Saturday League 1 & League 2 Tips: Back two weekend trebles at 16/1 and 57/1 | OneFootball

EFL League One & League Two

Can Alan follow up last weekend's four winners?

Alan Dudman landed four winners last weekend at 5/2, 12/5, 17/10 and 8/11 and he previews this Saturday in the EFL in his latest tipping column...

League One

Wigan Athletic v Reading, Saturday 15:00: Back The Draw @ 11/5

Wigan are the draw specialists this term with six in total, although five of those have been away and across all four of their most recent matches in all competitions, the result has been the same. A 1-1.

In fact, nothing splits these two, both are on 18 points down the foot of the table although Reading recently addressed their problems by swapping Noel Hunt for Leam Richardson.

The new Royals' manager celebrated a first win last weekend with a 1-0 scrap home job against Stevenage, a handy result considering the position of Alex Revell's team, and one that was owed to a wonder strike of worldy proportions from Charlie Savage.

Richardson brought back Joel Pereira, Derrick Williams and Paudie O'Connor into a 4-2-3-1 and they dominated possession - which is the way this game could go. Wigan draw plenty on the road and Reading have four draws from seven away.

Stevenage v Bolton Wanderers, Saturday 15:00: Back The Draw @ 21/10

We're playing the boosters in terms of price this weekend with a pair of draws and this is a similar scenario to the Reading pick as these two are a solid pair, both towards the top and both on 26 points.

Stevenage's home form has been shaped by the kindly hand of Alex Revell to five wins this season and just two goals conceded. A brilliantly organised home backline.

Their expected goals metrics point to a tight game with an xG of 1.28 and an xA of a miserly 0.96. Compare that Bolton's away xA of 0.95 and it backs up the impression of a game too tight to call.

Five of Stevenage's six home games have been Under 2.5 Goals, hence a 13/20 price on the that particular angle.

New Peterborough manager Luke Williams predicted a tight affair against a well-oiled and drilled machine in AFC Wimbledon - cue a 5-0 victory for Williams to take Posh off the foot of the table.

His instant impact resulted in a "Viva La Revolution" headline in the local Telegraph.

Mansfield are a one step forward two steps back sort of team and we opposed them successfully in the column last Saturday as they lost to Northampton Town. A resurgent Posh is what we are hoping for here, now they have found some intensity and goals under Williams. At last they won some second balls, and at last, Peterborough were playing forward.

It's probably dangerous to read into a 5-0 thrashing at this level, but hopefully the performance can lead to goals.

League Two

Bromley v Barrow, Saturday 15:00: Back Barrow @ 15/4

Barrow collected for the column last week with the DNB pick at 8/11 and a big price is enticing again for one such bet, but Bromley are never one to trust implicity and the 15/4 is a real dangler here on the visitors.

17 of Bromley's 23 league goals this season have come from set pieces situations, the highest percentage in League Two (73.9%).

Since the start of last season, the Ravens have struck 50 set piece goals in total, nine more than any other side across England's top four tiers so Barrow's ability to defend will be tested to the max. But defend they can; with just six conceded from their seven road matches (they've scored seven with three wins too).

Andy Whing's team have scored in a min-run of late against good teams; two at Walsall, two against Barnet and two recently at home to Grimsby.

Accrington Stanley v Bristol Rovers, Saturday 15:00: Back Bristol Rovers @ 2/1

Neither of these teams have my personal approval, but the idea of backing Accrington at near evens is a mystery.

Stanley have just 14 points this term - three ahead of bottom club Newport and across all fifteen League Two matches this season they have netted just 16. Would you want to take 11/8 on a home win at that price?

An xA of just 0.96 at home makes them a possible play for an Under 2.5 bet here, but Rovers skew that market with a rotten defence that conceded four in a match for fun recently in a trio of matches.

Bristol Rovers have won just two of their last 17 away league games (D3 L12), scoring multiple goals in just one match during that time, but often in this league the stats are there to be broken and this is all down to a poor price on the hosts.

Gillingham v Crawley Town, Saturday 17:30: Back Crawley to win @ 31/10

This season in League Two, Gillingham are playing 29.7% of their passes long in total - the most in the competition - whilst Crawley's percentage in the same category sits at just 13.6% - the lowest of any side, so you can see where this tussle is heading.

The hosts have lost their mojo since Gareth Ainsworth was hospitalised and a run of just one victory in seven league and cup matches makes them awful favourites in terms of price, and they only recently scraped a 0-1 at Bristol Rovers.

Crawley seldom score on the road, amply demonstrated with their four goals in seven away, but neither are in great form and I'd rather chance a far bigger price on Scott Lindsey's side due to the rank bad value of the 20/23 price on the Gills.

Recommended bets

Back Wigan v Reading The Draw @ 11/5 

Back Stevenage v Bolton The Draw @ 12/5 

Back Over 2.5 Goals Mansfield v Peterborough @ 3/4 

Back the League One treble in one click here @ 16/1

Back Barrow to beat Bromley @ 15/4 

Back Bristol Rovers to beat Accrington @ 2/1 

Back Crawley to beat Gillingham @ 31/10 

Back the League Two treble in one click @ 57/1