Ten draws: Everton v Aston Villa, Manchester United v Tottenham, Huddersfield v Plymouth, Millwall v Middlesbrough, Preston v Bristol City, Barnsley v Bristol Rovers, Charlton v Peterborough, Colchester v Bradford City, Arbroath v Ayr, Morton v Partick.
Best draws: Millwall v Middlesbrough, Preston v Bristol City, Barnsley v Bristol Rovers, Colchester v Bradford City, Morton v Partick.
Weekend's best football bets: Six aways: Watford, Stoke, Oxford, Notts County, Barrow, Falkirk.
Weekend's best football bets: Ten homes: Birmingham, Southampton, West Bromwich, Blackpool, Reading, Crawley, Crewe, Wrexham, Kelty Hearts, Forfar.
Pick of the draws: Middlesbrough may be thinking more of Wembley after beating Chelsea 1-0 at home in the midweek Carabao Cup semi-final first leg, which gives Millwall more opportunity in their Championship clash on Saturday. Bristol City, who have forced an FA Cup third-round home replay with West Ham next Tuesday, should be in the mood to take advantage of Preston going off the boil. Barnsley's indifferent home form has hindered their promotion challenge in League One and their mid-table opponents, Bristol Rovers, will have taken note. Danny Cowley's appointment as Colchester manager inspired them to fight back and draw 2-2 at Swindon last Saturday. The League Two strugglers host Bradford City, who are again falling short of expectations. Morton haven't drawn at home in the Scottish Championship this season but that sequence may end against Partick. Both sides had good wins last weekend - Morton 3-2 at Dundee United, who are second, and Partick 4-0 at home to bottom club Arbroath.
Away days: Although Watford made hard work of beating non-League Chesterfield at home in the FA Cup last weekend, their recent record has been encouraging. It's difficult to see them being inconvenienced by Queens Park Rangers, second last in the Championship. Stoke are a tougher proposition under new management and should be backed at Rotherham, who seem certain to go down. Despite Oxford being less than convincing lately, I believe they'll gain maximum points at Carlisle, who are in the League One relegation dogfight. Notts County, League Two promotion candidates, are recommended at Grimsby, who lost their last home match 6-1 to Walsall. It will be an upset if fourth-placed Barrow don't take three points at bottom side Sutton while Falkirk, runaway leaders of Scottish League One, appear even more of an away banker at ailing Edinburgh.
Homes sweet homes: Wayne Rooney's departure as manager may finally relax Birmingham. They need a victory to ease their fears of relegation from the Championship and I think it will come against Swansea, who are erratic. Reading's prospects of staying in League One have improved and their future could look even brighter after they've played Port Vale on Saturday. Second-from-bottom Forfar have failed to win at home in Scottish League Two this season but they'll be hopeful against Elgin, who are just above them.
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