Ten draws: West Ham v Nottingham Forest, Middlesbrough v Leicester, Carlisle v Bristol Rovers, Leyton Orient v Oxford, Wycombe v Stevenage, Bradford City v Barrow, Crewe v Notts County, Salford v Mansfield, Walsall v Harrogate, Motherwell v Hearts.
Best draws: Middlesbrough v Leicester, Leyton Orient v Oxford, Wycombe v Stevenage, Crewe v Notts County, Walsall v Harrogate.
Weekend's best football bets: Six aways: Manchester City, Wigan, Morecambe, Stockport, Rangers, Dumbarton.
Weekend's best football bets: Ten homes: Arsenal, Aston Villa, Brighton, Coventry, Leeds, Queens Park Rangers, Watford, Portsmouth, Tranmere, Aldershot.
Pick of the draws: Leicester, the Championship leaders, have maximum points from seven away matches but I've a hunch that remarkable sequence will end at Middlesbrough, who have recovered well from a terrible start to the season and are moving upwards. Oxford, among the early front-runners in League One, have stumbled recently and I can see them being held at Leyton Orient, who are improving. Stevenage have arrested their slide and are resilient enough to gain a point at Wycombe. Both teams won their FA Cup ties last weekend. In League Two, I believe Crewe's injury problems will stop them beating Notts County, who are second, three places above them. Harrogate's away form has kept them out of the relegation zone and it gives them a chance of coming away from Walsall with a point.
Away days: It's impossible to ignore Manchester City's claims at Chelsea, who were hugely flattered by their 4-1 victory at nine-man Tottenham on Monday. Wigan, of League One, fresh from a 2-0 FA Cup win at Exeter last Saturday and a 2-1 home midweek triumph over Peterborough, will travel to struggling Cheltenham with confidence. Morecambe are one of the most in-form sides in League Two and playing much better than Grimsby, who host them. Leaders Stockport, winners of their past 12 fixtures, are strongly fancied for promotion and it's hard to see that run ending at Swindon, who are going through a wretched spell. I expect Rangers to confirm their superiority over Livingston in the Scottish Premiership and that also goes for Dumbarton at East Fife in Scottish League Two.
Homes sweet homes: Coventry keep losing in the Championship but they gave Preston a fright before going down 3-2 at Deepdale last Saturday. A repeat of that form could be enough to beat Stoke, who are in mid-table. Although Queens Park Rangers, second last in the Championship, are without a home win this season, they may be worth backing against Bristol City, who have just lost their manager Nigel Pearson. Tranmere v Forest Green is an anti-relegation scrap in League Two. Tranmere were terrific in their 4-3 FA Cup first-round defeat at League One Stevenage last Saturday and I'm tipping them to come out on top.
Pools info: Five of my ten draws were correct last weekend, as were three of my five best draws.
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