Saturday League One & League Two Tips: Lincoln and Walsall weekend standouts | OneFootball

EFL League One & League Two

Alan's latest tipsheet previews six matches this weekend

Alan Dudman landed three out of six winners last week and previews League One and League Two this Saturday with his latest tipsheet...

League One

Cardiff City v Leyton Orient, Saturday 15:00: Back BTTS 'Yes' 3/4

Leyton Orient have failed to win any of their last 15 away league games against Cardiff City (D7 L8), and that historical stat buster is perhaps why they are such a big price at 4/1.

The Draw No Bet on the visitors came under consideration as Cardiff have lost twice at home this term and perhaps are not quite as good as the 8/13 price the Sportsbook would have them, but the safer player and more prudent one could be going with goals.

Orient have conceded 11 on the road and five of their last six games home and away have hit the BTTS mark.

Cardiff have smashed four past Plymouth and three past Rotherham already this term but I do fancy Orient's attack has a bit more of a threat and the 3/4 BTTS looks the better play.

Plymouth Argyle v Wigan Athletic, Saturday 15:00: Back Plymouth to win @ 6/4

Results for Plymouth have been far more encouraging of late although the 0-1 loss to Peterborough at Home Park recently was a kick in the teeth for the column.

I have to go with them again on Saturday as either side of that loss they defeat Stockport and Plymouth 4-2 and 3-2, and also hit four at Burton last weekend which was the performance of the month.

Lorent Tolaj bagged two, and he has added more dimensions to the attack and it's time now Plymouth kicked in with some consistency.

The Pilgrims reverted to a changed back-line last week with a three-man central defence and they looked more composed and played more channel balls to open up Burton and with success on the counter-attack recently and Wigan have lost two on the spin.

Lincoln's impressive run almost netted the column a nice winner last weekend. I went with the Imps to win and Under 2.5 Goals, and Michael Skubala's men were in complete control at 2-0, and then scored again to make it three on 86 minutes.

They've won three successive League One games and haven't lost a match since the second fixture of the season at Wimbledon and they look very solid 4/6 shots this Saturday. Indeed, with 21 points through their opening 10 league games this season, Lincoln have made their best start to an EFL campaign since 2020-21 (22 points) - a season they finished 5th in League One.

The hosts have lost just one of their last nine league games against Exeter City (W3 D5), despite failing to score more than one goal in any of their last seven against the Grecians.

League Two

MK Dons v Gillingham, Saturday 12:30: Back BTTS 'No' @ 20/23

MK Dons have won just one of their last nine home league games (D3 L5), losing each of the last three in a row and are far from looking like the title favourites they started as in the summer.

Fifteen points from 10 games is a poor return for Paul Warne and they've already lost three of their five games in MK.

Gillingham, a team I have consistently got wrong of late, have been involved in seven Under 2.5 Goals matches in the league this far and with an xG of just 1.15 on the road versus the Dons and their xG at home of just 1.25.

With the Dons fragile at the moment, a point might just be needed to address the recent run and this could be a match-up of two direct sides defending well for 90 minutes.

Walsall v Bristol Rovers, Saturday 15:00: Back Walsall to win @ 23/20

Walsall look a huge price considering they are top of League Two, and they are not even odds-on!

A price of 23/20 has pulled me in, and Walsall have been doing well for the column of late with recent wins against Tranmere and Accrington.

The four against Tranmere saw defender Evan Weir net an astonishing double, including a classy free-kick from 20 yards and a volley later on from a similar distance.

Walsall have amassed 22 points through their opening 10 league games this season (W7 D1 L2), their most at this stage of a season since 2006-07 when they were promoted from the fourth tier, and on that alone you'd think they would be a little shorter.

Notts County v Oldham Athletic, Saturday 15:00: Back Notts County @ 6/5

Oldham's away record makes them a potential dangerous opponent for the hosts here, as the Latics have conceded just once in five away matches with three wins and two draws.

They've been involved in plenty of tight ones so far, with two 0-0s and three 0-1s either way and are unbeaten across their last four league games (W3 D1), last enjoying a longer run in the EFL between January and March 2022 (seven games).

However, the best form for the Magpies is all at home this term with three wins from five and 12 scored compared to three defeats on the road under Martin Paterson.

County need Matt Dennis fit and firing after a brilliant start to the season, and he's really clicked with Alassana Jatta. Dennis came off the bench last week on 72 at Crewe, and hopefully a full start is just around the corner as his run of six goals in five recently highlighted the level he is at.

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