Capital One Cup: Chelsea, Palace and Southampton star in midweek melees

Lucky punters get an extra serving of football this midweek, in the Capital One Cup third round, with Premier League trio Chelsea, Crystal Palace and Southampton all involved in intriguing action.

Jose Mourinho’s Blues do battle with League One Walsall, while Crystal Palace face local London rivals Charlton Atheltic and Saints square-up to Milton Keyens men MK Dons.

With so many brilliant bets on offer from these encounters, Coral experts preview this trio of top league cup dust-ups…

Exciting England Under-21 prospect Ruben Loftus-Cheek, 11/2 in the anytime market, should be among the young-guns to get a run-out after his last impressive outing, while Brazilian whizz Kenedy could also be handed a chance to shine.

Despite being high-fliers in League One, Walsall are best value to frustrate their glamorous west London foes with a draw, which is priced at 15/4, while former Chelsea youth forward Milan Lalkovic is 14/1 to fire home first, or 11/2 anytime, against his former employers.

Dangerman Dwight Gayle bagged a brace against Charlton back in 2013 and is 5/1 to equal or better that if given the nod. Meanwhile, Chelsea-owned striker Patrick Bamford poached an opener against the Addicks in his prolific previous season for Middlesbrough, and is a fantastic 4/1 to do the same for his new loan side here.