4 Premier League teams are in Carabao Cup motion on Wednesday night and all should cruise through to the following round – even Manchester United.
The Reds have spent greater than £200million through the summer to beef up an attack which was strictly below-par last season however it has yet to attain a goal within the two matches United have played to date.
There have been promising signs for Ruben Amorim to expand on during media briefings but his forwards have yet to click into gear and a visit to Grimsby’s Blundell Park must be just the tonic.
The League Two side gained the box-office draw after beating Shrewsbury 3-1 in the primary round and the Mariners have enjoyed plain sailing of their division with wins against Crawley and Newport at home and away to Walsall plus draws at Harrogate and Accrington.
It leaves them in fourth place within the table, unbeaten in six games in all competitions and eyeing the possibility to present considered one of the largest clubs in the sport a run for his or her money.
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United lost 1-0 of their top-flight curtain-raiser against Arsenal at Old Trafford but deserved not less than a degree against the Gunners, who subsequently smashed Leeds United 5-0 on the Emirates on Saturday, and so they then drew 1-1 with Fulham at Craven Cottage on Sunday.
That performance was a funny one because it might have been so different if Bruno Fernandes had not smashed his first-half penalty into orbit while United’s 58th-minute opener was an own goal from Rodrigo Muniz, who deflected in a Leny Yoro header after he appeared to make use of each hands to push the luckless Calvin Bassey within the back.
It could be a significant shock if Ruben Amorim didn’t make extensive changes to the Europa League runners-up but he’ll still field a powerful unit with the possibility to win silverware in the primary final of the brand new season paramount in his thoughts.
Benjamin Sesko, a £66million signing from RB Leipzig a number of weeks ago, has began each United’s matches on the bench and has entered the motion midway through the second half.
Carabao Cup odds
He’s prone to start against Grimsby and is 3/1 with Ladbrokes, Coral and lots of others to open the scoring and 4/5 with Unibet and BetMGM to hit the web at any time.
United are 6/5 with those two firms and bet365 to win by over 2.5 goals and may be put in an acca with Everton, Fulham and Brighton who should win by multiple goal against Football League opposition.
US Open tennis odds
Jack Draper is recovering from an arm injury, and likewise needed to battle sickness which saw him vomit on court in his opening win over Federico Agustín Gomez, and will struggle to go deep into the US Open in Latest York.
The British No.1 faces Zizou Bergs in a second-round showdown and the Belgian, ranked 48 on this planet, is 11/10 with William Hill to win with a 2.5 set advantage of their handicap market.
Emma Raducanu is 5/6 with bet365 to win her women’s singles match with Janice Tjen in straight sets.
Cricket odds
Trent Rockets are 8/11 with William Hill to beat Birmingham Phoenix in The Hundred and Ben Duckett is 11/2 with Paddy Power, Betfair and Sky Bet to be the highest scorer.
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