talkSPORT betting tips – Best football bets and expert advice for Saturday 3 February

Saturday's feast of football includes five matches from the Premier League as well as quarter-final action at both the Africa Cup of Nations and the Asian Cup.

With a full programme of fixtures in the EFL and plenty of games taking place across Europe, it promises to be an intriguing day of action.

Bet of the day

Tottenham to beat Everton and BTTS @ 3/1

Tottenham's free-flowing, attacking approach under Ange Postecoglou has been well documented and the stats certainly back up that belief, as a division-high 80 goals have been scored across Spurs' 22 Premier League matches with the Australian at the helm.

The majority of those, 47, have been netted by Spurs and the north Londoners have registered at least one goal across their last 34 Premier League games, a run that dates back to March 2023.

However, keeping clean-sheets has not come so easy for Postecoglou's entertainers, as they have registered just one shutout across their last 13 league fixtures.

That will give Saturday's hosts Everton hope of getting on the scoresheet in the lunch-time kick-off, but a run of one win in nine across all competitions suggests that could be as good as it gets for the Toffees.

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Special of the day

Ipswich, Southampton & Leicester all to win @ 15/4

The top three in the Championship will all be on the road this weekend, but each of Ipswich, Southampton and Leicester will fancy their chances of picking up all three points.

Russell Martin's Saints have the easiest fixture on paper, as they visit bottom of the table Rotherham looking to extend a club-record unbeaten run of 22 matches.

Leaders Leicester boast the best away record in the division, losing just once in 11 road games, and they should prove too strong for a Stoke side that have lost three of their last four and are without a home win since October.

Ipswich face the trickiest fixture of the three, as they visit mid-table Preston looking to put the memory of last weekend's FA Cup shock defeat at the hands of Maidstone United behind them.

The Tractor Boys should have enough about them to do exactly that, as they face a Preston side that have won just five of their last 22 in the league.

Long shot of the day 

Sheffield United to beat Aston Villa @ 17/4

Sheffield United may be propping up the Premier League having won just twice all season, but the Blades have certainly improved since Chris Wilder's return as manager and they could be facing a stuttering Aston Villa at the right time.

Under Wilder, United have picked up four points from three home matches in the league, beating Brentford and drawing with West Ham, while they also took a point off Villa when the two sides met in the West Midlands before Christmas.

That 1-1 draw kickstarted a run of just two wins in seven across all competitions for Villa, who have slipped off the pace in the race for the title and out of the top four as a result.

Villa have lost on their last three visits to Bramall Lane and they could come unstuck at the venue again on Saturday, handing a rare three points to their hosts in the process.

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