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Table-toppers Hull City host Shrewsbury Town at the KCOM Stadium on Saturday, as Grant McCann’s side continue their quest for an instant return to the Championship.

After some patchy form in October, Hull have found form again, and a win over struggling Shrewsbury this weekend would be a great help, as they also have a game in hand on many of their nearest challengers. The Tigers have taken 13 points from their last five matches, and scored 11 in that time, so Hull are expected to show their attacking prowess once again here, with three of their players (Josh Magennis, Mallik Wilks and Keane Lewis-Potter) all sitting in the top ten of League One’s scoring charts.

Shrewsbury come into the weekend level on points with bottom-placed Wigan Athletic, and are in a rotten run of form, with the team winless in ten league games, picking up just five points from a possible 30 over that period. The sacking of Sam Ricketts has caused no upturn in results, as they were heavily beaten 4-1 at home to Lincoln City in the week.

Our tip is for Hull to record a routine victory over the Shrews. Hull (-1) is 15/8 with Sky Bet.

Charlton Athletic welcome AFC Wimbledon to The Valley this weekend, as the hosts look to maintain their spot in the playoff places in League One.

But the visitors will come with a threat in the form of Joe Pigott. Wimbledon’s front man has been involved in more goals than any other player in League One this season, and he has had a say in 60% of his side’s goals, already outscoring his number of goals from last year. Only John Marquis has bettered his tally of eight so far, and he comes into this fixture having scored in his previous four appearances, including in a 16-minute cameo against Arsenal’s Under-21s, who had William Saliba and Sokratis in defence, on Tuesday.

Charlton have not been convincing in defence at The Valley recently, failing to keep a clean sheet in their last four games at home, while Wimbledon have found the net in five in a row on the road. The stats suggest Wimbledon have more than enough of a chance to find the net here, and there is nobody better to back than the man in form.

Pigott to score anytime is 23/10.

One of the form sides in League One, Gillingham, make the trip north to face Doncaster Rovers at the Keepmoat Stadium, as they aim to keep their impressive unbeaten run going.

The Gills have been consistent in more ways than one over the last ten league games. Their last five matches have yielded a very notable 13 points, and they have conceded just twice, but the five matches that preceded them saw them pick up zero.

Their dips in form see them wedged in mid-table after 15 matches, but they now travel to a ground where they have not lost since 2008. Doncaster have shown inconsistent form at home, winning just two of their last five at the Keepmoat.

We’re backing Gillingham to leapfrog Doncaster in the table with a win here, available at odds of 3/1.

Nearly four years to the day since Swindon Town and Fleetwood Town last met at the County Ground, the two face off once again in Wiltshire in a matchup that should excite the neutrals watching on.

Swindon start the weekend with the worst defensive record in the division, conceding 32 goals in their 16 league games so far, and that frailty may be highlighted again, as their upcoming visitors Fleetwood have been more potent in attack than almost anybody in League One, with only league-leaders Hull City and Portsmouth notching more than their 25 strikes this season.

The Robins have conceded two or more on ten occasions in the league already, and although Fleetwood have lost a bit of their scoring touch in recent weeks, John Sheridan’s side are likely to present them with opportunities at some point on Saturday.

Swindon’s scoring record is the joint-best out of all sides in the bottom half, so both teams to score with over 2.5 goals could be a good place to go this weekend at 6/5, but our tip is for Fleetwood to score over 1.5 goals against a feeble Swindon defence, available at 11/10 with Sky Bet.

Wigan Athletic and Accrington Stanley meet in a league tie for the time in history, as the DW Stadium hosts this all North-West encounter in League One on Saturday.

No side has played fewer games than Accrington in the league, but they still find themselves in seventh, despite having three games in hand on some of the sides above them in the playoff spots. Only Hull City and Lincoln City have averaged more than their two points per game, as they are now seven unbeaten, a run which has included five victories.

Wigan, on the other hand, have been hopeless for the most part, taking just 11 points from 15 games this season, and that record sees them bottom of the table, a third of the way through the season. They have not won any of their last seven games at home, including that embarrassing FA Cup defeat to Chorley, two weeks ago. Matches involving these two have not mustered up many goals this season, with Wigan’s games seeing an average of 2.2 goals per game and 2.3 in Accrington’s case.

Also, 88% of Accrington’s league wins, and seven of Wigan’s defeats this season have been by a scoreline of 1-0, 2-0 or 2-1. Back Accrington to repeat this feat at 2/1.

By Andrew Delaney