Experts' Best Bets: 125/1 Boxing Day special from our 6 experts!
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The Boxing Day fixture list is one of the highlights of the footballing calendar and our team of experts is back to build a gigantic acca from the plethora of action across the Premier League and EFL on Thursday.
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Alex Jack
Nottingham Forest vs Tottenham – Nottingham Forest to win at 13/10 with bet365
The surprise package in the Premier League this season, Nottingham Forest are good value to have the late Christmas present of three points against Tottenham Hotspur on Boxing Day. Spurs have won just three of their eight away games in the league this season, while Forest are on a three-game winning streak going into this one.
Forest have been strong at the City Ground of late, with four wins in their last five Premier League games by the Trent. Nuno Espirito Santos’ side are playing with growing confidence and are well priced to beat an injury-stricken Spurs on Boxing Day.
Aidan Perkins
Sheffield United vs Burnley – Sheffield United to win at 27/20 with bet365
Two Championship promotion rivals, Sheffield United and Burnley, meet at Bramall Lane in a festive cracker and I fancy the hosts to come out on top.
The Blades are four points clear of the third-placed Clarets and approach the Boxing Day showdown on a run of three straight wins without conceding.
Burnley have won their last two and are unbeaten in nine so are sure to offer a stiff test of their title-winning credentials, but Chris Wilder’s men, who are unbeaten at home this season with nine wins from 10 in front of their own fans, should edge it.
Phil Agius
Bolton vs Barnsley – Bolton to win at 19/20 with bet365
Bolton and Barnsley are both on the fringes of playoff contention in League One but the Trotters are fancied to come out on top when they host the Tykes.
Bolton had won six successive home games before going down 2-0 to Wigan despite dominating possession, but they bounced back with an excellent away performance to hold highflying Wycombe to a goalless draw on Friday.
They could feel the benefit of an extra day’s rest when they take on Barnsley, who have done well on the road this season but were thrashed 4-0 at home by Leyton Orient on Saturday.
Joe Casey
Liverpool vs Leicester – Liverpool -2 handicap at 4/6 with bet365
If Leicester play like they have so far under Ruud van Nistelrooy, it could be a cricket score when they visit Liverpool.
Goalkeeper Mads Hermansen had been keeping things respectable for the Foxes but he looks set to miss out through injury. Danny Ward is a poor replacement and they have conceded six goals in the game and a half he has been between the sticks. Take the Reds -2.
Alex Wrigley
Bournemouth vs Crystal Palace – Bournemouth to win at 17/20 with bet365
Bournemouth put three past Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday and can continue their ascent up the table with a Boxing Day win over Crystal Palace.
The Cherries, who sit eighth in the table and just three points outside the top five, haven taken 13 points from the last 15 available and the visiting Eagles are reeling after losing back-to-back games against Arsenal. Andoni Iraola’s side won both meetings with Crystal Palace last season and can take all three points on Thursday.
Tom McGarry
Wolves vs Manchester United – Wolves to win at 29/10 with bet365
Wolves made the perfect start to life under Vitor Pereira with Sunday’s 3-0 win at Leicester and they could follow up in his first home match in charge against a floundering Manchester United.
United were booed off during their 3-0 home loss to Bournemouth – their fourth defeat in their last six – and Ruben Amorim is finding out fast that there is no quick fix at Old Trafford.
This appears to be the worst time to be facing Wolves and it could be worth siding with the home team on Boxing Day, with even the double chance market offering plenty of value.
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