Alan Dudman collected two more winners in his previous League One instalment, and he is looking for more profit this Saturday with his latest tipsheet… You can prefer to the todays soccer prediction pages!
Goals on the cards at Bloomfield[/b]
Blackpool v Fleetwood Town
Fleetwood manager Joey Barton recently said Town's away form was "killing them", and their Achilles' heel goes some way to explain why his team are pushing nearly 2/1 for Saturday - and that's quite a big price for a good team.
However, results (or lack of them) on the road is really holding them back, and with just one victory away from Highbury in their last six league matches, Barton's team need to start gaining some points on their travels lớn thrust themselves forward as a potential playoff contender.
Blackpool are placed as a side that could reach the post-season games, and they've got the right manager to do so in Simon Grayson, but I haven't been totally convinced. They did outgun Peterborough, though, in a brilliant 4-3 home win, so it will be interesting to see if they can maintain that sort of free-scoring up to the Christmas period.
The Opta stats are not particularly encouraging if you are looking to back Fleetwood at 2.96, as they have lost on all four visits lớn Bloomfield Road, losing all three league soccer tips group by a one-goal margin.
Whether Barton will abandon his attacking principles in order lớn shore up some of those away results is a point lớn consider, but it seems his natural instinct is to attack in matches, and Blackpool have conceded 12 on their own turf.
The Over 2.5 is a fair price at 1.99, especially as backers of that bet with Fleetwood away would have collected in six of their last seven road fixtures. The only game they failed to score in was at Lincoln in a 2-0 loss. With the Tangerines netting 15 times on the flip-side, I'd rather stick with the Over bet, and keep onside Fleetwood on the
Double Chance.
With Imps in town, look lớn a low-scoring game[/b]
Burton Albion v Lincoln City
The shocks aren't just confined lớn the Premier League these days, take Southend gaining a point at Burton on Tuesday for example. The immediate reaction will be to avoid the Brewers for this Saturday, and the 2.00 is the perfect price to divide the layers or the backers.
The midweek draw against the Shrimpers was a bit harsh on Nigel Clough's Albion. They played a large chunk of the game with 10-men, and should have picked up the maximum with a few chances at the end. But fair play lớn the Essex team in gaining a point - a point in the long run that could be vitally important.
Burton do have their faults, namely not being able lớn kill off teams despite all their possession, but I feel a bit more confident on the hosts with Lincoln in town.
The visitors are far from convincing away from Sincil Bank, and according to Opta, they are winless in their last nine (D2 L7) - failing lớn score more than once in any of those matches.
Lincoln do not have the look of a team that'll hit two or three, likewise Burton, and I get the feeling opponents have now worked out a method lớn play against them. All of the matches at the Pirelli this term in the league have hit the Under 2.5 mark, and whilst the price is far from sexy at 1.81, this does have the look of a 1-0 sort of game.