Man Utd are in great current form and the only English club still going strong in four competitions and they will have no problems seeing off Championship Blackburn in the FA Cup fifth round at the weekend.
United are going about their business in impressive style with Jose Mourinho\’s side losing just the once in their last 23 matches and they are a confident pick to win again at Ewood Park.
United are a general 1.36 to make it through to the quarter-finals among green listed bookmakers with a win and they won\’t make any mistakes as the one thing that the “Special One” has always done is give this competition the respect it deserves with his team selections.
What has impressed me with United recently is how just strong they\’ve looked in defence and it\’s going to be very hard for a Blackburn side that are one of the lowest goal scorers in the Championship and currently sit one place of the foot of the table scoring at the weekend.
United haven\’t conceded in their last five matches and in four of those games they\’ve won to nil and at 2.20 with Coral not only does that look the best bet in this match, it\’s one of the better bets of the entire weekend.
Blackburn are 10.00 to roll back the years of famous old battles with United with a win, but this Rovers side have a real fight on their hands to stay in the Championship and of the two manager\’s Coyle looks the more likely to ring the changes.
In those last five United matches they\’ve scored and impressive 12 goals without conceding and this looks a routine win and at the general price of 7.00 I am taking the FA Cup holders to take a step towards Wembley again with a 2-0 win.
Team news is always crucial when betting on first goal scorers but I have got to take a bit of the 4.50 with Paddy Power on in-form Zlatan Ibrahimovic to open the scoring.
The Swede is full of confidence after his hat-trick in the Europa League in midweek and if he doesn\’t start the bet is void and if he does he will be a lot shorter than the current price so we really have nothing to lose.
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