Ten draws: Brighton v Newcastle, Leicester v Southampton, Coventry v Middlesbrough, Watford v Sheffield Wednesday, West Bromwich v Luton, Lincoln v Wrexham, Northampton v Wigan, Wycombe v Stockport, Grimsby v Wimbledon, St Mirren v Aberdeen.
Five best draws: Leicester v Southampton, Watford v Sheffield Wednesday, West Bromwich v Luton, Grimsby v Wimbledon, St Mirren v Aberdeen.
Weekend football's best bets: Six aways: Leeds, Birmingham, Salford, Walsall, Tranmere, Cove Rangers.
Ten homes: Everton, West Ham, Burnley, Derby, Norwich, Blackpool, Charlton, Reading, Bradford City, Colchester.
Pick of the draws: Two of the three relegated sides from the Premier League, Leicester and Southampton, play each other on Saturday. It's been a terrible season for both of them and neither can buy a win. I don't believe either will win at the weekend either. Watford v Sheffield Wednesday, in the Championship, has an end-of-season feel about it. These mediocre teams will finish mid-table and it's hard to pick a winner. A point at manager-less West Bromwich should be enough to enable Luton to avoid consecutive relegations. The Hatters have won their past three games. Automatic promotion to League One is now out of the question for Wimbledon but they can stop Grimsby from occupying one of the play-off places. St Mirren earned a creditable home draw with Rangers in the Scottish Premiership last Saturday and they can do the same against higher-placed Aberdeen.
Away days: Maximum points at doomed Plymouth on Saturday will ensure that already promoted Leeds finish as Championship champions, as well as ending the season with 100 points. Birmingham, the runaway League One title winners, have already racked up a century and will be overwhelming favourites at Cambridge, who are heading into League Two. Salford need a victory to qualify for the League Two play-offs and I'm sure they'll get it at Carlisle, who are exiting the Football League. Only three points will suffice for wobbling Walsall to have a chance of automatic promotion from League Two but they will fancy their chances at Crewe, who have had a rotten second half of the season. Although Tranmere are third bottom of League Two, they are one of the current form teams and they can end the campaign by beating Newport, who are just above them. Cove Rangers, second in Scottish League One, are a confident selection at Annan, who are second bottom.
Homes sweet homes: I'm tipping West Ham to recover from their devastating defeat at Brighton last weekend by beating Tottenham, who have done almost as badly this season. Only one point separates Spurs (16th) from West Ham (17th). Derby gained a precious 1-0 win at Hull last Saturday in the mad scramble to avoid relegation from the Championship and another victory, against Stoke, who are not safe themselves, will ensure their survival. A 4-1 defeat at Salford last weekend has given Colchester only an outside chance of qualifying for the League Two play-offs but at least they should end their season by beating Barrow.
Betting info: I scored nine out of ten homes last weekend with Liverpool, Newcastle, Wolves, Blackburn, Birmingham, Burton, Chesterfield, Barnet and Southend.
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