Ten draws: Aston Villa v Fulham, Leicester v Manchester City, Coventry v Bristol City, Stoke v Millwall, Burton v Swindon, MK Dons v Crewe, Shrewsbury v Plymouth, Colchester v Barrow, Newport v Bolton, Stevenage v Bradford City.
Best draws: Leicester v Manchester City, Coventry v Bristol City, Stoke v Millwall, Shrewsbury v Plymouth, Newport v Bolton.
Weekend's best bets: Six aways: Tottenham, Brentford, Bournemouth, Cardiff, Portsmouth, Cheltenham.
Weekend's best bets: Ten homes: Chelsea, Leeds, Manchester United, Reading, Rotherham, Swansea, Hull, Oxford, Peterborough, Leyton Orient.
Pick of the draws: If any team can temporarily halt Manchester City's surge to the Premier League title, it's Leicester, who are in great form themselves and battling for a place in next season's Champions League. Remember also that Leicester won't go into this fixture with an inferiority complex as they won 5-2 at City earlier in the campaign. Goal-shy Coventry take on inconsistent Bristol City in the Championship. Neither inspire much confidence at the moment and a point apiece is the most likely outcome. Stoke v Millwall is a mid-table clash between two draw specialists and it's hard to separate them. Plymouth, of League One, deserved their 2-2 draw at fast-improving Blackpool last Saturday and can take another point at Shrewsbury, who are one place below them. Bolton are the form team of League Two and chasing automatic promotion. They won't fear a trip to Newport, who have fallen away.
Away days: Tottenham stopped their mini-slump with a 2-0 win at Aston Villa and are highly recommended at Newcastle, who are in desperate straits in their struggle to stay in the Premier League. Championship high-flyers Brentford travel to mediocre Huddersfield with confidence while their fellow play-off contenders Bournemouth will be anxious to make up for lost ground by beating Blackburn. Cardiff, who are also in the play-off mix, will surely triumph at second-from-bottom Sheffield Wednesday. League One Portsmouth should justify favouritism at relegation-haunted Wigan. Cheltenham, second in League Two, will fancy themselves at bottom club Grimsby.
Homes sweet homes: Rotherham are in the Championship drop zone but have games in hand and will be optimistic about escaping relegation. I think they'll follow up their fine 2-0 away victory at Bristol City by defeating Wycombe, who are bottom. Peterborough v Sunderland is Easter Monday's match of the day in League One. Sunderland are on a roll but Peterborough's 7-0 home thrashing of Accrington last weekend was hugely impressive and I believe they'll edge this one in the three-way fight to gain automatic promotion. Consecutive wins against Newport (1-0 away), Carlisle (1-0 away) and Oldham (2-1 home) have lightened the mood at Leyton Orient and I'm tipping them to make it four in a row against lowly Walsall.
Pools info: please note that 38 of the 49 matches on the coupon are being played on Easter Monday.
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