Spread betting tips: Arsenal’s forwards to come up trumps?

One of the most exciting weekends of the English football calendar is upon us and 32 FA Cup third-round fixtures are set to take place all over the country with giant killings once again on the menu. 

The pick of the fixtures comes from the Emirates Stadium on Sunday when Arsenal will host the holders, Manchester United. After Arsenal's loss to Newcastle in the Carabao Cup semi-final first leg in the week, the Gunners will be desperate to progress through on Sunday.

Other notable fixtures include Newcastle vs Bromley on Sunday afternoon, Manchester City vs the Class of 92's Salford City, and Liverpool vs Accrington Stanley.

Ahead of what will undoubtedly be a weekend of twists and turns, we've picked out five spread betting tips that could bring in some big profits.

Football spread betting tips this weekend: Our picks

Winning margin: Liverpool to put Accrington to the sword

One of the biggest David vs Goliath ties of the FA Cup third round is Liverpool vs Accrington on Saturday afternoon at Anfield. Although Liverpool are expected to heavily rotate for the clash, their second and third-string players are more than good enough to put a League Two side to the sword.

To make the argument more compelling, it's not as if Accrington Stanley are a good League Two team, either. They currently find themselves in 19th position in the league table and have won just two of their last ten matches in all competitions.

First Luton goal: Can the Hatters get past Forest?

Nottingham Forest will be searching for their seventh consecutive victory in all competitions on Saturday when they take on Luton Town at the City Ground. Although Nuno Espirito could use the match as an opportunity to rest some players ahead of a crunch match with Liverpool on Tuesday night, they should still have enough to keep Luton out.

It's been a miserable campaign for the Hatters in the Championship and the prospect of back-to-back relegations is very much on the cards. Four consecutive defeats has left Rob Edwards without a job which means Luton come into this match rudderless, which won't help matters.

Nottingham Forest have kept a clean sheet in each of their last four Premier League matches while Luton have scored two goals across their last four in the Championship. Backing the price of 68′ on a first Luton goal means money will be raked in should Forest keep a clean sheet.

Corners squared: No time for set pieces at the Vitality

Bournemouth will take on West Brom on in a match that may well have extra time written all over it. West Brom have incredibly drawn half of their 26 league games this season while Bournemouth have drawn three of their last five.

Regardless of the final score, don't expect too many corners to be taken on Saturday. West Brom have only taken a total of 11 corners across their last three matches which works out at an average of less than four per match.

If anything, they will play below this average this weekend due to the quality of the opposition so Bournemouth will need to do a lot of heavy lifting to clear the sell price of 127 on corners squared. The Cherries are averaging seven corners per match across their last three games and this wouldn't be enough.

Scabbled shirts: Havertz and Jesus to the rescue

Backing the buy price for scrabbled shirts for Arsenal vs Man Utd on Sunday is the way to go especially when you look at some of the points on offer for Arsenal's forwards.

This market is all about banking on players with high-scoring names (using the Scrabble points system) getting on the scoresheet and Arsenal's two biggest goal threats are worth hefty points tallies.

Gabriel Jesus (22 points) and Kai Havetz (29 points) could both start together as Mikel Arteta searches for more firepower in Saka's absence. Meanwhile, Man Utd have some potentially big scorers themselves including Joshua Zirkzee (45 points) and Rasmus Hojlund (26 points).

Bookings: A tame affair expected at St Mary's

On Sunday afternoon, it's Southampton vs Swansea in a match that the hosts will be dreading due to their recent terrible run of form.

One thing that has been very noticeable during Southampton's recent games has been the fight being visibly sapped away from the squad.

While they are the most booked team this season they have only picked up six bookings across their last three matches, way down on their season average. Swansea, meanwhile, are even tamer and have picked up just three bookings in their last three games.

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