The dust has only just settled on a busy week of continental action, but domestic matters keep the fixtures flowing and there is another busy schedule on Friday evening to get stuck into.
We have picked out three bets from the English Championship, Scottish Cup and French Ligue 1, with a range of competitive wagers to whet your appetite.
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Best football bets for Friday
Bet of the Day – Norwich to win to nil v Oxford @ 8/5
Norwich remain in striking distance of a play-off spot in the Championship and the Canaries can enhance their top-six hopes with a victory over poor travellers Oxford on Friday evening.
The Norfolk side start this round of matches in 11th, but they are just four points adrift of sixth-placed West Brom with 11 games remaining.
There is a congested look about the top of half of the second-tier standings and a frantic finish looks likely in the coming weeks.
At the other end of the table, Oxford are fighting for their lives in the section and are just seven points clear of safety with the finish line on the horizon.
United can ill afford anymore slip-ups, but their away form has been poor and it is hard to see them leaving East Anglia with anything to show for their efforts.
The U’s have lost their last four away fixtures without scoring, and they are on a seven-match winless streak.
They have fired blanks in nine of their last 12 away matches in the Championship, and although Norwich are unlikely to cut loose, they could win while maintaining a clean sheet at Carrow Road on Friday.
Special of the Day – Hearts to win, Hearts to win first half & over 3.5 goals v Dundee @ 5/1
Hearts have beaten Dundee comfortably in two of their three Premiership meetings this time, and the in-form Edinburgh side could give their visitors short shrift once more in this Scottish Cup meeting.
The pair meet at Tynecastle in the quarter-finals on Friday in what will be the fourth meeting this term.
Dundee won 3-1 in August, but Hearts started the season dreadfully and bounced back with 2-0 and 6-0 wins over the Dee, the most recent of which started a slide that the Dark Blues are struggling to halt.
Hearts cut loose in that contest and were 2-0 up at the break, so it may be worth backing another high-scoring win for the Jambos who have lost just two of their last 12 matches.
Longshot of the Day – Miika Biereth to score a hat-trick for Monaco v Toulouse @ 18/1
Monaco continue to chase the leaders in Ligue 1 and they can boost their position in the top four with a victory at Toulouse.
And Mika Biereth has been in blistering form recently so back the Danish forward, at small stakes, to bag a hat-trick at a juicy 18-1.
The wager will require something of a leap of faith, but the London-born star has been in fantastic form since his switch from Sturm Graz to the south of France in January.
Biereth has scored 10 goals in seven matches for the principality side, including three hat-tricks along the way.
Toulouse head into this fixture on the back of two wins, but they came against strugglers Angers and Le Havre and prior to that Les Violets were in the midst of a six-match losing streak.
They could get back to losing ways this week and Biereth could prove too hot to handle once more.
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