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Sky Bet League One

AFC Wimbledon 2-4 Gillingham

Bradford 1-4 Blackpool

Burton 5-2 Accrington

Coventry 0-1 Oxford

Luton 4-0 Doncaster

Peterborough 2-0 Southend

Plymouth 2-2 Bristol Rovers

Rochdale 3-1 Scunthorpe

Shrewsbury 0-2 Portsmouth

Walsall 0-1 Barnsley

Sky Bet League Two

Carlisle 2-2 Cambridge

Cheltenham 3-1 Northampton

Colchester 0-2 Tranmere

Crawley 0-3 Lincoln

Grimsby 0-0 Bury

MK Dons 2-0 Yeovil

Macclesfield 2-2 Stevenage

Mansfield 1-2 Crewe

Notts County 0-1 Exeter

Port Vale 0-2 Forest Green

Swindon 4-0 Morecambe

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GOODNIGHT

Thank you for being with us today and as always we hope our service helped you make some profit today, as well as keeping you fully informed with all the key games and scores.

Remember to come back tomorrow to watch highlights from every Sky Bet EFL match, and to join us each day for the best betting previews, opinion pieces and coverage of the latest football news.

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Enjoy the rest of your weekend

1716 🎆 BETTING SUCCESS

Lets review our betting success today. No ACCA again, as Coventry and Wimbledon let us down

Match Previews:

• Our EFL Expert Tom Carnduff in his EFL Preview tipped Bruno Andrade to score anytime in Crawley v Lincoln at 3/1

In play:

• Ahead of kick-off we called Bradford v Blackpool BTTS at 5/6
• At 3-0 up we went for Blackpool to score a fourth at at 5/2
• We went for Lincoln to go 2-0 at a price of 1/1 at the time
• We went for BTTS in Rochdale v Scunthorpe at 10/11
• We called Peterborough at 1-0 up to score next at 1/1
• At half time we tipped Luton to score the next goal at 4/5

1713 🕵 EURO TIPS

A great night of Euro 2020 qualifying action ahead, and check out our tips for them..

We have a big-price first goalscorer in Ireland’s game with Gibraltar and a goals count for Sweden v Romania – click the image below to have a read…

6⃣ SUPER 6 UPDATE

No jackpot winners with Super 6 today

• AFC Wimbledon 2-4 Gillingham
• Luton 4-0 Doncaster
• Burton 5-2 Accrington
• Plymouth 2-2 Bristol Rovers
• Shrewsbury 0-2 Portsmouth

1705 📈 TABLE MOVERS

So let's take a look at how the leagues have changed after today's result.

Sky Bet League One

Surely, surely Luton are up now after another win. They are on 83 points now - 9 ahead of third place Portsmouth.

Barnsley are second on 78, four clear of third. Just remember though Sunderland in fourth on 73 points have two games in hand on the to two.

Peterborough, where boss Darren Ferguson signed a full time three year deal this week, are now back in the play-offs ahead of Doncaster.

Bradford City are now bottom - six from safety - and surely doomed.

Rochdale got a big win to move to a point from safety

Sky Bet League Two

Like Luton, surely Lincoln are up in Sky Bet League Two, they are on 79 points and 13 clear of fourth place Mansfield. In Fact, with the exception of MK Don's win, it all went the imps way with Mansfield losing and Bury only drawing.The Don's are third now, 3 ahead of the Stags

A huge final few moments, which could have a big say in who stays in the EFL and who does not. Notts County lost a point in injury time against Exeter, while Macclesfield earned one in added time against Stevenage.

Yeovil are two points above Sol Campbell's side

1658 🎆 BETTING SUCCESS

Final one of the day brings home a pre game call, Bradford City's late goal in their 4-1 hammering by Blackpool brings in our BTTS call at 5/6

1653 GOAL FLASH

It's going crazy again...

Bradford 1-4 Blackpool

Macclesfield 2-2 Stevenage

Luton 4-0 Doncaster

Mansfield 1-2 Crewe

Plymouth 2-2 Bristol Rovers

Port Vale 0-2 Forest Green

Notts County 0-1 Exeter

1645 🌩 GOAL FLASH

Luton 3-0 Doncaster

Wimbledon 1-4 Gillingham

Mansfield 0-2 Crewe

Crawley 0-3 Lincoln

1642 🎆 BETTING SUCCESS

We said Bradford are a mess and like to collapse and it's happened as they go 4-0 down - which we called at 5/2

1640 🌩 GOAL FLASH

Bradford 0-4 Blackpool

Chris Taylor gets Blackpool's form going again and charge towards the playoffs

Shrewsbury 0-2 Portsmouth

Pitman strikes

1638 🎆 BETTING SUCCESS

We went for Lincoln to go 2-0 at a price of 1/1 at the time and there it is

1637 🌩 GOAL FLASH

Crawley 0-2 Lincoln

Shay McCartan comes off the bench to have an impact to seal the win

Burton 3-2 Accrington

1636 📸 ACTION SHOT

1635 BETTING ADVICE

Promotion-chasing Bury are currently being held Grimsby, but dominating the stats with more possession, corners and shots.

The 11/4 price on them to score next is tempting, but the 3/1 on the Shakers to win is slightly better and something definitely worth a small play with just over 10 minutes to go.

Back it here

1633 🌩 GOAL FLASH

Mansfield 0-1 Crewe

Ainley scored for Crewe to shock the promotion chasers

Plymouth 2-1 Bristol Rovers

Plymouth are only pegged back for a short time as a Craig own goal helps them go back in front

Cheltenham 3-0 Northampton

Barnett seals this game

1631 🔍 IN PLAY ADVICE

Bradford are in disarray here and have shown many times this season they don't have great mental strength. So backing a fourth Blackpool goal at 5/2 looks good to us

1627 🌩 GOAL FLASH

Carlisle 2-2 Cambridge

Great game this and Ibehre levels for Cambridge

Bradford City 0-3 Blackpool

After missing a penalty Bradford are made to pay as Guanduillet gets his second

Burton 2-2 Accrington

The home side level as McFadzean scores

Plymouth 1-1 Bristol Rovers

Clarke-Harris gets Rovers' goal

Port Vale . 0-1 Forest Green

Brown scores for the promotion chasers

1625 MISSED PEN

Bradford City should have scored a few against Blackpool - which is really annoying as we tipped BTTS in this one.

First Lewis O'Brien's left footed shot is saved in the bottom left corner. Then Eoin Doyle fails to score a penalty after Heneghan conceded the spot kick

1621 🌩 GOAL FLASH

Rochdale 3-1 Scunthorpe

We said there would be more goals in this one and Rochdale do add to their lead with Wilbraham's second

1622 🎆 BETTING SUCCESS

We called Peterborough to score next at 1/1 - thanks to Ben White that's home now - we like you Ben White - thank you

1621 🌩 GOAL FLASH

Peterborough 2-0 Southend

Ben White pounces on a loose ball in the box from a keeper save. Southend are in real trouble here

1620 🎆 BETTING SUCCESS

At half time we tipped Luton to score the next goal at 4/5 and their lead being doubled brings that home

1617 🌩 GOAL FLASH

Luton 2-0 Doncaster

Hylton adds to Ruddock's first half goal. Shot comes in and it deflects off Hilton to go in. Rovers claim a hand ball but the goal is given

Coventry 0-1 Oxford

Nelson scores against the run of play as they try to add to their 14 points away from home this campaign

1614 🌩 GOAL FLASH

Macclesfield 1-2 Stevenage

The hosts have been on top and pushing for the next goal, but it's Stevenage who get it though Newton

Rochdale 2-1 Scunthorpe

Ntlhe puts the hosts back up in this one, but expect more goals

1613 🔍 IN PLAY ADVICE

Exeter are down to 10 men at Notts County and there was a temptation to back the hosts to win at just under evens, but the 11/8 on offer for over 1.5 goals is more appealing.

A goal could well open this game up, especially if County get it because Exeter will have no choice but to go for it.

Back over 1.5 goals at 11/8 here

1610 🌩 GOAL FLASH

Plymouth 1-0 Bristol Rovers

Lameiras on 51 minutes

Bradford 0-2 Blackpool

Virtue doubles the visitors lead and looks like Blackpool are getting back into form

AFC Wimbledon 1-3 Gillingham

From 1-0 down to 3-1 up to easy Gillingham's relegation feats

1608 🔍 IN PLAY ADVICE

Southend have been terrible at Peterborough, with Matt Murray on Sky Sports saying it's the type of performance that 'gets a manager sacked' which isn't good news for Chris Powell.

To make matters worse they've started the second half poorly with Peterborough having a second goal disallowed for a tight offside.

Peterborough to score next is 1/1

1606 🌩 GOAL FLASH

Colchester 0-2 Tranmere

Perkins adds to Norwood's first half goal

1604 🔍 IN PLAY ADVICE

After a crazy end to the first halves up and down the county we can take a breath now and look at some in-play advice...

In League Two Lincoln haven't had it all their own way at Crawley. However they are the Sky Bet EFL's leading away scorers with 37 goals. So them scoring next to go 2-0 up is 1/1

Luton have really dominated their home game with Doncaster Rovers, if that continues in the second half then they will be heading to another key win. Eight shots so far, and are 4/5 to score next

1600 🕵 EURO TIPS

Why not spend your half-time break by taking a look at our tips for today’s Euro 2020 qualifying action, with two games getting underway at 1700 GMT.

We have a big-price first goalscorer in Ireland’s game with Gibraltar and a goals count for Sweden v Romania – click the image below to have a read…

1555 ⚽️ SPORTING LIFE ACCA

Gillingham's late turn around at Wimbledon has really hurt us at half time

• Wimbledon 1-2 Gillingham
• Coventry 0-0 Oxford
• MK Dons 1-0 Yeovil
• Mansfield 0-0 Crewe

1553 6⃣ SUPER 6 UPDATE

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• AFC Wimbledon 1-2 Gillingham
• Luton 1-0 Doncaster
• Burton 1-2 Accrington
• Plymouth 0-0 Bristol Rovers
• Shrewsbury 0-1 Portsmouth

1549 ⏳ HALF TIME

Sky Bet League One

AFC Wimbledon 1-2 Gillingham

Bradford 0-1 Blackpool

Burton 1-2 Accrington

Coventry 0-0 Oxford

Luton 1-0 Doncaster

Peterborough 1-0 Southend

Plymouth 0-0 Bristol Rovers

Rochdale 1-1 Scunthorpe

Shrewsbury 0-1 Portsmouth

Sky Bet League Two

Carlisle 2-1 Cambridge

Cheltenham 2-0 Northampton

Colchester 0-1 Tranmere

Crawley 0-1 Lincoln

Grimsby 0-0 Bury

MK Dons 1-0 Yeovil

Macclesfield 1-1 Stevenage

Mansfield 0-0 Crewe

Notts County 0-0 Exeter

Port Vale 0-0 Forest Green

Swindon 2-0 Morecambe

1546 GOALS GOALS, GOALS

After a really slow 40 minutes, it's gone crazy in Sky Bet League One and Two in the final five minutes of the opening half

1544 🌩 GOAL FLASH

AFC Wimbledon 1-2 Gillingham

The visitors have two goals in two minutes, first Hanlan on 40, then Burke on 42 after a terrible keeper error

Macclesfield 1-1 Stevenage

Nugent levels up for the visitors two minutes after going behind

Carlisle 2-1 Cambridge

Nathan Thomas left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Callum O'Hare.

1541 🌩 GOAL FLASH

Peterborough 1-0 Southend

Maddison scores a stunning free kick - two goalkeepers wouldn't have saved that

Shrewsbury 0-1 Portsmouth

It's against the run of play but Ben Close doesn't care

AFC Wimbledon 1-1 Gillingham

Cheltenham 2-0 Northampton

Macclesfield 1-0 Stevenage

Durrell, one on one goes round the keeper and finishes calmly.

1540 🎆 BETTING SUCCESS

Great result for our pre game tips from our EFL expert Tom Carduff - He tipped Bruno Andrade to score anytime in Crawley v Lincoln at 3/1

1538 🌩 GOAL FLASH

Crawley 0-1 Lincoln

Bruno Andrade scores against the run of play for the Sky Bet League Two leaders

Carlisle 1-1 Cambridge

Jamie Devitt with this leveller for the home side

1535 🌩 GOAL FLASH

Luton 1-0 Doncaster

Pelly-Ruddock Mpanzu scores a cracker with a strike from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kazenga LuaLua.

1528 🌩 GOAL FLASH

Bradford 0-1 Blackpool

Gnanduillet puts Blackpool ahead against their former manager Gary Bowyer

Colchester 0-1 Tranmere

Who else but James Norwood

1526 🔴 RED CARD

Exeter's Ryan Bowman goes for a very, very early bath, as he receives the second of two silly yellow cards away at Notts County

1525 🌩 GOAL FLASH

AFC Wimbledon 1-0 Gillingham

Polivi right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Scott Wagstaff.

🎆 BETTING SUCCESS

There we go - the two worst defences in the EFL have provided our first win, with us calling BTTS in Rochdale v Scunthorpe at 10/11

1519 🌩 GOAL FLASH

Rochdale 1-1 Scunthorpe

Hallam levels up for the visitors - and that's our BTTS in already!

Cheltenham 1-0 Northampton

Luke Varney scores on 18 minutes, Kevin Dawson with the assist

1516 🌩 GOAL FLASH

MK Dons 1-0 Yeovil

The promotion chasers go ahead through Ryan Harley, striking from outside the box

1516 🌩 GOAL FLASH

Rochdale 1-0 Scunthorpe

There's part one of our tip coming in, as we've just gone for BTTS in this match. Wilbraham has the opener here

1514 🌩 GOAL FLASH

Swindon 1-0 Morecambe

Theo Robinson, breaks the deadlock here

1513 🔍 IN PLAY ADVICE

Scunthorpe have started brighter against Rochdale and should be 1-0 up. This game pits the two worst defensives in the EFL together, with 139 goals conceded between them.

Both teams to score, regardless of the result is 10/11

1510 🔍 IN PLAY ADVICE

Coventry have started excellently at home against relegation threatened Oxford. They've had two shots on target already and Thomas really should have scored with both attempts.

Coventry to score the opening goal is 5/6

1506 🌩 GOAL FLASH

Carlisle 0-1 Cambridge

Hepburn-Murphy bangs in the first goal of the afternoon in Sky Bet League Two.

1500 🕒 KICK OFF

The games are underway in Sky Bet League One and League Two, and we will keep monitoring all of them and provided instant score updates, and in-play betting advice across the two leagues.

🎧 CHAMPIONSHIP PODCAST

As our focus is on the EFL, then do please take a listen to our Sky Bet Championship Podcast, which has a new edition every fortnight - with the latest coming your way this Monday.

Former Leeds, Boro, Derby, Millwall and Coventry striker Noel Whelan joins us for the show, as we tackle all the issues on and off the field in the second tier of English football.

It's FREE to listen to and you can listen and subscribe via iTunes, Spotify and Soundcloud

🔍 IN PLAY ADVICE

At Glanford Park Grimsby host second place Bury, who beat the Mariners 4-0 in September.

But they should be warned that Grimsby boast a decent home record this campaign, especially against the top clubs. They've drawn with leaders Lincoln, and beaten MK Dons and Tranmere at home

So if you fancy the upset then Grimsby are 18/5 to win, and are 11/1 to win with BTTS.

Bury to win and BTTS is 7/2, with Bury to just win at 8/11

🕵 EFL TIP THREE

Tom's final tip of the day is another goal scorer one...

1pt Kieran Agard to score two or more goals in MK Dons v Yeovil at 11/2

Milton Keynes have, on the whole, been positive in their performances with plenty of wins in front of their own supporters. They are the third-best home side in the division, with Bury and Mansfield seeing a point more.

A feature of their game is that they score plenty of goals. Their 62 in the league is only bettered by Lincoln and Bury in England's fourth tier, that gives them a very healthy goal difference at this point.

That has been down to, in part, the prolific form of Kieran Agard up front. The 29-year-old has a total of 18 league goals this season, which includes a brace in their recent defeat to Morecambe.

There's value in the 11/2 with Bet365 for the forward to grab two or more goals again here. He returned to the starting line-up in their last game against Stevenage and should return his place here.

If worse comes to worse and he isn't involved from the start, as unlikely as that would be, it's worth remembering that both of those goals against Morecambe came after joining the game on the hour mark.

As expected, the home side are a short price for victory. Something bigger to consider for the accumulators is the 15/8 with Sky Bet on MK Dons scoring three or more goals.

They've hit that margin on multiple occasions last season, while Yeovil conceded three in their last away game against Port Vale.

🔍 IN PLAY ADVICE

Really interesting game in Sky Bet League One as Bradford City host Blackpool.

City are bottom, six points from safety, while Blackpool are ninth, four from the play-offs. It should be an away win on that evidence, but the visitors have won just once in eight matches, not won in three and lost 3-0 at Burton last weekend.

Bradford have lost to Luton and Oxford, but are improved under new boss Gary Bowyer and recorded a 3-1 win over Peterborough at the start of the month.

The betting reflects the form of both, as both are 8/5 to win.

Both teams to score is 5/6 and we'd recommend this for small profit.

Bradford to win and BTTS is 11/2

📰 TEAM NEWS: Crawley v Lincoln

In Sky Bet League Two leaders Lincoln City are at Crawley.

Two changes for the hosts, one enforced with illness keeping George Francomb out.

Tom Pett returns for the Imps, who make one change, while Neal Eardley keeps the armband.

⚽️ SPORTING LIFE ACCA

We are going for AFC Wimbledon, Coventry, MK Dons and Mansfield to win this afternoon to hopefully come in at 16/1

Head here to back AFC Wimbledon, Coventry, MK Dons and Mansfield all to win at 16/1 with Sky Bet

🎥 VIDEO GOAL HIGHLIGHTS

Already in League One Barnsley continue to push for automatic promotion, thanks to this late, late winner at troubled Walsall

📰 TEAM NEWS Luton v Doncaster

Probably the biggest game of the day comes in Sky Bet League One, as leaders Luton host sixth placed Doncaster.

Kazenga LuaLua and Dan Potts come into Mick Harford’s Luton side, while Rovers make two changes…

🕵 EFL TIP TWO

Let's get into our EFL Expert Tom Carnduff's second tip of the day...

1pt Bruno Andrade to score anytime in Crawley v Lincoln at 3/1

I tipped Bruno Andrade to score on Monday night. He may not have found the net, but he was lively throughout the 90 minutes and had a few decent efforts on goal.

In a game such as this, Andrade can thrive and add to his already impressive tally this season. That was recognised as he won the Player of the Month award for February.

He's shown little issue in making the step-up following a summer switch from Boreham Wood, another player from non-league who has adapted to life in the EFL.

Andrade does have previous history with the likes of QPR and Stevenage, but his form for Boreham caught the eye and that's why Lincoln made a move.

It's a move that has worked out for both parties. He has nine goals and eight assists from the left-wing role, although he has been playing on the right in recent weeks.

He switched back to the left recently, which includes the game against Mansfield, and I'd back him to have opportunities to cut inside and find the net at the People's Pension Stadium.

At a general price of 3/1, the value is there in backing the Lincoln man to strike the net.

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• AFC Wimbledon v Gillingham
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• Burton v Accrington
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• Shrewsbury v Portsmouth
• Bradford City v Blackpool

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🚨 SOCCER SATURDAY PRICE BOOST

Sky Bet have Price Boosted the following for Saturday's action:

• Luton, Burton and Lincoln all to win is 15/2
• Luton, Burton to win, Lincoln to draw with Crawley is 14/1
• Luton, Burton and Crawley to win is 16/1

Check out the full market and odds and offers from Sky Bet here

🕵 EFL TIP ONE

So depending on who you support and your betting preferences it can be difficult on international weeks to know what to take a punt on.

That's where we come in, especially our EFL expert Tom Carnduff, who has been proving his three best bets for today's action. here is the first

1pt Bright Enobakhare to score anytime in Coventry v Oxford at 3/1

The hosts will be hopeful that Bright Enobakhare continues his own good personal form.

The on-loan Wolves forward has scored four goals in his last seven games since the switch in January, which includes the second and decisive goal in last week's win over Peterborough.

This is a Coventry side that does have goals in it, particularly at the Ricoh Arena. They've only failed to score in one of their last 14 home games in all competitions, while Oxford recently shipped four goals away at Accrington and five at Bury.

Betfair offer 3/1 on Enobakhare grabbing a goal anytime in this one which looks great value. Coventry are also available at 13/10 with most firms for victory too so are one to consider for the weekend accumulators.

However, it's could also be worth a small play on Coventry to win with over 2.5 goals in the game at a general price of 16/5 - if you're after something a bit bigger.

FIRST RESULT

Walsall 0-1 Barnsley

The first result of the day is in with Barnsley's winning at Walsall in Sky Bet League One. They weren't at their best and left it late with Jacob Brown striking in a goal mouth scramble in the 92nd minute.

It just sums up the difference between a team at the top and one at the bottom.

Barnsley's are now on 78 points - two off leaders Luton, who play Doncaster at 3pm. Walsall remain fourth bottom - the final relegation place - on 42 points

WELCOME

Afternoon. Hope you are all doing well. It's Gareth Jones and George Pitts with you today.

There's no Premier League of Sky Bet Championship action this weekend but that just means we can focus our attentions on the Sky Bet EFL with League One and League Two action, and offer a sprinkling of advice on the Euro 2020 qualifiers.

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