Wednesday football tips: Make Red Devils the cornerstone of your acca

Manchester United's hopes of winning the Premier League have faded but the Red Devils are the headline acts in a midweek treble of Premier League fixtures.

United head to Selhurst Park to take on Crystal Palace, Burnley host Leicester and Aston Villa visit Sheffield United. There is also punting action to be had in the Championship, Ligue 1 and Serie A.

Today's best football bets

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Watford to beat Wycombe

Sheffield Wednesday to beat Rotherham

Lille to beat Marseille

Manchester United to beat Crystal Palace

Watford fell to a defeat at Bournemouth on Saturday but the Hornets are strong at home and can get acca backers off to a strong start by beating Wycombe at Vicarage Road.

Sheffield Wednesday can come out on top in a Yorkshire derby with Rotherham while Ligue 1 leaders Lille should see off Marseille and Manchester United are likely to overpower Palace.

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Bet of the day

Lille to beat Marseille BT Sport ESPN, 8pm

Lille have dropped points in two of their last three Ligue 1 matches but they still top the French standings and can claim a victory over a blunt Marseille team still adjusting to life under Jorge Sampaoli.

Burnley v Leicester

Sky Sports Main Event & Premier League, 6pm

Leicester have some key injuries but they still have Jamie Vardy to lead the line and the Foxes should be taken to outscore shot-shy Burnley in a low-scoring contest at Turf Moor.

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Best bet
Leicester to win & under 2.5 goals

Sheffield United v Aston Villa

BT Sport 1, 6pm

Jack Grealish missed out for Aston Villa but Anwar El Ghazi could shine in his absence. The Dutchman is averaging a goal every 140 minutes this season and has notched six times away from home.

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Best bet
Anwar El Ghazi to score at any time

Crystal Palace v Manchester United

Sky Sports Main Event & Premier League, 8.15pm

Manchester United extended their unbeaten Premier League road record to 20 games with Sunday’s goalless draw at Chelsea and the Red Devils may well cut loose in the second half at Selhurst Park.

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Best bet
Manchester United to win the second half

Prop bet of the day

Crystal Palace v Manchester United

Harry Maguire has been booked seven times this season and Crystal Palace, while blunt in front of goal recently, have some tricky players who could tempt the England centre-half into a rash challenge.

Best bet
Harry Maguire to be shown a card

Stat of the day

Crystal Palace v Manchester United

United have conceded only three second-half goals in their 13 Premier League away games.

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