If a little bit of early March sunshine doesn't put a spring in your step, then surely a sparkling midweek Premier League card should do the trick.
Three days of rip-roaring top-flight entertainment kicks off with a quartet of games on Tuesday night, with huge implications in the race to qualify for Europe and the scrap to avoid the drop.
We’ve figured out a Tuesday night acca which, if successful, will return at around 11/1 in the Premier League odds.
Tuesday’s Premier League Tips
Bournemouth vs Brentford – Brentford to win either half @ 5/6
Everton vs Burnley – Over 9.5 Corners @ 6/5
Leeds Utd to beat Sunderland @ 19/20
Wolves vs Liverpool – Liverpool win & Over 2.5 Goals @ 10/11
A fourfold pays more than 11/1
Bees to impress on the road again
Coach of the year candidates Andoni Iraola and Keith Andrews will try to out-think each other in what promises to be a classy contest on the Dorset coast.
Both these teams are a good watch, and both have reasons to be positive, with the whiff of European qualification enough to keep them on their toes over the coming weeks.
Bournemouth are unbeaten in nine, though they have drawn five of those. Brentford have lost just three times since Christmas and have won seven of their last eight away games.
There is always a question mark about now whether Iraola’s high-pressing, intense-running side will run out of gas at some stage, though their recent record suggests they still remain a threat.
Brentford, however, fresh off that spectacular 4-3 success at Burnley and winning for fun on the road, can at least win a half. There’s a temptation to back the visitors over 90 minutes in a single, but for an acca take them to win a half.
Leg 1: Bournemouth vs Brentford – Brentford to win either half @ 5/6
Set-pieces to dominate clash on Merseyside
Everton are buoyant after winning 3-2 at Newcastle, though it’s back at Hill Dickinson where their troubles start.
They have won at home just four times this season and a spirited Burnley can ask questions of the Toffees.
Scott Parker’s men have finally come out swinging with seven goals scored in their last three games, almost certainly too late to matter.
Corner counts of 10, 14 and 12 in their last three games against Palace, Chelsea and Brentford hint at an urgency in their game, so chuck a dart at over 9.5.
Leg 2: Everton vs Burnley – Over 9.5 Corners @ 6/5
Home advantage key for determined Leeds
Leeds still have work to do to secure Premier League survival and they can take a handsome stride towards securing it by seeing off Sunderland at Elland Road.
It’s the Black Cats who have fared the better of these promoted sides though in recent weeks the pendulum has started to switch.
Leeds have come through a tricky spell with points off Chelsea and Villa and had no luck in a narrow 1-0 loss to Man City at the weekend.
Nearly all of Sunderland’s heroics have come at the Stadium of Light with just two road wins and seven away goals – only Wolves have bagged fewer – and that makes them vulnerable in West Yorkshire.
Leg 3: Leeds Utd to beat Sunderland @ 19/20
Reds to bring hosts back down to earth
Wolves’ gutsy 1-0 win over Villa was defiant but little more and they were certainly helped by the fact the Villans were a shadow of themselves.
Liverpool’s mid-season burst of form is timely and leads to the conclusion that they should win this tussle at Molineux.
The Liverpool win and Over 2.5 Goals bet copped at Anfield when they met in December – the Reds won 2-1 – and can do so again.
Leg 4: Wolves vs Liverpool – Liverpool win & Over 2.5 Goals @ 10/11
