To blooding youngsters and failing to entertain crowds we can now add winning money to the many uses of the Carling Cup...

Yeah we know, the League Cup these days is a teeny bit shit. But hey, it's definitely better than the opening group games in the Champions League, and since we had a punt on that, we're going to have a go tonight. So without further ado, here are tonight's bets...

Accie
Villa @ 4/9
Everton @ 8/11
Spurs @ 4/6
Man Utd @ 1/3
Real Madrid @ 4/7
Bilbao @ 13/8
Valencia @ 23/20

£1 wins £49.17

Treble (All draws)
Villa v Cardiff @ 11/4
Preston v Spurs @ 13/5
Man City v Fulham @ 16/5

£1 wins 56.70