Ten draws: Bournemouth v Brighton, West Ham v Newcastle, Birmingham v Swansea, Blackpool v Middlesbrough, Barnsley v Portsmouth, Shrewsbury v Oxford, Crawley v Gillingham, Mansfield v Bradford City, Walsall v Northampton, Dundee United v Hibernian.
Best draws: Bournemouth v Brighton, West Ham v Newcastle, Blackpool v Middlesbrough, Barnsley v Portsmouth, Crawley v Gillingham.
Weekend's best bets: Six aways: Manchester United, Brentford, West Brom, Bolton, Leyton Orient, Dumbarton.
Weekend's best bets: Ten homes: Liverpool, Manchester City, Bristol City, Cardiff, Queens Park Rangers, Peterborough, Plymouth, Barrow, Stevenage, Wrexham.
Pick of the draws: Bournemouth will have been greatly encouraged by winning at Nottingham Forest last Saturday after being two goals behind at half-time. They will feel more confident about facing Brighton, particularly now that Graham Potter has left Brighton to manage Chelsea. West Ham didn't deserve to lose at Chelsea last weekend and Newcastle, their visitors on Sunday, merited more than a goalless draw at home to Crystal Palace. I predict a stalemate. Middlesbrough moved out of the Championship relegation zone by beating Sunderland 1-0 at home on Monday. I sense there is more to come from Chris Wilder's side and I believe they'll at least share the spoils with Blackpool. Barnsley's 2-0 victory at Sheffield Wednesday in League One was one of the upsets of last weekend but they will do well to repeat that feat against Portsmouth, who look a decent bet to go up. League Two strugglers Crawley and Gillingham play each other. Crawley did well to draw 2-2 at promotion challengers Salford and Gillingham held on for 80 minutes with 10 men at home to Swindon, who had to settle for a point.
Away days: Manchester United have followed two consecutive Premier League defeats with four successive victories. The rot has been stopped and I think United will be too strong for Crystal Palace on Sunday. Brentford's strengths far outweigh their weaknesses. They were very impressive in beating Leeds 5-2 at home last Saturday and I'm backing them to defeat Southampton. Too many draws have hampered West Bromwich Albion in the Championship but they have an excellent chance to go one better at bottom club Coventry. League One Bolton, seven goals in their past two games, are highly recommended at lowly Cheltenham. Leyton Orient, the unbeaten League Two leaders, should stay that way after visiting Wimbledon on Saturday while Dumbarton, top of Scottish League Two with maximum points from six fixtures, cannot be overlooked at Stranraer.
Homes sweet homes: Tottenham are Manchester City's bogey side but I'm backing City to overcome their jinx in the Premier League's evening match on Saturday. With Haaland in such devastating goalscoring form, it's increasingly difficult to back against Pep Guardiola's men. Bristol City are the team to watch in the Championship. A 3-2 win at Blackburn last weekend took them up to fourth and I fancy them against goal-shy Preston (just two in eight matches). Although Cardiff find themselves in the bottom three, they are worth a wager at home to Hull, who have lost momentum recently.
Pools info: Tranmere v Stockport (No. 42 on coupon) has been brought forward to Friday and is therefore void. A void match is worth two points.
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