Ten draws: Brighton v Liverpool, Crystal Palace v Nottingham Forest, Wolves v Aston Villa, Plymouth v Swansea, Exeter v Barnsley, Fleetwood v Wycombe, Barrow v Notts County, Colchester v Morecambe, Newport v Harrogate, Tranmere v Grimsby.
Best draws: Crystal Palace v Nottingham Forest, Wolves v Aston Villa, Plymouth v Swansea, Fleetwood v Wycombe, Colchester v Morecambe.
Weekend's best football bets: Six aways: Newcastle, Huddersfield, Derby, Northampton, Walsall, Partick.
Weekend's best football bets: Ten homes: Ipswich, Leicester, Southampton, Bolton, Charlton, Portsmouth, Stevenage, Accrington, Aberdeen, Solihull.
Pick of the draws: Unlike last season, the chances of Nottingham Forest being involved in a Premier League relegation scrap are remote and I won't be surprised if they come away from Crystal Palace with a point. Wolves and Aston Villa, who play on Sunday, both had morale-boosting home wins last weekend - Wolves beating leaders Manchester City 2-1 and Aston Villa thrashing Brighton 6-1. It will be hard separating them at Molineux. Three consecutive victories over Sheffield Wednesday (home), Millwall (away) and Norwich (home) have lifted the morale of Championship club Swansea and they can hold Plymouth, who blow hot one week and cold the next. Wins against Leyton Orient (home) and Cheltenham (away) have given Fleetwood new hope near the bottom of League One and I believe they'll get something from the visit of mid-table Wycombe. It's been a mixed few days for Colchester, who beat the League Two pace-setters Notts County 5-4 at home last Saturday and then lost 2-1 at Newport in midweek. They face Morecambe, who are due an away draw.
Away days: West Ham are hard to beat on their own ground but a rejuvenated Newcastle are in the mood to gain another three points on Sunday. Huddersfield manager Darren Moore will be eager to get one over his old club, Sheffield Wednesday, who inexplicably sacked him after leading them to promotion to the Championship last season. Wednesday, who are rock bottom with no wins and only two points, must be regretting that decision as they have just sacked Moore's successor, Xisco Munoz. Derby recorded their fifth League One away success in midweek, beating Blackpool 3-1. They travel to 24th-placed Cheltenham on Saturday and will surely make it six. Northampton, who are on a current high, will feel confident of taking maximum points at Shrewsbury, who are on the slide. You have to fancy Walsall's chances at Sutton, who have not won since the opening weekend of the League Two season while Partick, 3-0 victors in the Scottish Championship last weekend, will start favourites at struggling Inverness.
Homes sweet homes: Charlton continue to climb League One after their convincing 4-1 home win over Exeter last Saturday and I reckon they'll add Blackpool to their list of recent victims. Stevenage have slipped to fifth following defeats by Oxford United (3-1, home) last Saturday and Bolton (3-2, away) in midweek. They need to steady the ship and I think they'll do just that when they host second-from-bottom Wigan. Aberdeen have hardly set the world alight in the Scottish Premiership this season but they should still be too good for lowly St Johnstone.
Betting info: I scored five out of six away wins last weekend with Arsenal, Sunderland, Portsmouth, Stockport and Hearts.
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