This weekend marks the introduction of the 'big teams' to what has quickly become the League Cup mk II. In the pick of the FA Cup 3rd round ties, expect the travellers to start very few players that breezed past the Latics a week ago.

Despite the home advantage, their valiant performance at Old Trafford in November and the game-changing signing of former England international Joe Cole, West Ham are still priced at 4/1. For those that don't understand gambling, a bet of £5 on West Ham to win will return £0. Sir Alex Ferguson's men hold a fantastic record in the FA Cup 3rd round, only exiting once at this stage under his guidance. 4/5 with Bet365 seems too large if history is a marker.

Guessing the United XI is the trickiest bet of the day; with Javier Hernandez playing frequent Premier League football, even he may be rested up front for this one. The first scorer market is harsh on the league leaders and the likely starter-scorers of Danny Wellbeck and Shinji Kagawa are best priced (as with every first scorer) at new-boys BetWay; 6/1 and 15/2 respectfully. With this being the live game however, BetFred should be going double delight and hat trick heaven on this match; they go 9/2 and 6/1.

It's hard to see the home side getting anything from the match, but read not into Manchester United's consecutive clean sheets, the back four will be totally reshuffled, and tipping clean sheets is not smart journalism this season. Kevin Nolan is due a chicken dance and them generous lot at BetWay are 100/30 for him to be flapping at anytime.

As with most cup XI overhauls by SAF, the selected side are always eager to prove their worth and should put on a show. Taking into account a Kevin Nolan/West Ham goal, going over 3.5 goals is 7/4 at BetVictor, interestingly the same price as Manchester United -1, which seems a safer bet.

Betting Tips:

Danny Welbeck to score first @ 9/2 with BetFred

Manchester United to win -1 @ 15/8 with SportingBet

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