Ten draws: Carlisle v Leyton Orient, Forest Green v Colchester, Milton Keynes Dons v Barrow, Notts County v Mansfield, Hungary v Serbia, Ukraine v North Macedonia, Falkirk v Queen's Park, Queen of the South v Arbroath, Burgos v Villarreal B, Sporting Gijon v Real Zaragoza.
Best draws: Forest Green v Colchester, MK Dons v Barrow, Notts County v Mansfield, Ukraine v North Macedonia, Falkirk v Queen's Park.
Weekend's best football bets: Six aways: Stockport, Croatia, Hamilton, Dundee United, Rochdale, Maidenhead.
Weekend's best football bets: Ten homes: Crewe, Doncaster, Swindon, Wrexham, Czech Republic, Italy, Morton, Raith, Bromley, York.
Pick of the draws: Forest Green, bottom of League Two, have lost all six of their home matches so far. They are due to end that dismal sequence against Colchester, who are only three points and three places ahead of them. From being the league's early pace-setters, MK Dons have slumped to the bottom half of the table. They'll have a job beating Barrow, who keep defying expectations. Although leaders Notts County have maximum points from five home games, I believe they'll be held by fifth-placed Mansfield, who have improved defensively. I think North Macedonia will be tricky opponents for Ukraine in Saturday's European Championship qualifying fixture. In the fourth round of the SPFL Trust Trophy, I'm taking Falkirk, who top Scottish League One, to share the spoils with Queen's Park, who are sliding down the Scottish Championship.
Away days: The Stockport express refuses to be derailed and it won't surprise me if they are top of League Two after Saturday's results as I expect them to beat Harrogate. Croatia will surely make their superiority count against Wales in Group D of the European Championship qualifying. Hamilton, of Scottish League One, look an away banker at non-League East Kilbride in the SPFL Trust Trophy, as do Scottish Championship leaders Dundee United, who visit Peterhead, of Scottish League Two. In the FA Cup fourth qualifying round, Rochdale, in the upper half of the National League, are worth backing at Hereford, of the National League North, while Maidenhead should progress to the first round proper at the expense of Weston-super-Mare, of the National League South.
Homes sweet homes: Doncaster, 20th in League Two, played well when losing narrowly at Stockport last Saturday and are worth a wager against 23rd-placed Sutton, even though the visitors beat Walsall 4-0 last weekend. In a SPFL Trust Trophy tie, Morton, who prop up the Scottish Championship, should still have too much for Kelty Hearts, who are a division below them. Bromley are flying high in the National League after a hesitant start to the season and will be confident of seeing off their NL rivals Wealdstone in the FA Cup fourth qualifying round.
Pools info: Morecambe v Crawley (No.9 on coupon) is postponed because of international call-ups and will be assessed by the pools panel. I correctly predicted five draws last weekend: Brighton v Liverpool, Crystal Palace v Nottingham Forest, Wolves v Aston Villa, Barrow v Notts County and Tranmere v Grimsby.
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