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FA CUP 4TH ROUND AS IT HAPPENED

• FA CUP 4TH ROUND AS IT HAPPENED

• FA CUP 4TH ROUND AS IT HAPPENED

  StrumSolo > 25/01/2014, 12:34

  Bournemouth v Liverpool 12:45
  Quite fancy Bournemouth to sneak a draw (9/2) and take the tie to Anfield. Can’t imagine too may will agree with me though so let’s not dwell on it. Not much to be gained by backing the Liverpool win at 3/10 but if you slap a -2 handicap on em then you can have 7/4. Suarez is 2/1 to score 2 or more but will he even start? Sturridge at 15/4 seems more likely to me.
  Prediction: 2-2 (18/1)
  
  Birmingham v Swansea
  They played met in the other cup earlier this season, and Birmingham won. Swansea are in a spot of relegation bother at the moment too so might Michael Laudrup rest a few? Not saying they won’t win, just that 19/20 on them doing so seems a touch optimistic. Birmingham DNB at 17/10 is tempting, but giving this one a wide berth is more so.
  Prediction: 1-1 (6/1)
  
  Bolton v Cardiff
  Finding themselves bottom of the league, Cardiff might decide that their priorities lie elsewhere too. But as much as they could do without the distraction, they’ll struggle to not beat this Bolton side (last seen losing 7-1 to Reading). All over the away win at 9/5, and 11/5 on them keeping a clean sheet too.
  Prediction: 0-2 (14/1)
  
  Man City v Watford
  Poor ol’ Watford. One of 5.5+ match goals at 18/5 or City with a -3 handicap at 11/5 need to be on your slip this weekend. Still concern over the home side’s defence, especially the sort of defence they’ll send out for a cup game against lower league opposition, so the home win with BTTS at 6/4 might be worth a go too. If Dzeko starts, 9/4 on him scoring 2 or more is decent.
  Prediction: 5-1 (20/1)
  
  Southampton v Yeovil
  The Saints are the only Premier League team left in the cup with nothing else to play for, so they should really be taking this seriously. They might not need a completely full strength side to see off Yeovil (2nd bottom of the Championship) but I can’t see them risking it by making wholesale changes either. Overcoming a -2 handicap (29/20) shouldn’t be too much of a stretch, and if he starts, Steven Davis to score ay time at 9/4 is worth a look too.
  Prediction: 3-0 (13/2)
  
  Southend v Hull
  In which Phil Brown comes up against his former club. I’m no Phil Brown fan, but it would be quite amusing if Southend got something here. The draw (and a glorious return to the KC for yer man) is 12/5. The more likely outcome is that Hull will scrape it. Fewer than 1.5 match goals at 9/4 is tempting.
  Prediction: 0-1 (6/1)
  
  Sunderland v Kidderminster
  Last non-league team left in the competition, Kidderminster. And while Sunderland aren’t much cop in the league, Gus Poyet has turned them in to a pretty formidable cup side. Home win, obviously, and you’d have to say evens on them scoring 3 or more is likely too. 17/10 with a -2 handicap looks the best of the bunch though.
  Prediction: 3-0 (13/2)
  
  Wigan v Crystal Palace
  You just know Tony Pulis can’t be arsed with this, not when it’s looking like Palace are in with a decent shout of staying up. Wigan though, they’re the holders, they have to take it seriously. Home win (23/20) for me, though with BTTS that’s 18/5. Even better. Nick Powell’s scoring a few, have a look at him scoring first (5/1) or any time at 11/8.
  Prediction: 2-1 (17/2)
  
  Stevenage v Everton 17:30
  Everton win (1/4) but maybe not by loads. Stevenage are 29/10 with a +1 handicap and I’m tempted, if only because I can’t find anything else worth betting on with this one.
  Prediction: 1-3 (10/1)
  
  TREBLES: £5 on wins for Cardiff, Hull and Wigan could return over £57. Or, Southampton and Liverpool with -2 handicaps, and City with -3, just over 20/1 on that.
  
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  StrumSolo > 25/01/2014, 13:13

  Teams are in for the early kick-off. Strong Liverpool side, that.
  
  Bournemouth: Camp, Francis, Ward, Elphick, Daniels, Arter, O'Kane, Surman, Ritchie, Grabban, Pugh
  Liverpool: Jones, Kelly, Toure, Skrtel, Cissokho, Gerrard, Henderson, Coutinho, Moses, Sturridge, Suarez
  
  Seeing as he's starting, the Suarez hat-trick is 6/1.
  
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  StrumSolo > 25/01/2014, 14:12

  Bournemouth have been the brighter of the two sides in the opening 15 minutes.
  
  I'll say it again, they could nick a draw here (19/5), and you can get 12/5 on them scoring first.
  
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  StrumSolo > 25/01/2014, 14:26

  Maybe not. Liverpool are ahead thanks to Victor Moses.
  
  Draw's 11/2 now... :)
  
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  StrumSolo > 25/01/2014, 15:16

  Sturridge makes it 2-0 to Liverpool.
  
  Maybe steer clear of the draw now, but the -2 handicap for Liverpool is 19/20. 18/5 for -3.
  
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  StrumSolo > 25/01/2014, 15:49

  Bournemouth played well but it finishes 2-0 to Liverpool.
  
  The betting tips are at the top of the page, and here's the team news for the 3 o'clocks.
  
  Birmingham: Doyle, Caddis, Packwood, Robinson, Hancox, Burke, Lee, Brown, Ferguson, Novak, Rusnak. Subs: Mullins, Howard, Lovenkrands, Reilly, Adeyemi, Townsend, Gray.
  Swansea: Tremmel, Tiendalli, Chico, Williams, Taylor, Amat, Britton, Hernandez, Lamah, Pozuelo, Vazquez. Subs: Bony, Cornell, Routledge, Richards, Lucas, Ben Davies, Donnelly.
  
  Bolton: Lonergan, Baptiste, Knight, Mills, Ream, Spearing, Medo, Eagles, Danns, Lee, Craig Davies. Subs: Bogdan, Hall, Moritz, Pratley, Vela, White, Odelusi.
  Cardiff: Marshall, Theophile-Catherine, Hudson, Turner, McNaughton, Eikrem, Mason, Gunnarsson, Whittingham, Kim, Cornelius. Subs: Daehli, Caulker, Medel, Campbell, Noone, Lewis, John.
  
  Man City: Pantilimon, Richards, Demichelis, Lescott, Kolarov, Jesus Navas, Toure, Rodwell, Lopes, Dzeko, Aguero. Subs: Hart, Kompany, Zabaleta, Clichy, Fernandinho, Nastasic, Jovetic.
  Watford: Bond, Angella, Ekstrand, Pudil, Doyley, Battocchio, Murray, Faraoni, Anya, Deeney, Forestieri. Subs: Almunia, Ranegie, Fabbrini, Abdi, Cassetti, Hoban, O'Nien.
  
  Southampton: Kelvin Davis, Clyne, Yoshida, Hooiveld, Shaw, Ward-Prowse, Cork, Schneiderlin, Do Prado, Rodriguez, Lallana. Subs: Fonte, Steven Davis, Chambers, Gazzaniga, Isgrove, Reed, Gallagher.
  Yeovil: Stech, Ayling, Duffy, Webster, McAllister, Grant, Edwards, Lundstram, Ralls, Hayter, Miller. Subs: Dawson, Upson, Foley, Moore, Dunn, Nana Ofori-Twumasi, Morgan.
  
  Southend: Bentley, Thompson, Phillips, Prosser, Coker, Atkinson, Leonard, Timlin, Hurst, Corr, Straker. Subs: Paul Smith, Laird, Eastwood, Clifford, Payne, Gomis, Woodrow.
  Hull: Harper, Rosenior, McShane, Faye, Figueroa, Boyd, Meyler, Quinn, Sagbo, Graham, Fryatt. Subs: McGregor, Bruce, Davies, Koren, Brady, Livermore, Elmohamady.
  
  Sunderland: Ustari, Celustka, Roberge, Diakite, Vergini, Larsson, Cattermole, Ba, Giaccherini, Altidore, Mavrias. Subs: Watmore, Ki, Gardner, Pickford, Colback, O'Shea, Borini.
  Kidderminster: Lewis, Lee Vaughan, Gowling, Demetriou, Jackman, Johnson, Dyer, Storer, Morgan-Smith, Byrne, Gash. Subs: Ladapo, Aloi, Dunkley, Malbon, Angus, Gittings, Nathan Vaughan.
  
  Wigan: Al Habsi, Perch, Boyce, Barnett, Beausejour, Watson, McArthur, McManaman, Espinoza, McClean, Maynard. Subs: Crainey, Nicholls, Gomez, Powell, Redmond, Fortune.
  Crystal Palace: Speroni, Mariappa, McCarthy, Delaney, Parr, Puncheon, O'Keefe, Guedioura, Bannan, Chamakh, Jerome. Subs: Campana, Gayle, Wilbraham, Williams, Moxey, Price, Boateng.
  
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  StrumSolo > 25/01/2014, 16:18

  First goal of the afternoon goes Sunderland's way. Charis Mavrias (who?)
  
  2/1 if you fancy taking them with a -3 handicap.
  
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  StrumSolo > 25/01/2014, 16:27

  Early upset contender! Lee Novak has put Birmingham 1-0 up against Sunderland.
  
  The draw's out at 5/2 now and it's 27/10 if you fancy Swansea to pull it back and go on to win.
  
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  StrumSolo > 25/01/2014, 16:33

  That''s not a cupset, this is a cupset...
  
  Man City 0-1 Watford
  
  Fernando Forestieri with the goal after 20 mins.
  
  The away win's still 6/1, worth a go?
  
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  StrumSolo > 25/01/2014, 16:37

  Southampton are sticking to the script though. 1-0 up against Yeovil thanks to a Guly penalty.
  
  You can still get 23/20 on the Saints with a -2 handicap.
  
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