19:10 Punchestown

Andy Holding's Selection (19:10 Punchestown)

HURRICANE GEORGIE (best price 9/2) has shown a fair degree of ability in her first season over fences and having already proven her suitability to today’s track, Gordon Elliott’s mare looks sure to give her supporters another decent spin.

A winner at the first time of asking over the larger obstacles at Downpatrick back in September, the daughter of Court Cave has gradually worked her way through the ranks despite not scoring in five subsequent starts and her latest effort in a listed contest at Fairyhouse has to be considered a career high. Staying on strongly from two out at the Co Meath venue, the five-year-old only narrowly failed to reel back the classy Dolcita in the closing stages and considering that performance came off a 120-day layoff in a period when the stable couldn’t buy a winner, her run deserves even extra praise. Now her yard is back in form, confidence is high that she will bring her A-game to the party and with today’s ground also seen as a massive positive, she rates a strong each-way choice at the morning odds.

19:45 Thursday

George Gamble's Selection for Man Utd vs Chelsea

Ralf Rangnick himself said that Manchester United’s ambition of finishing in the top four is “not realistic”. They’ve lost four of their last six games across all competitions and have conceded 12 goals in that time - an average of exactly two goals per match.

The ‘Red Devils’ are defensively all over the place and showcased their frailties in their backline once again on Saturday as a number of costly mistakes contributed to their 3-1 defeat against Arsenal. Now they welcome a Chelsea side who will be looking to strengthen their grip on third place and have scored the second most away goals (35) in the division.

It looks as though the hosts' defence will be changed once again for the arrival of Chelsea and they’ve been vulnerable against sides who possess pace and plenty of movement. The ‘Blues’ have that in spades, particularly up top with Timo Werner and Kai Havertz.

United are far too easy to score against and the value for me is on Chelsea scoring at least twice, something they’ve achieved across their last seven away matches.