
Burton vs. Leicester Betting Tips: Back Daka to score in Carabao Cup clash

Leicester City make the short trip to Burton Albion in the Carabao Cup first round on Wednesday evening and we’ve previewed the action and provided you with our two best bets.
Dino Maamria’s Burton side suffered defeat to Blackpool in their Football League opener on Saturday. Two first half goals from Tangerines forward Shayne Lavery ensured a 2-0 scoreline at Bloomfield Road. Maamria will be hoping the Carabao Cup can kick-start their season, with another tough league encounter on the cards next Saturday in the form of Derby County.
After being sent off as the 4/1 favourites to win the Championship this season, Leicester got their campaign off to the best possible start with a 2-1 win over play-off finalists Coventry City. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall leveled the scores in the second half before slotting home in the 87th minute to secure all three points.
Taking a look at the match result odds for this Carabao Cup clash and Burton are chalked up at 7/2, with the draw on offer at 5/2. For those looking to get behind The Foxes, 8/15 is on show, implying a 65% chance of victory.
Burton vs Leicester Tips
Enzo Maresca is expected to make wholesale changes for this cup tie, but we still have every faith that Leicester’s ‘second-string’ will have way too much for Burton.
We are therefore backing the Foxes on the -1 match handicap with Betfair, meaning if the visitors win the game by two or more goals this bet will be a winner.
With the likes of Kelechi Iheanacho in attack it could be a long evening for The Brewers who are also expected to make plenty of changes ahead of the League One clash with Derby on Saturday.
James Justin and Timothy Castagne should come in at full-back for Leicester despite none of them starting at the weekend. Conor Coady remains out injured, but with players such as Hamza Choudhury and Denis Praet potentially being given starts in the midfield, it really does feel like there is a large gap in quality between the two sides that could be very evident on Wednesday.
Patson Daka was an unused substitute in Leicester’s win over Coventry and should be given a place in the starting XI here. Considering Jamie Vardy is priced at just 5/6 with Betfred in the anytime scorer market, and isn’t expected to start, there could well be some value in the 7/4 about Patson Daka.
The Zambian only started 13 league games last season scoring on four occasions. A player who could really tear the Championship apart this season, however there may still be interest from other clubs before the end of the transfer window.
With Daka keen to showcase his ability to potential buyers, it would be no surprise to see him put in a strong showing. If he does start, we’d be confident that the 7/4 from William Hill would disappear sharply.

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