NEWCASTLE are looking to protect their unbeaten Premier League record at Fulham and Eddie Howe’s men look great value to make it 4 wins in 5 games at 13/10.

The travelling Toon Army had plenty to celebrate at Wolves last Sunday when goals from Fabian Schar and Harvey Barnes dug out a win after Mario Lemina had given the home side a half-time lead.

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Howe’s side had gone into the international break with a 2-1 home win over Spurs to add to success over Southampton and a point at Bournemouth and they now face a Fulham side which lost an added time goal to West Ham to deny them a second home win last week.

Marco Silva‘s side get a chance to make amends with another match at Craven Cottage but, with Manchester City and Arsenal playing tomorrow, Newcastle have the chance to top the table tonight and a repeat of last week’s second half performance can send them to the summit.

LEICESTER were two goals up at Crystal Palace last week before a Jean-Philippe Mateta brace pegged them back to 2-2 and I reckon the Foxes look value to get three points at home to struggling Everton at 6/4.

Goalkeeper error played a big part in Steve Cooper‘s side dropping two points after Jamie Vardy and Stephy Mavididi gave them a commanding advantage, but Leicester have played better than their two points total would suggest and Everton’s season has gone from bad to worse after losing two-goal leads to lose on each of the past two weekends.

Vardy continues to be a Leicester hero at 38 and victories in games against supposedly superior but, currently struggling, opposition can help keep their heads above water until the real relegation battle begins after Christmas.

LUTON recorded their first win since being relegated back to the Championship when winning 1-0 at Millwall last week and the Hatters can make it back-to-back successes by beating Sheffield Wednesday at 10/11.

Rob Edwards‘ side went down narrowly to Preston and QPR before the international break but they looked much improved when beating Millwall and Wednesday have been blowing more cold than hot.

Wednesday looked to have started the season well but they seemed to be in charge against QPR last week before a shambolic equaliser which is well worth looking up if you fancy watching some comical defending.

Luton could well have turned a corner now that they’ve woken up to being back in the cut and thrust of the Championship and moving to a mid-table seven points after six games will give them a platform for the busy pre-Christmas period to come.

BIRMINGHAM put down a marker with a 3-1 win over Wrexham last Monday night  and the blues can back that result up with a win away to Rotherham at a value Evens.

The so-called Hollywood derby saw Tom Brady‘s Birmingham get the better of Ryan Reynolds‘ pyramid climbers and City’s move into second place comes after 4 wins and a draw in their first five games.

Rotherham drew 2-2 at home to Burton last week in the latest of a number of patchy performances from Steve Evans’ side and Birmingham’s road wins at Leyton Orient and Wycombe augur well for keeping their 100% away record intact.

WREXHAM should bounce back to beat Crawley at 4/9 in League One while in League Two, I fancy BARROW to beat Newport at 4/9 and SWINDON to beat Carlisle at 19/20.

Back in Scotland, PARTICK can build on their point at Ayr by beating Dunfermline at 10/11 and QUEENS PARK can make it a good day for the Glasgow clubs by inflicting Ayr’s first defeat of the season at 15/8.

Saturday SINGLE

COVE RANGERS have won back to back league games against Montrose and Kelty and Paul Hartley‘s side look a huge price at 27/10 to make it 3 in a row at Inverness.

RANGERS V DUNDEE      5.30pm  Premier Sports

Tom Lawrence‘s goal helped Gers do enough to leave Tannadice with all three points last Sunday but the jury’s still out on their progress this season and the fans returning to Ibrox will be in no mood for a cup exit against the other side in Dundee.

Tony Docherty’s players lost for the first time this season at Ross County last week but they’d shown strong enough form before that to think they can bounce back if the manager can instill some belief for the trip to Glasgow.

Punters fancying a shock can back Dundee at 8/1 with the draw at 9/2 but Rangers are 1/5 shots to win in 90 minutes back at a re-opened Ibrox and defeat at this stage of what they must view as a winnable competition would surely be unthinkable.

CELTIC V FALKIRK   Sunday 3pm  Premier Sports

John McGlynn’s 25/1 Bairns appear to have a free hit with this cup tie away to the champions and Celtic‘s demolition job on Slovan Bratislava won’t have been missed by the veteran manager and former Celtic scout.

Brendan Rodgers can’t afford to do his old chum any favours tomorrow but the Celtic boss will undoubtedly give various fringe players some valuable minutes and the visiting defence could still be sorely tested.

Falkirk are top of the Championship with five wins in five games but a goal might even be stretching reality for the League One champions tomorrow and 1/16 Celtic can be backed at 4/7 to win this to nil. 

ST MIRREN V HEARTS

Saints looked to have the game won against 10-man Kilmarnock last Saturday but a 2-2 draw meant they’ve now gathered five points from five games which is four more than the visitors.

Hearts left Celtic Park with heads held high despite last week’s 2-0 defeat but St Mirren have a chance to pile more pressure on Steven Naismith and a first quarter home double over the Edinburgh sides would be a fair achievement.

St Mirren are 9/5 second best on their own patch here and while 29/20 Hearts are surely better than they’ve shown so far, I fancy Saints to shore up their defence and send the visitors packing after a 5th league defeat in six games.

ROSS COUNTY V ST JOHNSTONE

Craig Levein’s sacking seemed to blindside most observers but Saints have to pick up and march on Dingwall, just as the home side have re-discovered some winning form.

County saw off Dundee last week after a crushing late defeat to Aberdeen which saw all the praise heaped on the Dons and Don Cowie’s side are 21/20 to beat the 5/2 Saints.

Saints’ travails can’t all have been down to Levein but Cowie definitely seemed to have built on the Dons defeat with the win over an in-form Dundee side last week and another win looks more than just feasible at very fair odds against.

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