League One Tips for Gameweek 23 - Get £100 in Free Bets This Weekend

The game of the weekend in League One is unquestionably taking place at Fratton Park, as two former Premier League outfits meet, with Portsmouth and Hull City facing off in a top of the table clash on Saturday.

With the sides separated by just a point, it should be a tense battle and may well be a very gritty encounter with both teams desperate not to lose. Hull enter the weekend in first position, as they returned to winning ways in midweek with a 3-0 win over Accrington Stanley, after winning just one in seven before Tuesday’s fixture.

Portsmouth are close behind with a game in hand over their upcoming opponents, so Kenny Jackett may adopt a slightly cautious approach to ensure they definitely do not lose the match. They have kept six consecutive clean sheets in League One, winning five of those games, including a 2-0 win in the reverse fixture in December, a win they achieved without having a shot on target, as Hull scored two own goals.

It was a very low-key affair when they met last month with just one shot on target in the whole game, so a repeat may be on the cards with what is at stake, a bore draw or a slender win is the most likely outcome here.

Our tip is for Portsmouth to win with under 3.5 goals scored in the game at 2/1 with Sky Bet.

Two sides in the promotion mix face each other at Portman Road this weekend, as Ipswich Town host Peterborough United.

Both clubs are right in the chase for a top six spot and Peterborough currently vacate one of the play-off places, thanks largely to the form of frontman Jonson Clarke-Harris, as he has been involved in everything good they have produced on the pitch recently.

Despite not scoring in their midweek win over Charlton Athletic, he set up both goals for Sammie Szmodics as they secured a 2-1 victory. His form in front of goal has been electric, scoring six goals in the five games before Tuesday’s affair, putting him joint-top of the scoring chart alongside Luke Jephcott of Plymouth Argyle, with 13 goals.

His ever-presence shows how invaluable he is to Peterborough’s promotion push which sees them fifth currently, and a win over direct rivals Ipswich this weekend will be crucial as we enter the second half of the season.

Lincoln City will welcome out-of-form Northampton Town to Sincil Bank this weekend, as they look to pounce on any potential slip-up from Hull City and go top of League One.

The Imps are level on points with Hull, but with the Tigers facing a tough trip to Portsmouth, Lincoln will see this as a great opportunity to leapfrog their nearest rivals against a side they beat comfortably by four goals to nil in mid-December. They also boast one of the best defence records in the division, keeping ten clean sheets so far, conceding goals at a rate of just 0.86 per game.

On the other hand, Northampton have struggled to find the net regularly this season, as they sit bottom of the scoring charts, with just 19 goals from their 21 league games so far, while also being just one point and one place above the relegation zone. They have failed to find the net on ten occasions this season, and travelling to face one of the sternest defences in League One does not seem promising.

Lincoln to win to nil is our tip here, priced at 7/4 with Sky Bet.

Glyn Hodges takes his woefully out-of-sorts Wimbledon side up north to the Alexandra Stadium where Crewe Alexandra will host on Saturday afternoon.

Wimbledon sit rock bottom of the form table, losing their last five games, and picking up just one point from a possible 24, since they last won a league game almost two months ago, but they have scored in five of those matches, so defensive work is required for them to end the current rot. The Dons are currently in one of the four relegation spots in League One having played more games than most of the sides above them.

Crewe are quite the opposite, having gone nine games unbeaten in the league (won five, drawn four) which has propelled them to seventh. They trail the playoff places by just a point so a win against inferior opposition if paramount here is they want to continue their promotion push.

Both teams have scored in all of Crewe’s last nine games, but their exceptional form in that period suggests that conceding goals has not been detrimental to them at all. Crewe to win again with both teams to score is available at a boosted price of 7/2 on Sky Bet.

Rochdale travel to the Priestfield Stadium this weekend on the back of some crazy results in League One, with mid-table Gillingham their next opponents.

A midweek defeat to Doncaster Rovers ended a run of three straight draws for Rochdale, which saw consecutive results of 3-3, 4-4 and 3-3. The Dale are much more prolific away from Spotland, with only league leaders Hull City scoring more goals on the road than their 20 so far, but worryingly, only three sides have conceded more than them.

Gillingham have had a week to prepare for this encounter after their fixture with Lincoln City was called off in the week, and a 4-1 win away to Rochdale last month indicates the Gills have a gameplan that can work against the North West side.

After both sides scored and over 4.5 goals were seen in the reverse fixture not too long ago, a similar outcome could be played out once more when you take into account the goal-laden matches Rochdale have been involved in recently. Both teams to score and over 3.5 goals is our tip at 11/4 with Sky Bet.

By Andrew Delaney