EFL Tips: Gab Sutton's Championship, League 1 & League 2 Acca Tips for February 7
Lincoln are hoping to go top of League One this weekend and they form part of this week's EFL five-fold.
Gab Sutton, our Free Bets EFL expert, has lined up his top EFL tips for the best of the action, as he looks at both ends of the three divisions.
EFL Betting Tips
Here are Gab's five betting tips for the weekend along with the best prices and latest odds from our top sports betting sites.
West Brom vs Stoke - Stoke to win
West Brom have endured a disastrous start to life under Eric Ramsay, with the Baggies taking just one point from their new head coach’s four games in charge, conceding 12 goals.
Albion’s poor form precedes him: after taking 10 points from their first four games, the West Midlanders have accrued a mere 22 points from 26 games, losing 16 times.
What they needed, though, was somebody to implement the defensive basics, whereas Ramsay has been arguably too radical in implementing his ideas straight away, with a squad that lacks both the fitness and the confidence to do what he’s asking.
Visitors Stoke might not be good enough to get top six, but they have a solid team under a reliable manager in Mark Robins, and should be good enough to capitalize on West Brom’s woes.
Peterborough vs Wigan - Peterborough to win
Had the League One season began when Luke Williams was appointed Peterborough boss, the Posh would be 5th in the table, with 28 points from 16 games.
Williams is a talented coach with a thirst for development, and looks like he’s ready to put his own stamp on the club’s traditions of attacking football with up-and-coming players.
The London Road outfit, then, have some optimism for the long-term future, and a modicum of it for the short-term, sitting 10 points off the Play-Offs in the real table with a game in hand.
Visitors Wigan, on the other hand, have added just a point to their tally since the turn of the year which, in a congested bottom half, has landed Ryan Lowe’s side in the relegation zone.
Plymouth vs Lincoln - Lincoln to win
As much as it’s a lot harder to face Plymouth Argyle now than it was in October, the traders have underestimated Lincoln quite significantly.
The Imps are as big as 13/8 for victory at Home Park, despite Michael Skubala’s side being six points clear in the automatic promotion race with a game in hand, and two points off leaders Cardiff.
The visitors are unbeaten in their last 12 league games, winning nine of those encounters, and if it was Bolton, Huddersfield or Luton in that scenario, they’d be at the very most even-money to win this game, and probably odds-on.
Lincoln have a great blend of youth and experience, and an attacking quartet of Reeco Hackett, Rob Street, Jack Moylan and Freddie Draper who love to rotate and interchange.
Hosts Argyle have put some distance between themselves and the relegation zone, thanks to an excellent run across November, December and January, but this is still a team that’s lost 14 of their 29 league games this season, one of which coming at Stockport last time out.
Fleetwood vs Bromley - Bromley to win
Like Lincoln, Bromley are proving to be a nice little earner for League Two punters this season because, however well they perform, the traders never seem to catch up with them in terms of pricing.
The 11/10 on the Ravens to win at midtable Fleetwood would suggest a scepticism of their credentials, a feeling that they might drop-off, but with two-thirds of the season gone, we’re arguably past that point – and anyone who’s up there now, is up there on merit.
After a 4-1 victory at Gillingham, the South Londoners are 11 unbeaten, with 13 wins in their last 16 league games, and five points clear at the summit.
Yes, they’ve lost key defender Deji Elerewe, but they’ve strengthened their back-line with the acquisitions of Jesse Debrah and Zech Medley, while midfielder Damola Ajayi could add an extra sprinkling of talent after joining on loan from Tottenham.
Hosts Fleetwood have lost four of their last five league games, and are without a manager.
Walsall vs Barnet - Walsall to win
9/4 feels like an enormous price for Walsall at home to Play-Off outsiders Barnet, seeing as Mat Sadler’s side have won 14 of their 29 league games this season.
Yes, the Saddlers aren’t in the best of form, but it feels a little to easy and obvious to just assume that any drop-off means this season is going to turn out exactly like the last.
The Black Country outfit have players to bring into the fold, like defender Evan Weir, wing-back Jid Okeke and target man Aaron Pressley, and there are other means for Sadler to shake things up.
Meanwhile, dynamic midfielder Alex Pattison was an excellent acquisition from Bradford.
Barnet are a good side, in strong form, but as a price-based play the hosts shouldn’t be bigger than 2/1.
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