Cardiff, Rangers and Reading all to win today is 8/1 with Sky Bet - as the first weekend of 2025-26 gets underway
The Featured Accumulator requires Cardiff, Rangers and Reading all to win.
The odds for that particular bet are 8/1 according to Sky Bet.
Cardiff and Rangers enter their respective fixtures as favourites, while Reading are slight outsiders in their match-up.
Cardiff are at home against Peterborough, Rangers take on Motherwell at Fir Park, and Reading are away against Lincoln City.
It is worth noting that Cardiff dominated Peterborough 4-0 when these two sides last met, and that Rangers have lost just two of their last 24 games against Motherwell.
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