Football Bet of the Day: FA Cup could be over for Dover

Dover v Southend
Sunday 12:00 (Live on BT Sport 1)

Oostende and REM drew 2-2 in Belgium yesterday. Our Over 2.5 Goals bet was a fourth straight winner and guarantees us a profit for the week.

We finish our shift closer to home. Today's first televised FA Cup game sees Sol Campbell's Southend heading even further south. A trip to National League Dover could be just the tonic for the struggling League One outfit.

Sitting 12th in the 24-team National League, Andy Hessenthaler's hosts have won just 2/10 league home games this term (W2-D3-L5). Since 2015, they are W0-D2-L2 at Crabble Athletic Ground in FA Cup.

The Shrimpers are hardly in stellar form themselves, which is why'll you get them as only narrow 2.568/5 favourites for this one. They've lost 14/17 since the start of the season, but there are a couple of signs that they're beginning to pick up. Home and away, they've scored in 9/11. On the road, they've recently gone W1-D1-L3.

For a club currently facing a showdown with the receivers (they'll be in court next month fighting a winding-up petition) a cup run could be just the thing. At an odds-against price, we'll back the visitors to win through against a side that's shown itself to be middle of the road at a lower level this season.