There is midweek cup action to look forward to this week and we have five EFL Cup betting tips for Tuesday night’s matches.
Backing all our selections comes to just under 20/1 as we pick out five teams who we expect to reach the third round, while we also have both teams to score tips from tonight’s games.
Swansea v Bournemouth
It has been a disappointing start to the season for both of these teams after managerial changes in the summer, with neither having managed a league win yet.
Swansea have picked up just two points from their first four Championship games while Bournemouth’s opening 1-1 draw with West Ham has been followed by defeats against Liverpool and Tottenham.
Those were perhaps to be expected, though, and Andoni Iraola has some decent options if he opts to rotate his squad and the Cherries can show their Premier League quality with a win at 13/10 as the first of our EFL Cup betting tips.
Fulham v Tottenham
Ange Postecoglou has already put smiles on the faces of his Tottenham players and fans and will hope to maintain the feelgood factor for as long as possible.
Seven points and two clean sheets from the first three games bode well for life in the post-Harry Kane era and with no European football to contend with this season, the new Spurs boss may be tempted to eye a long run in the Carabao Cup.
Ten-man Fulham did well to rescue a point at Arsenal at the weekend but face another daunting trip to Manchester City next weekend so could be forgiven for focusing on the league and an away win is fancied at 10/11.
Plymouth v Crystal Palace
Staying in the Championship is the priority for Plymouth and they began the season by beating Huddersfield but one point from their next three games has highlighted how tricky life in the second tier could be.
They were 2-0 winners against Leyton Orient in the last round but the visit of Palace is a much tougher test.
Roy Hodgson’s men have looked good on their travels so far, picking up four points from trips to Sheffield United and Brentford, and are 3/4 for victory in 90 minutes having beaten Oxford away at the same stage last season.
Sheffield Wednesday v Mansfield
Mansfield have been plagued by injuries in the first few weeks of the season and have done well to remain unbeaten but their list of absentees could take its toll as they make the short trip to Hillsborough.
The Stags have gone behind five times in their last three matches but shown impressive resolve to battle back and claim five points but Wednesday are likely to be more ruthless.
The Owls have struggled with the step up to the Championship and Xisco Munoz will be desperate for an improvement, having needed a late equaliser and then penalties to get past Stockport in the last round, so we’re backing Wednesday at 7/10.
Tranmere v Leicester
Leicester are sitting pretty at the top of the Championship and could hardly have asked for a better start to the season after five straight wins in all competitions.
They eased to a 2-0 win at Burton in the last round thanks to first-half goals from Kelechi Iheanacho and Wilfred Ndidi and another routine victory is expected as the last of our EFL Cup betting tips at 4/7.
Tranmere have lost four of their five games in League Two and look short of the quality needed to trouble Leicester.
