 4-0 win over non-league teams and although Hibs struggled in Forfar, the Premiership side have the edge.
The return of Martin Boyle has boosted Hibs’ hopes of clinching what could be the final top-six spot, but the Cup is a priority here and early chances have been temporarily offset.
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