FA Cup Outright Tip: Burnley e/w

If you want a plucky outsider tip for the FA Cup outright, then Burnley are safely into Round 4 but still available at best odds of 80/1 with PaddyPower.

We point out every year that the each-way market (½ odds paid out if your team loses in the final) provides an opportunity. While the big guns have a good habit of lifting the trophy, the showpiece occasion has seen plenty of underdogs in recent years: Watford, Crystal Palace, Aston Villa and Hull have been there since Wigan Athletic famously won in 2013.

Burnley are in that mould and I single them out as the other teams in that price bracket are likely to be pre-occupied with either relegation battles or promotion tussles later in the season.

The Clarets are starting to move clear of the bottom three after a good run (W3 D2 L1) and I expect them to look pretty safe even if they are still in the FA Cup at the business end. That would allow Sean Dyche to have a proper crack at unlikely silverware.