Saturday Accumulator

Wins for Everton, Manchester United, Crystal Palace and Bolton would win us a bumper payday on Saturday at best combined odds of 7/1 with BetVictor.

We start at the Madejski Stadium where Reading are still seeking a first league win of the season at the eleventh attempt. One suspects that better opportunities have been and gone for the Royals in recent weeks with home games with Norwich and Fulham and a trip to QPR all ending in draws. Everton (4/5) have lost only once in 2012-13 and they occupy a top-four spot because this is now the sort of fixture they win.

In the Championship it’s slightly puzzling why the leaders, on a 13-match unbeaten run, are evens money to win at home to Derby. Palace are odds you would associate with a mid-table side despite taking a breathtaking 33 points from a possible 39 (W10 D3 L0). The Rams are on unremarkable form, tending to win at home and lose on their travels.

Until recently in the Selhurst Park hot-seat, Dougie Freedman will hope to continue a decent start as Bolton manager with victory over Barnsley at the Reebok (4/7). The Trotters have had a tough run of fixtures; it’s an achievement to play Cardiff, Leicester and Blackpool and emerge unbeaten. The Tykes have lost six out of eight away from Oakwell and it would be a shock if that record improved on Saturday.

Finally, we hope to have a live bet going into the evening kick-off at Carrow Road. Man United (4/9) are playing like champions and after five consecutive league triumphs it’s surely inconceivable that the Canaries will stop the charge. The Red Devils have beaten Newcastle, Chelsea and Arsenal in this sequence and simply have too much firepower for Norwich.