5 League One Tips to Watch This Weekend - Gameweek 4

Hull City’s campaign looks destined for a promotion challenge straight back to the Championship following their relegation last season. The Tigers have won all three of their opening games, keeping a clean sheet in each and scoring five along the way.

Two first half goals from Keane Lewis-Potter and George Honeyman saw them pick up all three points last weekend away to Northampton, and Grant McCann will be hoping to make it four wins from four on Saturday afternoon.

Their opponents, Plymouth Argyle, are also yet to lose this campaign having beaten Blackpool in their opening fixture before consecutive draws. Their most recent home game against Shrewsbury showed promising signs for this season, and were unlucky not to walk away with three points following Conor Grady’s superb curling effort to level the score.

Despite this, we can see Hull City extending their winning streak on the weekend with either a 1-0, 2-0 or 2-0 victory at 9/4 - click here to claim this bet.

Much like Hull, sleeping giants Ipswich may have awoken from their slumber this season. They too have won each of their opening three games, scoring six times and winning by the same 2-0 scoreline on each occasion.

Having handed Paul Lambert a five-year contract last January despite a string of poor performances, Ipswich will be hoping that the faith invested in the manager will continue to be repaid.

Saturday’s opponents MK Dons have endured a slow start to the season having drawn the opener, before losing to Lincoln and Crewe. Russel Martin managed to keep the Dons afloat last season having stepped in last November. However, with his side currently in the bottom three approaching matchday four, it could be a similar struggle during this campaign.

This fixture looks to be a perfect opportunity for Ipswich to extend their winning streak and cement their place at the top of League One, so we’ve tipped them to win either 3-0, 3-1 or 3-2 at 8/1.

Lincoln are the third and final side to win all three of their opening games, in what has been a surprisingly faultless start. Impressive wins over Oxford United, MK Dons and Charlton Athletic have provided strong foundations for a potential promotion push this season.

Blackpool fell victim to early goals in both halves against Gillingham last time out, but will be hoping to build on their sole victory over Swindon Town on matchday two.

However, despite bolstering their attacking set-up over the summer with Keshi Anderson and Jerry Yates, defensive frailties have cost the Seasiders dearly thus far, and with Lincoln finding themselves in impeccable form, we’ve tipped them to grab the victory here.

Lincoln to win and BTTS is priced at 15/2 - click here to get this in your bet slip.

Peterborough agonisingly missed out on a play-off place last season and will be hoping to kick-start a new promotion push after a slow start to the new season. They fell victim to a late Grant Leadbitter penalty away to Sunderland last week.

Meanwhile, last season’s League Two champions, Swindon Town, have more than coped with the step up in quality, having registered two wins out of three so far. They bounced back from a 2-0 defeat to Blackpool with victory over Bury last weekend, showing real signs of attacking quality.

Saturday’s fixture is an intriguing clash, and it is certainly hard to side with a winner. Expect there to be goals though, with Swindon the second-highest scorers so far this season.

Given the two starts, we’ve tipped both teams to get on the scoresheet, but the match to end in a draw at 4/1 - click here to claim this bet in your bet slip.

Bristol Rovers find themselves rock bottom after three games, and struggled to cope with a rampant Doncaster side in a 4-1 defeat last weekend. Having shown incredible resilience to fight off a barrage of Sunderland attacks on matchday two and walk away with a point, the Pirates will be hoping to get three points on the board as quickly as possible.

Last season’s League Two play-off winners, Northampton, managed to overcome Shrewsbury on matchday two and register their first win of the season, before Hull beat them 2-0 last time out.

The home side have conceded seven goals in three games so far, the most in the league alongside Burton, while Northampton have scored four and conceded five thus far. Therefore, we’ve tipped this fixture to finish with over 3.5 goals at 12/5 - click here to get this one in your bet slip.

By Andrew Delaney