An exciting weekend of FA Cup lies ahead and after Manchester United's last-gasp win on Friday night against Leicester, there is plenty of excitement in the air about what other drama is to come from now until Tuesday night.
There are plenty of exciting ties taking place over the weekend, including Aston Villa vs Tottenham on Sunday in what could turn out to be Ange Postecoglou's final match in charge of the Lilywhites.
As with all early rounds in the cup, there is also scope for some giant killings this weekend. The standout David vs Goliath match-up sees Leyton Orient take on Manchester City with the O's looking to take advantage of City's upcoming Champions League distraction.
Ahead of the remaining ties, we've picked out five spread betting tips that could bring in some healthy profits this weekend.
Football spread betting tips this weekend: Our picks
| Leyton Orient vs Man City |
Winning margin |
2.45 |
✅ 2.65 |
| Everton vs Bournemouth |
Total goals |
2.65 |
✅ 2.85 |
| Stoke City vs Cardiff City |
Match to be drawn |
26.7 |
✅ 29.6 |
| Southampton vs Burnley |
Shirt numbers |
✅ 55 |
59 |
| Brighton vs Chelsea |
Scrabbled shirts |
70 |
✅ 75 |
Winning margin: Orient to be put to the sword
As mentioned earlier, Leyton Orient vs Man City is a standout fixture this weekend due to the gulf in quality between the two clubs. Man City have won the Premier League four years in a row and won the treble just 18 months ago while Leyton Orient are currently in a battle to make the top six in League One.
The reality is that regardless of what kind of team Pep Guardiola picks on Saturday, it is going to be significantly better than whatever team Leyton Orient put out. The Citizens have already proven how cutthroat they can be against lower-league opposition this season, dismantling Salford City 8-0 in the previous round and a similar fate could await the O's.
Orient can't exactly lean on any form, either, as they have lost two of their three most recent home matches, so we expect City's fringe players to fill their boots on Saturday.
Total goals: Everton the entertainers?
Everton were a tough watch under Sean Dyche but they have been thoroughly enjoyable since David Moyes returned to the dugout at Goodison Park last month.
The Toffees have scored a total of seven goals across their last two home matches and if they play to that average this weekend, then Bournemouth won't need to do anything for the total goals buy price of 2.85 to be eclipsed.
Luckily for us, and for anyone backing this market, Bournemouth very rarely fail to score over the course of 90 minutes. They've scored 16 goals across their last five matches in all competitions, which sets us up for a potential goalfest on Merseyside.
Match to be drawn: An all-Championship penalty shootout is on the cards
Stoke City vs Cardiff City is an FA Cup tie that has extra time written all over it. For starters, the two sides are separated by just one point and one place in the Championship league table, illustrating just how closely matched they are.
Secondly, they have both been drawing a lot of matches in recent weeks. As alluded to in our football pools betting tips, Stoke have drawn three of their last five matches while Cardiff have drawn two of their last five. Additionally, four of the five most recent meetings between Stoke and Cardiff have finished all square.
Shirt numbers: Never expect goals when Burnley are involved
On Saturday, it's Southampton vs Burnley at St Mary's Stadium in a match that nobody is likely looking forward to. Scott Parker's defensive Burnley unit have faced a lot of heat in recent weeks, but to their credit, they have now kept a clean sheet in any of their last nine Championship matches.
That record feels like a handy thing to have in your back pocket when facing a Southampton side that have scored the fewest number of goals in the Premier League this season.
We aren't expecting many goals at all here, but if goals do go in, then we do have 55 points to play with. Burnley's top scorer this season, Josh Brownhill, wears the number eight shirt while Southampton's top scorer, Joe Aribo, wears the number seven shirt. Even if they both score, we'd still have 40 more points in reserve.
Scabbled shirts: Battle of the J's at the Amex
The final spread betting tip this weekend is our regular scrabbled shirts tip and the most appropriate match for this market this weekend is Brighton vs Chelsea.
The key here is picking out a match where the two clubs involved have attacking players with high-scoring names on the Scrabble points system. For Brighton, notable forwards include Joao Pedro (19 points), Kaoru Mitoma (19 points) and Danny Welbeck (27 points).
Meanwhile, for Chelsea, notable forwards include Nicolas Jackson (29 points), Jadon Sancho (24 points) and Noni Madueke (18 points).
Andy is tipster who has been calling Golf tournaments for several years across many different platforms. He has covered all tournaments from the Asian Tour to the Masters.
