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It’s FA Cup 3rd Round week in England, one of the most exciting, unpredictable days in the footballing calendar but who’ll come out on top?

There’s plenty of potential giant killings amongst the fixtures so here’s my picks for this weekend’s matches.

MK Dons v QPR

One tie that will get a few of the underdog backers excited is at Stadium MK where the in-form MK Dons host Premier League side QPR. Karl Robinson’s side are currently 4th in League One, placing them 31 positions behind their opponents but there’ll be a much more level playing field on Saturday at 3pm.

Rangers will be without Traore and Taarabt on African Cup of Nations Duty and the much-maligned Joey Barton through a debatable suspension. It’s also questionable just how seriously Neil Warnock will take the game with vital Premier League points a much more valuable commodity for the club than an FA Cup run. Anything less than a fully committed Rangers could find themselves out of the competition at the first hurdle for the 12th season in a row.

In contrast to QPR (just 1 win in 10) the Dons are on a fine run of form with just one defeat in 10 so go into the game as the form side. They’ll be without top scorer Charlie McDonald but at 9/5 (Blue Sq) look a decent bet to make it to Round 4. There’s also value for money in siding with the home team to score 2 or more which can be backed at 11/8 with SkyBet.

Derby v Crystal Palace

At Pride Park there’s an all-Championship clash between Derby and Crystal Palace. The Eagles have suffered a virus that has affected most of their squad this week so it’s unlikely they’ll be at full-strength. Add to that the fact that they’ve the first leg of the Carling Cup semi-final against Cardiff on Tuesday and Dougie Freedman would be forgiven for fielding some ‘fringe’ players in this tie.

Derby can lay claim to being the form side in the Championship and have impressed with wins over Hull, West Ham and Leeds in recent weeks – all of whom sit above them in the table. Perhaps they’ve finally ‘turned the corner’.

Money has been coming in for the Rams so get on the 6/5 at William Hill before it disappears.

Chelsea v Portsmouth

Chelsea have been notoriously unreliable for us punters this season. 3 draws followed by a defeat to Aston Villa meant they were left off a lot of coupons last week when they duly obliged with a win at Wolves. That hasn’t stopped the bookies pricing them up short to win over Pompey at just 1/5.

That’s not worth it but there is still value to be had in the game. Despite such short odds to win the Blues are a much more tempting 1/1 (Paddy Power, SkyBet) to win to nil. To be fair they’ve not kept too many clean sheets of late, in fact none in their last 6 but that run can’t go on forever.

Pompey are on a reasonable run of form themselves but haven’t exactly been banging them in, just 8 goals scored in their last 9 and they’ve drawn a blank in 7 of their 12 away games this season. Recent history doesn’t point to many goals for Portsmouth in this fixture either, they’ve scored just twice in the last 10 meetings, conceding 22.

Back Chelsea to win to nil at 1/1 with Paddy Power or SkyBet

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