EFL League One and League Two Tips: Tangerines look a great bet in Saturday 11/1 acca

• Alan landed four out of five winners on Tuesday

• Blackpool odds-on against Charlton

• MK Dons to surge again at home

League One

Leg 1: Reading v Leyton Orient, Saturday 15:00: Back the draw

Reading scuppered the clean sweep in midweek for the column by defeating Derby 1-0, and Derby have failed to score a goal in two matches - which is not ideal for their promotion push.

Orient have moved swiftly up the table and are in the top half now and are certainly capable of gaining a result here and are unbeaten in five with five clean sheets to boot - so it could be a low-scorer, and for those looking to trade on the Exchange, I wouldn't discourage a couple of darts at the 0-0 and 1-1.

Reading are unbeaten in their last three league games at home to Leyton Orient (W2 D1), though they last faced them in any competition at the Madejski Stadium in the League Cup in September 2000, losing 2-0, but Orient have drawn five on the road this term (higher than at Brisbane Road) and backing the draw can tee us up with a decent price acca.

KEY OPTA STAT: Reading have won each of their last three home league games, last winning four in a row in September 2022.

Leg 2: Blackpool v Charlton Athletic, Saturday 15:00: Back Blackpool

Charlton were an awful price at 5/61.84 for Tuesday and duly lost to Northampton for a winning selection in the midweek column on the Cobblers, and Michael Appleton was duly sacked at the Valley.

Blackpool are a side with plenty of goals in them, especially at home, and with the way Charlton were all at sea with their marking on Tuesday, I cannot back the Addicks with any sort of confidence, and they are now in a relegation scrap.

The hosts have lost just one of their last seven league games against Charlton Athletic (W3 D3), though that did come at Bloomfield Road in October 2020, a 1-0 loss.

KEY OPTA STAT: Charlton are winless in their last 10 league games (D4 L6), losing six of their last seven. They last had a longer run without a win between October and December 2019 in the Championship (11).

Leg 3: Bristol Rovers v Oxford United, Saturday 15:00: Back Oxford

Oxford United could do a league double over Bristol Rovers for the second time in the last four seasons (also 2020-21), having not previously done so since the 1992-93 campaign beforehand, and that's a bet I like at the Mem.

The U's won a bad-tempered game earlier in the season 2-1 with a couple of red cards, but they did score early and this will be an easier test than their latest 1-0 defeat at home to Barnsley.

Oxford have won eight on the road this term and their xG away is on a par with their home one at around 1.37.

KEY OPTA STAT: Only Derby County (9) have won more away matches in League One this season than Oxford United (8), with Oxford's eight wins this term already three more than they managed on the road last season.

League Two

Leg 1: Swindon Town v Bradford City, Saturday 15:00: Back Swindon

Two sides here with nothing to play for at all except to keep themselves away from the relegation zone, and quite why Bradford are Evens for an away game is a mystery.

I successfully went with the draw with the Bantams on Tuesday and they were held 1-1 at home to Salford, and are now six without a win, so in now way do they deserve to be favourites.

Swindon themselves are in a wretched run with one victory since December, but they usually score and have netted six in four games recently and have only won one of their last eight league games (D1 L6), a 2-1 home win over Forest Green in December. But at 2s, I am happy taking them.

KEY OPTA STAT: Swindon have only lost one of their last eight home league games against Bradford (W5 D2), a 3-1 defeat in October 2021.

Leg 2: Crewe v Salford City, Saturday 15:00: Back Crewe

Crewe Alexandra have won both of their home league games against Salford City, scoring four goals in each victory: 4-1 in 2019-20 and 4-3 in 2022-23, and as ever with the Alex, goals should be on the cards again as they scored 28 at home.

Salford are still in a scrap at the foot of the table, but they have lost seven on the road this term. A point at Bradford was a good result on Tuesday but Crewe are a different proposition to the Bantams and have won four straight games - including a brilliant 3-1 success against Barrow recently.

I am surprised they are not shorter in the betting.

KEY OPTA STAT: All five of the league meetings between Crewe and Salford have been won by the home side, with Salford winning 4-2 earlier this season.

Leg 3: MK Dons v Gillingham, Saturday 15:00: Back MK Dons

MK Dons were full value for their derby Tuesday win against AFC Wimbledon, and having spoken to someone at the game, they could have added a few more to the tally of 3-1, as the Londoners never looked up for the game at all.

I have been impressed with Mike Williamson at MK, and their home form might be good enough to keep them in with a shot of the play-offs. And finally, Williamson might be the right appointment.

The Dons have won four of their last five home league matches against Gillingham (D1), keeping a clean sheet in their last three.

KEY OPTA STAT: MK Dons have lost just one of their last nine home league matches (W6 D2), winning four of their last five (L1).

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