I wasn't gonna have a bet on the Carling cup games as there's just too many pitfalls with weakened teams & all that but I decided to have a little fun & go for a small stakes long shot
Palace to beat Crawley (H) @ 13/10
Norwich/MK Dons - Both to score @ 8/13
West Brom to beat Bournemouth (A) @ 4/5
Brighton (+1) to beat Sunderland (H) @ 8/15
Northamton (+1) to beat Wolves (H) @ 11/10
Leicester to beat Bury (A) @ 11/10
Leeds to beat Donny (A) @ 13/10
These 7 potentially pay a whopping 103/1 so only a quid for a bit of fun.
Palace are priced too big for being the home side. Yes, Crawley have started well but Palace have a good home record.
Norwich are likely to field an under strength side this evening but Paul Lambert will still have them out attacking. MK Dons have goals in them & the game could go either way but I think they'll be goals.
West Brom will make changes but quite simply I just couldn't ignore this price. Whoever comes in will do a job for Hodgson & although I don't expect them to batter Bournemouth I think they should get the win in 90 minutes on the South coast.
Brighton have started life at the Amex Stadium well. They've won 2 & drawn 1 of the 3 games played there so far & I expect them to run Sunderland close. By backing them with a goal start you've effectively got two bets with the home win or draw.
Wolves will make plenty of changes for their trip to Northampton & this is why I'm backing the Cobblers with a goal start. They got past Ipswich in the last round on the road & they can certainly at least run Wolves close here.
Bury have got off to a good start to life in league 1 but I think they're likely to come undone at home to Leicester. The Foxes will be desperate to get back to winning ways after 2 defeats & a draw in their last 3 games & Sven will want to get back on track tonight. They put out a strong side at Rotherham in the last round & it's likely they'll do so again. Plus this price is way too big!
Leeds got a well deserved point in East London on Sunday so come into this game full of confidence. Donny still have pretty much their entire first team out (OK, so maybe a slight exaggeration but they've got a lot of injury problems) & the 13/10 is massive.
Good luck if you're having a go tonight but as ever don't be surprised by any results in the cup!
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In truth, we played some nice stuff and matched Wolves in the passing and movement game, but we were once again very poor at the back and Wolves were solid in that department.