£5 Wednesday acca pays £245

Five of the best from across Europe

Premier League football dominates the minds of punters this midweek, with some interesting matches taking place on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. The best of those is, without doubt, the Manchester Derby later in the week, but there’s also Arsenal – Leicester and Palace – Tottenham to solve.

We are focussing on Wednesday’s round of matches here, as we put forward our five-fold, which pays £245 for every £5 bet. As usual, the prices and returns mentioned below are correct at the time of publishing. Let’s pick through the contenders.

Sunderland beat Middlesbrough

We start with a bold call, but I think The Black Cats have been overpriced at 23/10 to win the match. Boro are three points better off in the pecking order at present, with both sides already relegated, bar the shouting. There is very little to like about either side here, but Sunderland do go in on the back of a battling draw with West Ham. They don’t have an awful lot to aim for, but will want to get off the bottom and I believe Moyes’ big game experience will make the difference, if his players listen.

Leicester beat Arsenal

Another bit of a long-shot, of course, but what’s not to like about The Foxes at 17/4 against a battered and bruised Arsenal. The home side were put through the emotional rollercoaster of knocking Man City out of the FA Cup in extra-time at Wembley on Sunday, and there will be a few tired legs in the team as a result. Out again so quickly, against a side who have enjoyed a bit of a break, that’s far from ideal. Leicester have had no problems scoring goals of late, and will get plenty of chances on the counter-attack.