League One Relegation

[Andrew Hughes]

Never mind the yawnsome goings on in the Premier League, the scruffy end of League One is where the real excitement is to be found. It’s 2 from 4 to go down.

Notts County
Will they go for a last minute change of manager? Has Martin Allen had long enough to prove himself?

Bristol Rovers
Despite being the more attractive half of Bristol, have they leaked too many goals to stay up?

Dagenham and Redbridge
Don’t know much about them, apart from that I don’t like them, obviously.

Walsall
Can Dean Smith pull off a miracle? (Probably not)

The Football League
Surely Oldham/Tranmere/Yeovil/Sheff Wed must have done something dodgy? They can’t all be clean. Make with the points deductions!

[Andrew Hughes]

Notts County look safe now after beating Swindon, their next game against Brentford should see them over the line, although they finish off with tricky fixtures against Brighton and a trip to Milton Keynes. Some discrepancy in the odds. Corals have them 11-4 to go down, whilst a couple of others are 16-1.

Remaining fixtures for the other three:

Dagenham & Redbridge (currently on 44 pts)
Away Huddersfield
Home Carlisle
Away Peterborough

Walsall (44 pts)
Away Oldham
Home Charlton
Away Southampton

Bristol Rovers (44 pts)
Away Bournemouth
Home Sheff Wed
Away Colchester

Dagenham will do well to get anything from trips to Huddersfield and Peterborough, but they should be able to turn over Carlisle at home, leaving them on 47.

Bristol Rovers are likely to come back with nothing from Bournemouth, but they ought to be able to overcome Sheff Wed as the Owls are nothing special and a point at Colchester is not out of the question. I reckon they can get to 48. But their GD is shocking.

Which leaves Walsall. A point at Oldham is the best we can hope for and even if Southampton are in party mood, can’t see us getting anything down there. We can beat Charlton, who have nothing to play for. We are capable of 48.

So that’s simple then. After my rigorous scientific analysis I can confidently predict that it is Bristol R and D & R to go down with Swindon and Plymouth. D&R are currently outside the drop zone and are available at 1.5 with Bet365 or 1.71 on Betfair.

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