Friday's football tips: Baggies aim to kickstart Championship promotion charge

West Brom are eight points off the automatic-promotion spots in the Championship after taking just two points from their last three matches and they host a Nottingham Forest side bidding to extend a five-game unbeaten run away from home.

Elsewhere on Friday there are top-flight fixtures in Italy, Germany, Spain and France, where fourth-placed Lens face sixth-placed Angers in Ligue 1.

Today's best accumulator bets

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Newport County to beat Colchester

Cagliari to beat Salernitana

Lens to beat Angers

Athletic Bilbao to beat Granada

Newport County have taken seven points from their last three away matches in League Two and can continue their fine form at Colchester while Cagliari should see off fellow Serie A strugglers Salernitana.

Lens have won their last three Ligue 1 home games by an aggregate score of 10-1 and Athletic Bilbao can grind out a win over shot-shy Granada in La Liga. The fourfold accumulator pays more than 10-1 with William Hill.

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West Brom v Nottingham Forest

Sky Sports Football, 8pm Friday

West Brom's lack of cutting edge cost them again in Tuesday's 0-0 draw at Blackpool in the Championship and they could be frustrated by Steve Cooper's improving Nottingham Forest side.

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Best bet
Nottingham Forest or draw double chance

Bet of the day

Under 2.5 goals in Athletic Bilbao v Granada LaLigaTV & FreeSports, 8pm Friday

Under 2.5 goals backers have collected in 11 of Athletic Bilbao's 13 matches in La Liga this season and visitors Granada have scored only twice in six away games against teams above them in the table.

Goalscorer bet of the day

Stuttgart v Mainz 7.30pm Friday

Mainz's Germany Under-21 striker Jonathan Burkardt has been in sparkling form, scoring six times in his last six appearances in all competitions, and he should trouble a struggling Stuttgart defence. Bet365 rate Burkardt 13-2 to score first and that is an attractive each-way price.

Best bet
Jonathan Burkardt to be first goalscorer

Stat of the day

West Brom v Nottingham Forest Sky Sports Football, 8pm Friday

Nottingham Forest have lost only one of their 11 Championship matches under Steve Cooper.

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