Ten draws: Bournemouth v Fulham, Nottingham Forest v Wolves, Birmingham v Blackburn, Cardiff v Swansea, Norwich v Sheffield United, Cheltenham v Burton, Barrow v Gillingham, Colchester v Newport, Northampton v Stevenage, St Mirren v Livingston.
Best draws: Bournemouth v Fulham, Nottingham Forest v Wolves, Birmingham v Blackburn, Barrow v Gillingham, Northampton v Stevenage.
Weekend's best bets: Six aways: Middlesbrough, Queens Park Rangers, Ipswich, Partick, Falkirk, Stirling.
Weekend's best bets: Ten homes: Arsenal, Crystal Palace, Newcastle, Barnsley, Charlton, Peterborough, Portsmouth, Dundee, Dunfermline, Queen of the South.
Pick of the draws: Fulham may not have recovered from their 3-1 FA Cup quarter-final loss at Manchester United when they were reduced to nine men. Striker Mitrovic was one of the players sent off and Fulham will probably miss him against Bournemouth, who are desperate for Premier League points. Consecutive defeats against Tottenham (3-1 away) and Newcastle (2-1 home) have seen Nottingham Forest rejoin the scrap to avoid relegation from the Premier League. They face Wolves, who are also threatened by the drop. Blackburn, fifth in the Championship, relinquished a 2-1 lead at Sheffield United to miss out on an FA Cup semi-final place. The disappointment may adversely affect them at Birmingham. Gillingham's startling improvement in League Two has given them a chance of getting something at Barrow, whose hopes of a play-off place are fading. The slipshod manner of Stevenage's 3-1 home defeat by Salford last Saturday was untypical and they will surely be more professional at Northampton, who have overtaken them in the race for automatic promotion.
Away days: It's impossible to ignore the claims of Middlesbrough, third in the Championship, at Huddersfield, even though Neil Warnock's relegation-threatened side won at Millwall on their last outing. Queens Park Rangers, now managed by Gareth Ainsworth, will never have a better chance of winning away when they visit bottom team Wigan, who look doomed. Defeats by Sheffield Wednesday at Barnsley (4-2) and Forest Green (1-0), followed by a midweek 2-2 draw at Cheltenham, have given Ipswich fresh hope of automatic promotion from League One. They can win at Derby, who are stumbling. I've gone to Scotland for my other three away tips. Partick, fourth in the Championship, should assert their superiority over struggling Cove. Falkirk, second in League One, are recommended at Clyde, who are second from last, and League Two leaders Stirling will be confident of three points at third-from-bottom Elgin.
Homes sweet homes: Although Crystal Palace have not won this year (a run of 13 matches), they are worth backing against Leicester, who are seriously underperforming. Veteran manager Roy Hodgson is back at Selhurst Park, at least until the end of the season, and I've a hunch he'll be celebrating a Premier League victory on Saturday evening. I'm also siding with Newcastle to avenge their 2-0 League Cup final defeat by Manchester United. Eddie Howe's players are showing signs of turning the corner with wins over Wolves (2-1 home) and Nottingham Forest (2-1 away). In League One I'm tipping Charlton, in 12th place, to beat Shrewsbury, who are 10th but losing ground in their attempts to qualify for the play-offs.
Betting info: I scored five out of six away wins last weekend with Northampton, Airdrieonians, Dunfermline, Alloa and Woking.
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