Ten draws: Aston Villa v Tottenham, Liverpool v Manchester City, Wolves v Fulham, Bristol City v Swansea, Millwall v Birmingham, Preston v Stoke, Bristol Rovers v Derby, Port Vale v Shrewsbury, Wigan v Leyton Orient, Harrogate v Crawley.
Best draws: Aston Villa v Tottenham, Liverpool v Manchester City, Wolves v Fulham, Bristol Rovers v Derby, Port Vale v Shrewsbury.
Weekend's best football bets: Six aways: Leicester, Peterborough, Bolton, Crewe, Walsall, Rangers.
Weekend's best football bets: Ten homes: Arsenal, Bournemouth, West Ham, Blackburn, Norwich, Queens Park Rangers, Barnsley, Charlton, Stockport, Sutton.
Pick of the draws: Aston Villa, fourth in the Premier League, haven't been as convincing at home in 2024 and Tottenham, who lie fifth, have a decent chance of coming away with a point. With Liverpool v Manchester City on Sunday, some will probably accuse me of taking the coward's way out by going for a draw. However, I genuinely believe this will be one of the few occasions in the season that neither leaders Liverpool, nor second-placed Man City win at the weekend. Fulham's last two league results have been excellent - a 2-1 win at Manchester United and a 3-0 home victory over Brighton - and they won't have an inferiority complex at Wolves. Bristol Rovers, of League One, are up and down like a yo-yo and their sheer unpredictability makes me feel that they can hinder Derby's promotion chances. Port Vale and Shrewsbury, who play each other, are badly off colour and both could drop down to League Two.
Away days: Championship leaders Leicester emerged from their dodgy spell with a 1-0 midweek win at Sunderland. It won't surprise me if they mete out similar punishment when they visit play-off contenders Hull. League One promotion hopefuls Peterborough are back in the groove, thanks to home victories over Exeter (2-1, Saturday) and Northampton (5-1, midweek) and will travel to Burton with confidence. Promotion-hunting Bolton fought back from 2-0 down at Barnsley to force a 2-2 midweek draw and must be fancied at Exeter. Crewe's 3-2 home defeat by Morecambe last Saturday was unexpected and I'm backing the League Two high-flyers to respond positively at Doncaster. Fast-climbers Walsall should inflict Forest Green's 12th home defeat of the season while Rangers, the Scottish Premiership leaders, are my tip to reach the Scottish Cup semi-finals by defeating Hibernian on Sunday.
Homes sweet homes: The scrap to avoid relegation from the Championship becomes more tense every week. I'm taking Blackburn, one of at least eight sides in danger, to gain their first win since John Eustace was appointed manager when they host Plymouth. Queens Park Rangers are another team in peril but their victory at Leicester last Saturday was fully merited and they are worth backing against Middlesbrough, who seem to have lost their way again. Sutton, although bottom of League Two, have shown they won't go down without a fight. They won 4-3 at Notts County and only lost to a late goal at Tranmere last Saturday. I think they will beat struggling Grimsby.
Betting info: I scored six out of six with my away selections last Saturday: Aston Villa, Liverpool, Ipswich, Sheffield Wednesday, Blackpool and Mansfield.
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