Domestic football in England returns this weekend after the final international break of the season but there is still no Premier League fixtures due to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup.
Those four fixtures dominate the weekend but there are also plenty of exciting fixtures in the EFL with promotion and relegation still up in the air across the three divisions.
Ahead of what is a pivotal weekend in the English football calendar, with a place at Wembley at stake for eight teams, check out our spread betting tips below.
Football spread betting tips this weekend: Our picks
| Bournemouth vs Man City |
Winning margin |
✅0.1 |
0.3 |
| Fulham vs Crystal Palace |
Total goals |
✅2.45 |
2.65 |
| Brighton vs Nottingham Forest |
Total Nottingham Forest goals |
1.05 |
✅1.2 |
| Leeds United vs Swansea City |
Scrabbled shirts |
55 |
✅59 |
| Burnley vs Bristol City |
Shirt numbers |
✅37 |
40 |
Winning margin: City to enjoy seventh heaven
The standout fixture from the FA Cup this week is Bournemouth vs Man City at the Vitality Stadium. The bookies have priced Man City as just the narrow favourites with a buy price of 0.3 on the winning margin effectively meaning that profits are there to be won as long as the Citizens get the job done within 90 minutes.
These odds feel generous to us and yes, we are aware that Man City are having a subpar season but they have made the FA Cup semi-finals for the past six years in a row so history is on their side.
Additionally, Bournemouth aren't in the type of form to trouble the champions. The Cherries have lost three of their last four home matches while City have won two of their last three domestic away ties.
Total goals: A cagey London derby at the Cottage
Fulham and Crystal Palace will face off on Saturday in a tense London Derby for a place in the FA Cup semi-finals at Wembley Stadium. Both teams come into the match in good form with Crystal Palace winning each of their last four matches and Fulham winning three of their last four.
However, the majority of games featuring either of these two clubs in recent times haven't been high-scoring. Four of Crystal Palace's last seven matches have produced fewer than three goals while the same can be said for three of Fulham's last five.
What's more, one of the last four clashes between Fulham and Crystal Palace have produced more than two goals so the sell price of 2.45 on total goals feels like a solid option.
Total Nottingham Forest goals: Is another 7-0 on the cards?
One of the most fascinating fixtures this weekend is Brighton vs Nottingham Forest. The fascination around this fixture is to do with the fact that in the previous meeting between the two clubs, Nottingham Forest put seven goals Brighton in one of the most stunning displays of the season.
While another seven-star performance is almost certainly not going to happen their buy price of 1.2 on goals feels almost disrespectful. They have more than proven that they are capable of penetrating this Brighton back line and they haven't found goals hard to come by all season.
It was only two weeks ago that they put four past Ipswich in an away match while a few weeks prior to that, they scored three goals at St James' Park.
Scrabbled shirts: An ace on the park
Leeds United will welcome Swansea to Elland Road on Saturday with the hosts hoping to move three points closer to automatic promotion. Goals have been flying in at Elland Road all season and there are plenty of players on both sides of the pitch whose names can take us well past the scrabbled shirts buy price of 59.
Leeds' top goalscorer this season is Joel Piroe and every goal he gets on Saturday would be worth 18 points. Their second-highest goalscorer is Daniel James (21 points per goal) while Saturday marks the return of marksman, Patrick Bamford (30 points per goal).
For Swansea, watch out for Zan Vipotnik (29 points per goal) and Florian Bianchini (26 points per goal).
Shirt numbers: Burnley to bore us to profits
Don't expect goals whenever this Burnley side take to the pitch so the sell price of 37 on shirt numbers is a remarkable one. They take on Bristol City at Turf Moor this weekend with the hosts' top goalscorer this season donning the number eight shirt and the visitors' top scorer donning the number 11 shirt.
Both of these players, Josh Brownhill and Anis Mehmeti, would need to score two goals each for the sell price to be breached so this feels like an absolute no-brainer.
What's more, the Clarets have drawn five matches 0-0 since the turn of the year and another one here would result in a huge win for us on this market.
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. He's also a keen football fan and is an expert on European football.
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