One finds a particular beauty to midweek fixtures, when the stadium lights cut through winter's darkness and the grand game unveils its most compelling dramas. Today, we are gifted with a veritable smorgasbord of contests that blend the intensity of championship competition with the high-stakes theatre of knockout football.

Herein are today's finest booking codes – all odds correct at time of writing and representing 90 minutes unless specified otherwise:

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Celtic's Quest to Tannadice

Parkhead witnesses suffering amid the most troubling introduction to Wilfried Nancy's reign, with the Celtic Park colossus having experienced the humiliation of losing all their initial three matches under their recently-appointed manager. The painful 3-1 loss to St Mirren in the Scottish League Cup final epitomised a nadir that few associated with so grand an institution could have foreseen.

History records the only manager in the Bhoys' decorated annals to lose his first three matches in charge, and there exists a palpable need to arrest this troubling slide.

Yet, confidence may be extracted from Dundee United's ongoing tribulations. The Dundee side have been unable to record victory in any of their most recent seven outings, and notwithstanding Celtic's current difficulties, the Bhoys still boast greater ability. We are backing the Parkhead brigade to record a crucial three points.

Celtic to win, 1.48 – 3SZFYFR

Manchester City vs Brentford

enter this Carabao Cup quarter-final as overwhelming favourites to record victory and advance into the subsequent round of the tournament. The Citizens clearly command a stronger roster than their West London counterparts.

While Brentford have performed beyond expectations under new manager Keith Andrews this campaign, the Bees have now been unable to claim three points from any of their previous three fixtures. Furthermore, they have equally failed to secure victory from any of their previous five encounters with the Citizens – encompassing four losses.

Given this context, we are supporting Manchester City to record progression and advance for the last four.

City's progression, 1.19 – 3SZG9LC

Newcastle United vs Fulham

Harry Wilson is experiencing a magnificent spell of confidence for Fulham, with the Welsh maestro netting four goals in his most recent seven games for the Cottagers. Wilson furthermore netted a treble for his Wales during the November qualifying break.

Combined with Newcastle's ongoing defensive frailties, conceding at least a goal in each of their most recent eight fixtures across multiple tournaments, we are endorsing Wilson to get on the mark sheet once again at St James' Park.

Wilson finds the net, 4.75 – 3SZGJRB

Talavera de La Reina vs Real Madrid

Real Madrid approach this encounter with modest Talavera de La Reina in the Copa del Rey knockout stages universally projected to control the fixture and claim triumph by an emphatic scoreline.

Los Blancos are likely to rotate their starting XI for this encounter, but their rotation options certainly remains sufficiently talented of claiming a comprehensive victory. We are backing their class to prevail in this fixture, with an emphatic triumph and at no fewer than 3.5 goals scored.

Los Blancos dominant, 1.96 – 3SZGVNM