Saturday’s football tips: 14/1 card double worth a punt for Villa’s FA Cup semi with Palace

It's FA Cup semi-final weekend and the clash between Aston Villa and Crystal Palace at Wembley today is a tricky one to call.

The Eagles are dreaming of lifting the trophy for the first time but BoyleSports make them 5/4 outsiders to reach the final.

Villa are 4/7 favourites to go through and that's because they've been in tremendous form of late, winning 11 of their last 14 games.

However, their push for a top-five Premier League finish suffered a blow with a 2-1 loss at Manchester City in midweek and it will be interesting to see if there's a hangover from that.

Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa top betting tips

Semi-finals can often be edgy and disappointing affairs but we should see goals in this one with both sides possessing plenty of talent in attack.

BTTS is just 7/10 at BoyleSports but adding on over 2.5 goals boosts the odds to 5/4.

Stats bets are probably are better option and I like the evens available at BoyleSports for Palace forward Ismaila Sarr to have an effort on target. Villa's Morgan Rogers is the same price and that's looks decent value too as he usually has a few cracks at goal.

We could see a few cards with so much at stake and doubling up Adam Wharton and John McGinn in that market pays a tasty 14/1 at BoyleSports.

Dundee United vs Celtic top betting tips

The title champagne has been on ice for a while at Celtic but they can finally get over the line with a point this afternoon at Tannadice.

The bookies reckon it's a formality, with Dundee United 15/2 outsiders at BoyleSports and the Hoops just 1/20 in the double chance.

United have plenty to play for as they're chasing down Hibs in the battle for third place so they could be a tough nut to crack.

Jim Goodwin parked the bus on Celtic's last visit and it paid off as his side ground out a 0-0 draw. I'd imagine he will take a similar approach today so it could be a game of patience for Brendan Rodgers' men if they fail to score early.

Betting against BTTS looks the best option at evens with BoyleSports while in-form Daizen Maeda also looks good value for a goal at 5/4 after scoring another double last weekend.

The corner count could rack up with United sitting deep and Celtic -4.5 in the corner handicap looks good at 23/20 with BoyleSports.

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Chelsea vs Everton

The pick of the Premier League action today is Everton's trip to Stamford Bridge as Chelsea bid to move up to fourth place with a win.

The Blues dug deep to claim a big win at Fulham last weekend and this is another test of mettle with the Toffees so hard to beat since David Moyes returned to the helm.

Enzo Maresca's men have conceded in their last three games and still look a bit dodgy at the back so combining BTTS and over 2.5 goals could pay off at 7/5 with BoyleSports.

Cole Palmer's eye for a pass will be crucial to breaking down Everton's defence and he looks good at 4/1 for an assist for BoyleSports.

Saturday's Super Singles

• Ismaila Sarr over 0.5 shots on target Evens BoyleSports.
• BTTS no in Dundee United v Celtic Evens BoyleSports.
• Cole Palmer assist 4/1 BoyleSports.

Long shot

• Adam Wharton and John McGinn to be carded 14/1 BoyleSports

Upcoming match previews and betting tips

• Sat 12:30 Dundee United v Celtic 
• Sat 12:30 Chelsea v Everton
• Sat 15:00 St Mirren vs Rangers
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• Sat 15:00 Aberdeen vs Hibernian
• Sat 15:00 Hearts vs Dundee 
• Sat 15:00 Newcastle United vs Ipswich Town
• Sat 15:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Leicester City
• Sat 15:00 Southampton vs Fulham
• Sat 15:00 Brighton and Hove Albion vs West Ham United
• Sat 15:00 Kilmarnock vs Ross County
• Sat 17:15 Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa
• Sat 21:00 Barcelona vs Real Madrid
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