Two fancies for tomorrow
1. Hull City v Barnsley in the FA Cup
Just quietly Barnsley have begun to turn round their form, two home wins (Leeds and Burnley) followed by an away draw at Ipswich, coinciding with David Flitcroft taking over from Keith Hill
Simultaneously Hull are a bit off the boil. Losing at home to Sheff Wed (which I watched, and Hull were very lacklustre), needing an away replay to beat Orient and losing their top scorer Aluko to an 8 week layoff during this period. On home soil, Hull have enjoyed just one win in their last four games, drawing two and losing one.
Hull's priority has to be promotion, and while I don't know what team Bruce will select, I wouldn't be surprised to see a player or two changed.
I don't know if Barnsley's partial recovery will be ongoing, but at over 4-1 to win tomorrow I'll have a go that it might be, with a saver on the draw at nearly 3-1
We know that for teams in this division, almost every team can beat almost every other on their day, and I'd expect that to be magnified in the cup
Bet365 Barnsley £15 to beat Hull 17/4, cover £7.50 Barnsley to draw at Hull 11/4
2 Coventry at Preston
Coventry are nearly 2-1 to win at Preston. Mark Robins has of course really turned Coventry round and they are now challenging for the play offs. Graham Westley has not had the same impact at Preston. In part because his style - pressing, physical - needs a certain type of player to implement and he doesn't have the flexibility to implement that in terms of budget/funding at this stage
Preston have not won at home since beating Yeovil on the 29th September - a run of nine matches (
L4).
Coventry lost their last away match at Carlisle, breaking a six match away winning streak.
Bet365 £15 Coventry at 19/10 looks a very sporting price to me
2-1 available in a couple of places
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