Hull City have shown signs of improvement since new coach Ruben Selles was appointed at the start of December, particularly over their last 3 games.

They took on 3 teams in the divisions top 7, picking up 4 points along the way. An impressive away win at Blackburn Rovers and a comeback draw against league leaders Leeds showed signs of what they are capable of, with a last minute defeat to Middlesbrough in between.

Ordinarily you might look at a team towards the bottom of the Championship playing a team towards the top of League Two as a potential upset, but I cannot see that with the form Doncaster are in. They’ve only won 2 of their last 8 games in all competitions, both of which came at home.

This competition will not be a priority for The Tigers, but with 8 days rest before and 6 days rest after, the only reason for rotating their side would be for Selles to take a look at some squad players. Even with half a team out, expect them to beat Doncaster.

This is easily the riskiest leg of the accumulator, where despite getting two bites at the cherry, the selection is still odds against.

Although Arsenal are only 6 points behind Liverpool in the league, and both sides are still in European competitions, we would say this competition will present their most likely chance of winning a trophy this season, but we are not sure Mikel Arteta will see it that way and I think this presents an opportunity for Manchester United.

Arsenal come into this one having drawn away to Brighton, and lost at home to Newcastle in the Carabao Cup semi final first leg, playing as strong a team as they possibly could in both games. After Sundays game, they have the North London Derby on Wednesday night and before hosting Aston Villa at teatime on Sunday.

That is a very tough run of games, and in my opinion they simply will not be able to go full strength in all of them. We think Arteta will still fancy their chances in the title race, and therefore the most likely fixture for a weakened side would have to be in this game.

United were in pretty awful form before the 2-2 draw at Liverpool, going into it on the back of four successive defeats, and conceding 11 goals in the process. At Anfield, Amorim’s messages finally seemed to be getting over, with United putting in a much improved performance. You might say the players were always going to be up for a trip to Anfield, and if you do you would have to say the same about a trip to the Emirates.

We see no reason for United to rotate in this one. They have had a week between games, unlike Arsenal, and their next fixture is on Thursday night at home against Southampton, the easiest league fixture you could possibly have. United can upset the odds here.

We have another odds against selection here which looks like good value to us.

Newcastle United are in fine form at the moment, with 7 wins on the trot in all competitions, racking up 20 goals along the way. Off the back of a midweek Carabao Cup Semi Final win at Arsenal, and with a Premier League game on Wednesday, it is quite likely they will rotate to some degree here. However, the continual yearn for an elusive trophy from the Geordie faithful may prevent Howe from tinkering too much.

Bromley were in pretty good form themselves, unbeaten in 8 before a thumping 4-1 defeat at Crewe on Sunday. The suggestion was that might have been a game too far for their squad, with manager Andy Woodman only making 3 changes total over the 5 games in 15 days during the festive period.

Woodman is no stranger to St James Park, having worked as coach under Alan Pardew during his time as manager, so he will be able to give his players some insight into games at the famous stadium, but whether that weeks recovery will be enough to refresh his side remains to be seen.

Newcastle have already covered the -2 handicap 3 times in the last month against same tier opposition, so this looks a decent bet against a League Two side.

We think this will be a close game, and it is only Swansea’s poor away form against better sides which put us off backing them to beat Southampton.

It’s stating the obvious to say that Southampton are having a poor season, rock bottom of the Premier League with just 6 points gained. They’re already 10 points from safety with half the season to go.

A change of manager seemingly came just in time for a home game against Brentford, who had not won away from home all season. They lost the game 5-0, not even a flattering scoreline for Brentford with the xG 0.29 v 4.46.

Despite how poor Southampton have been, we still think they should be capable of finding the net against Swansea, who have only kept 1 clean sheet away from home all season, and conceded 4 against The Saints local rivals Portsmouth in their last away game.

We also think Swansea should be able to score, given Southampton have conceded 16 goals in their last 4 home games.