Thursday football tips: Arsenal and Leicester face tough trips in top flight

As well as a Premier League double-header, Thursday features more cup action from across the continent with Juventus, Nantes and Athletic Bilbao among the clubs involved.

Wolves and Arsenal put their top-four credentials on the line at Molineux while Mohamed Salah, back from the Africa Cup of Nations, could line up for Liverpool against Leicester at Anfield.

Today's best accumulator bets

All bets must be placed by 7.45pm on Thursday.

Wolves to beat Arsenal

Nantes to beat Bastia

Juventus to beat Sassuolo

Athletic Bilbao to beat Valencia

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Liverpool v Leicester

BT Sport 1, 7.45pm Thursday

Leicester were humiliated by Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup on Sunday and Liverpool can pile more misery on them at Anfield by winning a fifth straight match in all competitions. The Foxes, though, can get on the scoresheet.

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Best bet
Liverpool to win & both teams to score

Wolves v Arsenal

BT Sport 2, 7.45pm Thursday

Bruno Lage has Wolves in contention for the European places in the Premier League and, having won four of their last five matches, they can add Arsenal to their list of scalps at Molineux.

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Best bet
Wolves draw no bet

Bet of the day

Athletic Bilbao to beat Valencia
Premier Sports 1, 8.30pm Thursday

Athletic Bilbao are on a great run of form, having seen off both El Clasico clubs as part of a four-game winning sequence, and they can defeat Valencia in the Copa del Rey.

Goalscorer bet of the day

Juventus v Sassuolo, BT Sport 2, 7.45pm

It took Dusan Vlahovic only 13 minutes to score his first goal for new club Juventus when they beat Verona on Sunday and he looks a great bet at 3-1 with bet365 to open the scoring in his team's Coppa Italia clash with Sassuolo.

Best bet
Dusan Vlahovic to score first

Stat of the day

Wolves v Arsenal, BT Sport 2, 7.45pm

All seven of Wolves's matches against teams above them in the table have ended with under 1.5 goals.

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