Wednesday 15/1 football acca

Best from England and Scotland

We’re back in full-swing as a jam-packed midweek domestic football schedule features matches from both the English and Scottish League Cups.

Highlight from the tournament now known as the Carabao Cup goes in Colchester where the locals invite John Terry’s Aston Villa to town for a match played out in front of the Sky Sports cameras.

In Scotland, there are some intriguing ties to pick through, the best of them going at Dens Park where Dundee take on Dundee United in knock-out football. That derby decider will be shown live on BT Sport. We put together our handy five-fold – follow us in to a £10 stake and Coral will pay £158.20, if it’s your lucky night.

Aston Villa beat Colchester

John Terry wouldn’t have imagined playing competitive football at the home of League Two side Colchester at this stage of his career, but that’s exactly what the former England captain does on Wednesday. Villa go to Essex and we expect them to pull rank and get their name into the hat for the next round. Steve Bruce’s side drew 1-1 with Hull at the weekend on Championship duty, but they’ll come on for that and will find Colchester a much easier side to break down. 8/15 on the away win is a perfect way to start us off.

Bolton beat Crewe

Another Championship side in with lower league opposition and this will be the first meeting between these two since 2014, The Trotters winning 3-2 in this very competition. Crewe had to settle for a 2-2 draw with Mansfield on Saturday, but twice took the lead. Mansfield are favourites to win the league, so that can’t be ignored, but it’s all about levels and Bolton will be too good on the night. 10/11 away day smacks of value.