Treble chance (home teams): Bristol City, Hull, Swindon, Tranmere, Accrington, Stevenage, Forest Green, Hayes & Yeading, Morton, East Stirling.
Best draws: Bristol City, Tranmere, Accrington, Stevenage, Forest Green.
Aways: Huddersfield, Oldham, Hereford, Kidderminster, AFC Wimbledon.
Homes: Cardiff, Middlesbrough, Preston, Carlisle, Bury, Crewe, Grimsby, Hibernian, Dunfermline.
Pick of the draws: Ipswich have thrived in the Championship since Paul Jewell became manager and will be confident of getting something from their trip to Bristol City. Tranmere and Dagenham & Redbridge are making spirited attempts to avoid relegation from League One. They play each other on Saturday and both had good results last weekend (Tranmere 2-1 at Bournemouth, Dagenham 3-1 against Notts County). It is difficult to separate them. I'm taking Oxford United to end Accrington's run of eight consecutive home wins in League Two. I fancy Aldershot, the division's form team, to hold promotion-seeking Stevenage, who have already drawn nine home matches this season. In the Blue Square Bet Premier, hosts Forest Green tend to draw at home (eight) while visitors Cambridge United tend to draw away (also eight).
Away days: Third-placed Huddersfield are in good nick at the moment, unlike their League One opponents Charlton, who have slipped out of the promotion reckoning and into mid-table. Oldham are playing better than their recent results suggest and are worth a punt at Yeovil, whose home record is nothing to write home about. Hereford's fine away form (eight wins on the road) has kept them out of the League Two relegation zone and they could be on course for another victory at Rotherham, who have lost momentum. In the Blue Square Bet Premier it is impossible to ignore the claims of high flyers Kidderminster and AFC Wimbledon, who travel to last but one Eastbourne and bottom club Histon respectively.
Homes sweet homes: Middlesbrough are upwardly mobile under Tony Mowbray and should continue their climb in the Championship with victory over Barnsley. Preston are showing the best form of the clubs threatened by relegation and I predict they will hammer the final nail in Sheffield United's coffin. In League One, Carlisle will have been boosted by their Johnstone Paints Trophy win at Wembley two weeks ago and can see off Colchester. Crewe have won four and drawn one of their past five home games in League Two. That sequence will surely be too much to handle for lowly Lincoln, who have acquired the losing habit.
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