Pools tips and best bets for weekend of November 9-10

Ten draws: Burnley v West Ham, Manchester United v Brighton, Newcastle v Bournemouth, Birmingham v Fulham, Hull v West Bromwich, Reading v Luton,  Dumbarton v East Fife, Falkirk v Airdrieonians, Bayern Munich v Borussia Dortmund, Paderborn v Augsburg.

Best draws: Burnley v West Ham, Newcastle v Bournemouth, Hull v West Bromwich, Falkirk v Airdrieonians, Bayern Munich v Borussia Dortmund.

Weekend's best bets: Six aways: Manchester City, Torquay, Burton, Rangers, Ayr, Cowdenbeath.

Weekend's best bets: Ten homes: Leicester, Leeds, Queens Park Rangers, Sheffield Wednesday, Blackpool, Sunderland, Celtic, Partick, Raith, Queen's Park.

Pick of the draws: Burnley's normally mean defence has taken a bit of a battering recently - seven goals conceded in the past two matches - and this has probably dented their confidence for Saturday's fixture against West Ham, who have also fallen into the bottom half of the Premier League. Although Newcastle played their best football of the season when beating West Ham 3-2 away last Saturday, there's no guarantee they'll do the same to Bournemouth, who are just outside the top six and have tightened defensively. Hull's 3-0 away success against Fulham was perhaps the outstanding result of last weekend and has put them in the mood to deny Championship leaders West Brom victory. Airdrieonians, of Scottish League One, have more away wins than anyone in the division, so they shouldn't fear a trip to leaders Falkirk, who are only two points above them. Fourth-placed Bayern Munich may still be feeling the effects of their 5-1 thrashing at Eintracht Frankfurt last weekend and I believe Borussia Dortmund, who are second, will hold them.

Away days: I've a feeling that Manchester City will rise to the occasion at Anfield on Sunday and inflict Liverpool's first Premier League defeat of the season. City are six points behind the leaders and cannot afford to come off second best. In the first round of the FA Cup, Torquay, flying high in the National League, should account for Maidstone and League One Burton ought to have too much for Salford, of League Two. Rangers, level on points with Celtic at the top of the Scottish Premiership, will be disappointed if they come up short at Livingston. Ayr, second in the Scottish Championship with four away wins to their name, are recommended at Queen of the South, as are Cowdenbeath, third in Scottish League Two, at Annan.

Homes sweet homes: Leicester, who are third in the Premier League on merit and scoring for fun, will relish facing Arsenal, who are notoriously brittle and haven't won away since the opening weekend of the season. Sheffield Wednesday, just outside the Championship play-off positions and improving under new manager Garry Monk, could end Swansea's unbeaten away record at Hillsborough. Bottom club Partick, who have lost all their home games in the Scottish Championship, face Morton, who have lost all their away matches. I think ground advantage will be the decisive factor here.

Pools info: Norwich v Watford (No 7 on coupon) and Dundee v Dundee United (30) are void because they are being played on Friday evening.