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Wycombe Set For Comfortable Night against Struggling Stevenage

The EFL Trophy is not the easiest competition to bet on, with teams making several changes to their starting eleven, but this is a game where I don’t think that will matter too much should it happen. Wycombe have made a fantastic start in League One this season, they sit in 2nd place so far and have lost just one of their 12 games played. Stevenage are in a league below, and couldn’t have made a worse start,

Forest Green Rovers Face Coventry City In EFL Trophy

While the international break may lead many to believe that we aren’t going to get any kind of entertaining domestic games, the EFL Trophy respectfully disagrees. This isn’t the kind of tournament that is going to blow the minds of too many Premier League fans, but even with that being the case, it gives a lot of fans the opportunity to take in some high quality lower league football. Today, we’re going to take a look at what should be an intriguing clash of styles between Forest Green Rovers and Coventry City down in Gloucestershire.

Cup Side Newport Fancied to Beat West Ham Youngsters

We have seen Newport County on a few good cup runs in recent years and we could be about to see them go on another. They begin their EFL Trophy campaign on Wednesday night with a group game against West Ham U21, and this is a game they are fancied to win.

We often see Premier League teams play weakened youth teams in this competition and with The Hammers having a few of their better youngsters away on international duty,

Doncaster Fancied to Beat Rivals Lincoln

The EFL Trophy is not the highly regarded competition that some would hope it to be. It would be fair to say that the vast majority of club have little interest in the competition, and would rather rest players ahead of their next league game rather than risk them by playing in this. This outlook from the teams involved makes betting on the competition tough, you don’t really know who is going to take it seriously and the kind of teams we will see on the field,

Bohemians Look a Solid Bet to Pick Up Home Win

Previous Winners Barnsley a Safe Bet in EFL Trophy

The EFL Trophy has a fairly poor reputation in English football and that is something that has certainly gone downhill since the introduction of u23 teams playing in it. This competition was originally brought in to give lower league clubs a chance to play for a trophy that ended with a Wembley final. Now it is littered with reserve teams from top clubs, and lower league teams who play weakened teams because they have no interest in the competition at all.