Ten draws: Everton v Wolves, West Ham v Aston Villa, Cardiff v Preston, Millwall v Middlesbrough, Ipswich v Portsmouth, Wycombe v Rotherham, Scunthorpe v Colchester, Walsall v Sutton, Motherwell v Hibernian, Queen of the South v Raith.
Best draws: West Ham v Aston Villa, Cardiff v Preston, Ipswich v Portsmouth, Walsall v Sutton, Queen of the South v Raith.
Weekend's best bets: Six aways: Liverpool, Tottenham, Sheffield United, Northampton, Newport, Partick.
Weekend's best bets: Ten homes: Chelsea, Leeds, Blackburn, Blackpool, Nottingham Forest, Milton Keynes Dons, Sunderland, Bristol Rovers, Forest Green, Halifax.
Pick of the draws: The manner of Aston Villa's 4-0 home victory over Southampton last Saturday suggests that they can get something from their trip to West Ham, even though the Hammers played well when losing narrowly at Liverpool. Cardiff and Preston, who face each other, had good results in last weekend's Championship, Cardiff winning away at Queens Park Rangers and Preston beating Bournemouth at home. Preston are one of the division's draw specialists and they could share the spoils again. Portsmouth, six wins and a draw in their past seven games, are making a charge for the League One play-offs but may have to settle for a point at Ipswich, who are also in fine form. In League Two, I'm tipping improving Walsall to hold Sutton, despite the Football League newcomers reaching the Papa John's Trophy final in midweek as well as being in the hunt for promotion. Queen of the South, although second from bottom of the Scottish Championship, can frustrate Raith, who crashed 4-0 at home to Ayr last Saturday.
Away days: The quadruple is still on for Liverpool and I expect them to close the gap on Premier League leaders Manchester City with a win against goal-shy Brighton at Saturday lunchtime. It's impossible to know what Tottenham are going to do next but they seem in better shape than Manchester United, their hosts, and are well worth a punt at Old Trafford. Sheffield United have given themselves a great chance of making an instant return to the Premier League and are fancied to take three points at Coventry, who are fading. Northampton, second in League Two, will be disappointed not to come away from Carlisle with maximum points and much the same can be said for promotion-seeking Newport, who travel to struggling Stevenage. Partick, doing well in the Scottish Championship, are recommended at Morton.
Homes sweet homes: Leeds, under new managership, were unlucky to lose at Leicester last weekend and I believe they'll put that right on Sunday against Norwich, the Premier League's bottom team. Automatic promotion from League One is a distinct possibility for MK Dons. After defeating leaders Rotherham 2-1 away last Saturday with 10 men and then beating Cheltenham 3-1 at home in midweek, I'm backing the Dons to achieve a hat-trick of victories when they host second-placed Wigan on Saturday. Bristol Rovers, steadily climbing League Two, are a confident bet against mid-table Harrogate.
Pools info: There were only six score draws on the coupon last weekend and I got three of them: Leyton Orient 2 Stevenage 2; Salford 1 Forest Green 1 and Dundee United 2 Hearts 2.
Betting info: Eight of my ten homes were correct last weekend: Liverpool, Newcastle, Huddersfield, Middlesbrough, Oxford, Plymouth, Sutton and Arbroath.
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