Ten draws: Nottingham Forest v Bournemouth, Derby v Middlesbrough, Sunderland v Sheffield Wednesday, West Bromwich v Leeds, Cambridge v Crawley, Shrewsbury v Peterborough, Accrington v Harrogate, Bromley v Wimbledon, Grimsby v Cheltenham, Dundee United v St Mirren.
Best draws: Nottingham Forest v Bournemouth, Sunderland v Sheffield Wednesday, West Bromwich v Leeds, Accrington v Harrogate, Grimsby v Cheltenham.
Weekend's best bets: Six aways: Crystal Palace, Manchester City, Blackburn, Hull, Gillingham, Doncaster.
Ten homes: Arsenal, Newcastle, West Ham, Burnley, Watford, Portsmouth, Huddersfield, Bradford City, Aberdeen, Dundee.
Pick of the draws: Bournemouth have a good Premier League record against Nottingham Forest and despite selling leading scorer Dominic Solanke to Tottenham last week, I fancy them to deny Forest again. Sunderland and Sheffield Wednesday made encouraging starts to their Championship campaign - Sunderland winning 2-0 at Cardiff and Wednesday beating Plymouth 4-0 at home. I believe they will cancel each other out on Sunday. Although Leeds dropped two home points to Portsmouth in their opening game, they showed enough attacking flair to worry West Brom, who proved their quality with a 3-1 win at Queens Park Rangers. Accrington have suffered consecutive heavy away defeats in the past few days but they are a different proposition at home and can gain their first League Two point of the season against Harrogate. Still in League Two, relegated Cheltenham may have to settle for parity at Grimsby, who are stubborn at home.
Away days: Crystal Palace finished last season like an express train and I think they'll continue in that vein at Brentford on Sunday. Premier League champions Manchester City often take a while to get going but they should still be good enough to take maximum points at Chelsea. Blackburn, 10 goals in their first two games, are well worth a punt at Norwich, who slumped 2-0 at promoted Oxford in the Championship last weekend. I'll be surprised if Hull don't come away from Plymouth, battered 4-0 last Sunday, with three points. Gillingham are one of the favourites for promotion from League Two and I expect them to win at Morecambe. Doncaster, 4-1 home winners over Accrington last Saturday, are another fancied side and will feel confident of beating Newport.
Homes sweet homes: West Ham appear to have made some shrewd close-season signings and I'm tipping them to come out on top in their Premier League encounter with Aston Villa, who have had an unsettling summer. Watford, two victories and eight goals in their opening two matches, will be in the mood to make it a hat-trick of wins when Stoke visit on Saturday. That 3-3 draw at Leeds last weekend will have encouraged Portsmouth, who were promoted to the Championship last season. They host relegated Luton, who crashed 4-1 at home to Burnley on Monday.
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