International fixtures mean there's no Championship action this weekend. But that doesn't mean there's a lack of quality on offer elsewhere in the Football League.
The biggest fixture comes in League One on Saturday where leaders Burton Albion make the 23-mile trip down the A38 to second-placed Walsall for a top-of-the-table clash. The winner will head into next week as league leaders so expect high-octane action at the Banks's Stadium.
Team wise, Saddlers will be without Jason Demetriou and Neil Etheridge, who are both on international duty, while Burton striker Aurélien Joachim is also away with Luxembourg.
Walsall are favourites in the betting and can be backed at 13/10 to win outright with Marathonbet, while Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink's Burton are bigger at 119/50. But we're expecting a low-scoring game and a probable draw, which can be backed at 119/50.
Burton have kept five clean sheets in their last seven games and Walsall four in their last seven. Both sides will also be keen not to lose ground on one another. With that in mind we're recommending draw in the first half and draw at full time at 4/1 with Marathonbet. At bigger prices, the 0-0 draw can be had at 7/1while 1-1 is 51/10.
The show-stopping Walsall/Burton fixture is supported by another eye-catching match in the form of Bury v Wigan. Third-placed Bury have the chance to leap into the top two, depending on the outcome of Walsall match, and are on an impressive six-game winning run. They're 79/50 with Marathonbet to make it seven on the bounce and an attractive 23/25 to win or draw against the Latics.
The one bet we do fancy is both teams to score and Bury to win at 37/10 – a repeat of the result the last time the sides met in August's Capital One Cup tie.
Away from the Football League, there's international action at Wembley where England take on Estonia in a Euro 2016 qualifier. Arsenal man Theo Walcott has been in hot form recently and bagged six goals in his last eight games for club and country. He's 51/10 to open the scoring against the Eastern Europeans. Walcott to score first and England to win 3-0 also looks huge at 25/1.
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