, The72 League One weekend betting preview

The72 League One weekend betting preview

Last weekend saw Walsall leapfrog Burton Albion at the top of league top, after a 2-0 victory against the Brewers. Crewe remain bottom, but are now level on points with Steven Pressley’s Fleetwood following a fine 2-1 win at Barnsley. We focus on three key games taking place this weekend. All odds are best priced from a variety of betting outlets.

Fleetwood Town v Burton Albion (Saturday 3pm)

Regardless of the fact that Burton lost 2-0 away to Walsall last week, in what was an early season top of the table clash, it has still been an excellent start by the Brewers. Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink has been attracting attention from Championship clubs, proving that they are doing something right. The fact that he rejected those calls to stay at the Pirelli Stadium is another major boost to the club. They will want to get back to winning ways and they travel to Fleetwood, who are joint bottom of the league. They are under new management in the form of ex-Coventry boss Steven Pressley, and although he lost to his former club last week, surely they’ll put a run of results together at some stage. However Burton are simply very tough opponents for any League One side this season. Burton don’t actually score that many goals, in fact, they have only scored more than five other teams so far. Defensively they are rock solid, earning five clean sheets and conceding only nine in 12 matches. Fleetwood simply don’t score many either, so everything is pointing to very few goals in this. Under 2.5 goals is available with Marathonbet at the funny price of 16/19, but looks winnable. A Burton clean sheet wouldn’t be a major surprise, but the price of 7/4 with Bet365 is. They are built on keeping clean sheets.

Walsall v Chesterfield (Saturday 3pm)

There isn’t a great distance between these two clubs and although it probably isn’t classed as a local derby, it should still be a good contest. Walsall jumped to the top of the league last weekend thanks to a fine 2-0 victory over Burton Albion. As for Chesterfield, their inconsistent start continued following a 3-1 home loss to Gillingham. Dean Saunders is desperately trying to make a name for himself in management, but cannot seem to gather any consistency. He has taken over a Chesterfield team that lost many key players over the summer, so perhaps they are best judged in the second part of the campaign. However the fact of the matter is that the Spireites have lost five of their last seven, and one victory came against bottom of the table Crewe. Defensively on the road they aren’t actually that bad and four of their six away matches have contained less than 2.5 goals. Walsall are strong defensively all-round and they too don’t score that many either, considering they are top of the table. They have kept three clean sheets in a row and are unbeaten in six. A 2-0 Walsall win at 10/1 with 888Sport seems almost too good to turn down. Tom Bradshaw is their main man and he isn’t disappointing. He has scored nine goals so far this season and he can be backed at a tasty 4/1 with BetBright to open the scoring at the Bescot Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

Wigan Athletic v Colchester United (Saturday 3pm)

This season, these two teams are going to frustrate many punters on Saturday afternoons throughout the season. Many expected Wigan to blitz the start of the season, and busted many early coupons. Colchester were expected to struggle but they have busted plenty of coupons on their own, beating the likes of Sheffield United, Gillingham and Swindon Town so far this season. 10th meets 12th on Saturday and this has the makings of being a rather tight and tricky contest to predict. However, in a way, that could play into our advantage. Wigan have a very solid home record and haven’t lost all season long, although they have drawn three times already. Only two teams have scored more goals than Colchester away from home, yet they have the worst defence. They are a counter attacking team, but Wigan are strong at the back so shouldn’t be up against it. Both teams could take a while to settle into this game, so backing the half time draw at 6/5 with Stan James looks the safest option. However the game should open up in the second half as neither side would happily settle for a point, even Colchester. Therefore the unique market of supporting the second half as being the highest scoring half is available at 6/5 with Bwin and certainly looks a solid option. There won’t be too many goals in this one, but as defences open up later on, you can bet one team will take advantage.

 

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