A cracking night last night, with AC Milan, Cardiff, and Real Sociedad all winning along with Famous Name romping home in the Listed race at Leopardstown. Ruling was a tad dissapointing but will make a lovely 3 year old next season, while Bertie's Dream found a tough intro to chasing too much. He jumped well though.
The Carling Cup is never easy to get right but as we are in such good form it’s got to be worth a crack.
West Brom are usually adept at springing upsets, having won at the Emirates and come from 2 goals down at Manchester United, and in this competition they have actually beaten Manchester City at home.
The baggies’ away from is a different proposition, and Leicester have improved since Sven Goran Eriksson took charge. A 2-0 loss away to Swansea is no disgrace, and a fast start might well be on the cards with WBA’s first centre – back Jonas Olsson being injured, maybe the way to go is to back Leicester to score first, as the 5/4 about that happening is far more appealing than the 3/10 on show for West Brom, especially with Odemwingie out. The Foxes have netted first in four of their last five games while the Baggies have conceded the opening goal in eight of the 11 games they've played in all competitions.
SWANSEA will be roared on by a travelling army of 5,000 supporters at the DW Stadium on Tuesday night as they look to put one over on former boss and player Roberto Martinez, and an upset isn’t entirely off the cards seeing as Wigan’s squad may not have an awful lot of strength in depth this year.
That army of travelling fans will do whole help of good to Swansea, and given that Wigan have been knocked out of this competition by lower division opposition in three out of the last four seasons, Swansea are well worth backing with the draw no bet option and if that’s the way we go, then back both teams to score as well.
BIRMINGHAM must be licking their lips at the prospect of a place in the quarter-finals of the Carling Cup. They have been pretty fortunate with the way this competition has panned out for them so far, having previously been handed home ties against League One sides Rochdale and MK Dons. They had to battle to beat Rochdale but were efficient in beating MK Dons 3-1 and must seriously be fancying their chances of getting through. Back them with a -1 goal deficit at 10/11.
Lastly on the Carling Cup front, Manchester United face Wolves. Last year it was Danny Welbeck's second-half strike which proved the difference in that encounter as United recovered from the dismissal of Fabio da Silva to register a 1-0 victory.
United's record in this competition is intimidating. They have lifted the trophy in three of the last five seasons and last suffered a knock-out defeat in September 2007, when Championship side Coventry stunned them at Old Trafford.
Sir Alex Ferguson is expected to rest several first-team regulars ahead of Saturday evening's vitally-important league match against Tottenham, and while Mick McCarthy will do the same, Utd’s side will be far superior and are worth backing with a -1 goal deficit at 10/11 with Paddy Power.
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