Ten draws: Fulham v Crystal Palace, Nottingham Forest v Arsenal, Livingston v Dundee United, Almeria v Mallorca, Lecce v Spezia, Torino v Fiorentina, Werder Bremen v Cologne, Lille v Marseille, Nantes v Montpellier, Excelsior v Fortuna Sittard.
Best draws: Fulham v Crystal Palace, Nottingham Forest v Arsenal, Livingston v Dundee United, Lecce v Spezia, Lille v Marseille.
Weekend's best football bets: Six aways: Manchester United, Leeds, Everton, Rangers, Union Berlin, Rennes.
Weekend's best football bets: Ten homes: Brighton, Liverpool, Manchester City, Celtic, Kilmarnock, Partick (Friday), Albion, Barnsley (Friday), Barcelona, Reims.
Pick of the draws: Crystal Palace have improved markedly since Roy Hodgson was appointed manager and it won't surprise me if they frustrate Fulham, whose Premier League home form is unreliable. Arsenal's shock 3-0 home defeat by Brighton last Sunday will have relegation-threatened Nottingham Forest believing that they can get something from this fixture. Also in Forest's favour is that their last two home games have seen them beat Brighton (3-1) and Southampton (4-3). I think Dundee United, bottom of the Scottish Premiership, will avoid defeat at Livingston on Saturday, although it won't be enough to save them from the drop.
Away days: Although Manchester United's away record has let them down this season, they should have enough in their locker to win at Bournemouth, who seem to have switched off now they are safe from relegation. Victory at West Ham on Sunday will give Leeds a fighting chance of staying in the Premier League. Based on the spirit they showed in their 2-2 home draw against Newcastle last weekend, they are worth a wager. Everton are another side battling for their Premier League lives. If they can play half as well at Wolves as they did when thrashing Brighton 5-1 away last week they'll return home with three points. Rangers, convincing 3-0 home winners over Scottish Premiership champions Celtic last Saturday, will top the 90-point mark if they defeat Hibernian on Sunday.
Homes sweet homes: Even Manchester City, the Premier League champions in waiting, aren't playing better than Liverpool at the moment. The men from Anfield have reeled off seven consecutive victories which puts them within touching distance of a Champions League place. I predict that Aston Villa, no slouches themselves, will be their next victims on Saturday. Partick's astonishing 8-3 aggregate win over Queen's Park in the Scottish Premiership play-off quarter-final has put them in the mood to conquer Ayr in the play-off semi-final, first leg on Friday. Also on Friday, I fancy Barnsley, who finished fourth in League One, to defeat Bolton, who came fifth, in the second leg of their play-off semi-final. The scores are level at 1-1.
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