League One and League Two Betting Tips

This Saturday sees Peterborough United take on fierce rivals MK Dons at London Road, with Posh looking to narrow the gap between themselves and the automatic promotion places.

Darren Ferguson’s side currently sit in fifth place, five points behind second-placed Hull with a game in hand having drawn 1-1 last time out in the league away at League One leader’s Lincoln City, despite going down to ten men following a Nathan Thompson red card with just under half an hour to go with the game tied at 1-1, which resulted in a penalty that the hosts missed through Jorge Grant.

Meanwhile, MK come into this game having not played a league fixture since 29th December following cup commitments and fixture postponements. Russell Martin’s side are four points above the relegation zone, as well as being eight points behind Posh, despite playing two more league games than their rivals.

Peterborough are the sixth top scorers in the league, with Jonson Clarke-Harris finding the back of the net for them 12 times in 19 League One appearances – no striker has scored more goals in the division. Their last clean sheet in the league came at home in a 1-0 win against Plymouth Argyle on 24th November.

Posh are priced at 4/1 to win with both teams to score - Click here to claim this bet in your bet slip!

Fourth-placed Doncaster Rovers travel to the County Ground this weekend where they face a struggling Swindon Town side who sit in 21st place.

Swindon have won just six games out of the 21 that they have played in League One this season, with their last coming in a shock 3-2 victory against Ipswich Town at Portman Road last Saturday.

Meanwhile, Doncaster were in FA Cup action last weekend and stunned Championship side Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park, beating the Lancashire side 1-0 via a Taylor Richards strike just before half-time.

Only Charlton Athletic have scored more goals than Donny this season in the division with a tally of 33, just one more than Rovers, but the Addicks have played three more fixtures in the league. But, Doncaster have kept just two clean sheets in their last ten league outings.

Donny are priced at 7/2 to win with both teams to score.

Promotion pushing Accrington Stanley take on Gillingham at the Crown Ground this weekend and will be expecting to pick up three points, as the Gills have lost their last three matches in the league.

Stanley come into this game on the back of an impressive 2-0 win at The Valley against Charlton Athletic, following a brace by Colby Bishop, which now sees the Lancashire side just five points behind second-placed Hull City, with three games in hand on the Tigers.

Gillingham are currently 14th in the table and have already lost 11 league games out of the 21 that they have played, with only 22nd placed Swindon Town and 24th placed Burton Albion losing more in the division having lost 13 times each.

Meanwhile, Accrington have won ten times in all competitions via the score range of 1-0, 2-0 or 2-1 and are priced at 7/4 to do so again - Click here to claim this bet in your bet slip!<br/>

Saturday sees fourth-placed Forest Green take on Port Vale at The New Lawn Stadium in what is the hosts first game of the new year.

Rovers have not played a game since their 2-1 home defeat by Crawley Town on 29th December and will come into this game fresh.

Meanwhile, Port Vale have since sacked John Askey following just one win in 12 league outings, which has seen former player Danny Pugh take over as caretaker manager. Vale won their last league fixture 3-0 at home to Grimsby on Saturday on what was Pugh’s first match in charge.

Forest Green come into this game as favourites, as they are level on points with the likes of Cambridge United who sit just one place above them but, have played one more game than Mark Cooper’s side. Only the top three in the division have won more games in the league than Rovers, whilst the Gloucestershire based side have the second-best defence in the division, having only conceded 18 goals in 21 games.

Meanwhile, Port Vale who currently sit in 14th place have scored the fourth-most goals in the division, having hit the back of the net 32 times, but also have the third-worst defence, conceding 33 times in 23 matches.

Forest Green to win with both teams to score has the odds of 10/3.<br/>

Promotion pushing Cambridge United travel to the JobServe Community Stadium where they will face a Colchester side who currently lie mid-table in 13th place.

The U’s have failed to win any of their last six league matches, whilst Cambridge have won three out of their last five, most recently against Harrogate Town last weekend courtesy of a late winner from former Norwich City man Wes Hoolahan.

Cambridge currently have League Two’s top scorer in Paul Mullin, who has scored 18 goals in 22 games, giving the 26-year-old an impressive strike rate of a goal every 101 minutes.

The former Tranmere Rovers man has scored five in the last six matches that he has played and is priced at 3/1 to score first or last against Colchester on Saturday - Click here to claim this bet in your bet slip!