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Fresh off the back of an impressive away win at Brentford, Everton travel to the Midlands to take on Unai Emery’s Aston Villa. Meanwhile, in the other games, Blackburn host fellow Championship side Cardiff, and our experts believe there could very well be a plethora of goals in both Liverpool v Leicester, and Fulham v Norwich.
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Wednesday’s EFL Cup Accumulator Tips
Aston Villa v Everton
Unai Emery had only just taken charge at Aston Villa by the time the third round of the EFL Cup had come around last year. His side went out to Manchester United 4-2 at Old Trafford, but Emery did play a fairly strong side with Ollie Watkins getting on the scoresheet that night.
It may well be that Emery just wanted more game time for those top players to get to know them a bit better, but it is an encouraging sign for their prospects in this match that he seemed to take the tie seriously.
Emery is a very successful cup manager. We all know of his Europa League exploits with Sevilla and also Villarreal, but he also completed cup doubles with Paris St. Germain in France. This may not seem particularly impressive given the strength of PSG compared to the domestic competition, but it does show that at least he gave both domestic cups some degree of care.
It is interesting because this is a genuine chance for silverware for Aston Villa. They have built an impressive squad and can clearly take on the bigger sides in one-off matches. With it continuing to be a route into Europe as well, the incentive is there for them.
Everton obviously have a lot on their plate in terms of Premier League survival this season. However, Sean Dyche will want to build on that positive performance and result at the weekend. The Toffees also have a fantastic academy system and there are some talented young players that should be given their head in this competition. There is a danger that they could see this as more of a development opportunity and rotation opportunity.
Villa to win at home is the best bet here.
Blackburn v Cardiff
There is no letting up from the Blackburn Rovers entertainment machine at the moment, though Cardiff could sorely test Jon Dahl Tomasson’s philosophy.
We will be seeing a lot of changes from Blackburn from a personnel perspective. Tomasson has already been out in the press to say that there are a lot of fixtures in a very short space of time, so he is aware of the need to rest and rotate his key players.
Dom Hyam was one of the few regulars to play in the 2nd round of this competition but there are suspicions that there could be a completely new defence for this, which may cause more communication issues for a defence that has been pretty leaky already this season.
The philosophy of attack will remain the same regardless of personnel though and, especially at home, Rovers will take the game to Cardiff.
The Bluebirds have definitely upgraded their attacking options this season. Whilst their main forwards may not start the match here, there is greater depth to their unit, a fresh Kion Etete made a difference against Sunderland at the weekend and is in line for a start here.
Cardiff have won five of their last six, so are full of confidence and should be good for a goal or two here.
Both teams to score at 1.61 is the play.
Fulham v Norwich
Both sides are looking fairly open defensively so far this season, in fact, Norwich and Fulham both sit in the bottom half of their leagues for xG against, meaning that they are conceding more quality chances than most of their division.
In a promising stat for the bet, Norwich are over 10xG both for and against already this season, and the majority of their matches have gone over 2.5 goals, six out of eight Championship games.
For Fulham, this should serve as a welcome release from the difficulties of the Premier League. Marco Silva can use some of the keen bodies that haven’t been having the opportunities to show what they can do in the Premier League. They certainly played well against Spurs in the last round and though that match didn’t go over 2.5 goals, Norwich aren’t a team of the same calibre as Spurs and Fulham should get a few more opportunities.
Over 2.5 goals is priced generously at 1.73 and gets the nod here.
Liverpool v Leicester
These two met in the quarter-final of this competition two seasons ago and it was a thrilling 3-3 draw. Whilst we can’t expect a replay of that kind of match, the approach that both teams have at the moment would suggest that goals are on the agenda.
Liverpool will rotate for this match but this doesn’t mean what it used to in this competition a decade ago when big clubs would almost field their youth teams in the early rounds. This match should see the likes of Diogo Jota, Darwin Nunez, Ryan Gravenberch, Ibrahima Konate, Konstantinos Tsimikas, and other internationals starting.
Leicester aren’t short of international players themselves. They have retained a fair number of their Premier League players and even added to the group with multi-million-pound signings this summer. Indeed, Kelechi Iheanacho is probably favourite to start in the centre-forward role, though Patson Daka, Tom Cannon, and Jamie Vardy are all in the squad as well for that one position.
Enzo Maresca has Leicester playing an expansive, experimental hybrid system that switches between 3 at the back and 4. Wilfried Ndidi is playing more as a #10 than a defensive midfielder, but roles are multi-faceted all over the pitch.
Leicester have scored in all but one match so far this season, whilst Liverpool have scored three goals exactly in six of their matches already. The pair met just before the season started and Liverpool racked up a 4-0 win, even a result similar to that would be enough to see this bet collect.
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