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Orient look vulnerable again in this weekend's EFL tipsheet

League One and League Two rolls on with fixtures this weekend despite the FA Cup and Alan Dudman has pinpointed six matches for his latest tips and trebles...

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League One

I opposed Orient for their postponed match on Sunday and it doesn't look any easier for the Londoners with the League One leaders Cardiff in town, a team that can boast the best away defence in the third tier.

Now, we're going for goals here, which is slightly against the run of play in terms of Cardiff's backline, as they have conceded just nine all season from their 11 away fixtures, but it's Orient that are the big problem.

Richie Wellens' side haven't kept a clean sheet in their last six and look very short on confidence and numbers with a thin squad and so few options. While Cardiff boasts xG and xA figures both at 1.45, Orient's xA at 1.36 is worse than the goal expected at 1.31 and it's very hard to ger away from another Bluebirds win.

The England v Wales mini-battle is also a disaster for the hosts, as when playing in the third tier, Leyton Orient have won just one of their last 12 league games against sides from Wales (D3 L8), scoring just one goal across their five home matches during that time.

Bradford City v Rotherham United, Saturday 15:00: Back Bradford/Bradford @ 6/4

Over Christmas and including fixtures on the 20th of December, Bradford won four and lost two - with surprising away defeats at Orient and Mansfield but are a very reliable outfit at home.

They do the basics well, and did so with a recent 1-2 success at Blackpool, helped by the hosts' inability to defend set-pieces.

This will be Bradford's first home league of the calendar year, across 2025 no side across England's top four tiers won more home matches in total than the Bantams (19) and with that record alone, they deserve the 4/7 outright price.

For a slightly bigger number, the HT/FT offers up 6/4 and they tackle a Rotherham side who are in freefall with six losses straight and fresh from a disastrous Christmas. The Millers also barely score on the road and Bradford look one of the weekend bankers.

Luton Town v Stevenage, Saturday 15:00: Back Luton HT/FT @ 15/8

After winning their last two home league games without conceding a goal, Luton will be looking to win three in succession, whilst keeping a clean sheet in each, in the third tier for the first time since December 2018.

With that in mind, you hope they are beginning to turn a form corner as they were big wins with the 4-0 over Wycombe and 3-0 over Orient.

Stevenage, who started so well, and have won just twice since the end of October and Luton against Wycombe played like Jack Wilshire wants them to - high in the press and higher up the pitch. Indeed, fast starts and a blitz early looks the blueprint now for Wilshere, and his main man could well be Hammers loan forward Gideon Kodua.

As a West Ham fan, perhaps Kodua should be given a chance in London, as he is more mobile than what seems to be on offer at the moment.

Oldham Athletic v Notts County, Saturday 15:00: Back the draw @ 23/10

Oldham Athletic have lost just one of their last nine home league games (W3 D5), after losing two of their first three games on home turf this season (D1).

I like a draw bet, and I like teams with a penchant for drawing too many. Oldham are just that, they've earned six draws at home and five away and they don't concede many either.

In fact, the Latics average 0.79 against this term with an xA of 1.38 for the season. County are turning into a disappointment and have failed to win in four and also failed to break down a stubborn Accrington backline in their most recent game and 0-1 home loss to Stanley.

Paterson saw his team fall into the hands of Accy with virtually no nous and they failed to prise open the strugglers all afternoon. That's not a good sign against Oldham, who have at least kept four clean sheets at home with F13 and A10.

A close one is in store.

Accrington Stanley v Barnet, Saturday 15:00: Back Barnet to win @ 1/1

With Accrington pulling off that shock win against Notts County with their stubborn style, can they do it against the entertaining Bees?

At 14/5 that's quite a big price, and while Barnet usually go off very short, they are at least Evens for Saturday and I've been persuaded.

Two wins from games against Bristol Rovers and Crawley have got Barnet back on track of sorts.

Nik Tavares, Dean Brennan's Rolls-Royce might have been a big influence on the returning Joe Kizzi, who back from a nine-month injury absence has really made his mark over December in the team and scored twice against Crawley - goals from set-pieces.

Barnet were excellent in the Crawley game and have scored 10 goals following corners in League Two this season, the most of any side. Indeed, five of Barnet's 10 league goals since the beginning of December have been scored via corners and that could be an area of success considering Accy's style of spoiling games.

Chesterfield v Colchester United, Saturday 15:00: Back BTTS 'Yes' @ 8/11

I like Chesterfield for goals and they've helped with a few BTTS in the first half bets - notably Barnet and Swindon of late and as befits the team who have scored the second most amount of goals in the division, it has to be the angle of attack once again.

Indeed, the Spirerites are impressing on the "goals for" metric at 1.53 at home this term and 23 scored but they also concede.

Liam Mandeville assisted both of Chesterfield's goals in their 2-2 draw with MK Dons last week, the second time that he provided multiple assists in a League Two game this season (also two assists vs Newport County in September) and the midfield looks one of goals judged on Sammy Braybrooke's excellent debut in the recent 2-2 at MK Dons - a big results against a promotion hopeful and Braybrooke certainly was hiding away at Newport!

Colchester have lost just one of their last seven away league games (W3 D3), going down 3-4 to Salford City in December despite leading 3-1 in that game, so that makes an outright prediction harder, but I am happy with the 8/11 here for both to get on the scoresheet.

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