FA Cup third round weekend is upon us which will take most of the attention over the next few days but there are also games in League One and League Two to keep eyes on this week.
Our very own Ally McCoist has picked his talkSPORT BET tips on matches across Saturday’s matches up and down the country, and you can add his latest tip straight to your bet slip here.
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1. Coventry to beat Sheffield Wednesday at home (Sat, 6pm)
Coventry head into Saturday evening’s all-Championship FA Cup clash as odds on favourites and will be looking to extend their current five match unbeaten run at home, with manager Frank Lampard yet to lose at the Coventry Building Society Arena since taking over in November.
Sheffield Wednesday make the trip to the West Midlands having won only one of their last four matches which has seen them drop down to 10th in the Championship table. Danny Rohl’s side have also conceded three goals in each of their last two away games.
Coventry have lost only one of their last six matches against the Owls, including beating them 4-1 in this competition last season en route to a run to the semi finals which saw them come within an inch of coming back from 3-0 down to beat eventual champions Manchester United at Wembley.
2. Blackpool to beat Cambridge at home (Sat, 3pm)
Blackpool head into the weekend unbeaten in their last three matches and with just one defeat in their last eight matches in League One, a run which has seen them climb to within two points of the top half of the table.
Saturday sees them take on a Cambridge side who have lost their last five matches and have just one win in their last 14 matches, which leaves Garry Monk’s side 23rd in the table and eight points from safety.
The Tangerines have lost only one of their last 11 matches against Cambridge.
3. Mansfield to beat Wigan at home (Sat, 6pm)
Back in the FA Cup, Mansfield welcome Wigan to Field Mill for a place in the fourth round draw having won four of their last five matches ahead of this weekend’s showdown to lift them up to ninth in League One, just four points off the play-offs with a game in hand.
Wigan make the short trip to Nottinghamshire on Saturday evening having lost each of their last two matches which has seen them drop down to 17th in the League One table.
The Staggs got the better of the two sides when they met in the league back in October, earning a 2-1 away win at the Brick Community Stadium.
4. Port Vale to beat Barrow at home (Sat, 3pm)
Port Vale continue their bid for an instant return to the third tier after suffering relegation to League Two last season, with Darren Moore’s side currently fourth in the table following last weekend’s 2-1 win at a Doncaster side who were in the automatic promotion places at the time.
The Staffordshire side are now just a point off the top three and take on a Barrow side with just one win in their last 14 league games and with only one team in the division having picked up fewer points on the road this season.
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