Steve Davies: Free football tips for Saturday's EFL matches

Free football tips, bets and analysis for Saturday's matches in the Football League.

When to bet

All matches kick-off at 3pm on Saturday

Best bets

Harrogate
2pts 13-10 general

Bolton
2pts 17-20 bet365, Coral, Ladbrokes

Accrington
1pt 13-8 Hills

Cheltenham draw no bet
1pt 11-5 Betfred, BoyleSports

Harrogate v Leyton Orient

It's astonishing to think Leyton Orient are nearer to League Two's bottom two than to the top seven but the demise of Kenny Jackett's men seems to show no sign of ending.

The O's can't buy a goal or a win – they are without a victory in ten matches in all competitions having scored just one goal in their last nine.

Jackett panicked in the window by taking Franck Nouble from Colchester, who hasn't scored a goal since April, and the ex-Wolves and Pompey gaffer admits heads are down.

While they don't look like scoring, Harrogate very definitely do. They've bagged six in their last two – without winning either – and have kept clean sheets in three of their last four at home.

Bolton v AFC Wimbledon

Bolton's recent upturn was stopped in its tracks at Burton, where the Trotters were bullied into defeat inside the first 20 minutes, eventually going down 3-1.

Put that one down as a blip, however, because they were flying before their visit to the Pirelli with six wins and a draw in the previous seven and goals flying in from everywhere.

When the Dons need goals they tend to look to eight-goal Ayoub Assal and six-goal Luke McCormick, so they'll be handicapped by the fact that neither is on the team bus courtesy of suspensions.

Cambridge v Accrington

Cambridge's FA Cup heroics at Newcastle seem a lifetime ago and cup dreams have been replaced by the fears of a relegation dogfight.

It's no wins in four the U's and you have to go back to September for the last time they managed to beat a side not currently in League One's bottom ten.

Accrington are certainly a bit better than that, incredibly streaky and in decent form having lost just two of their last ten, a sequence which includes wins over Bolton, Rotherham and Oxford.

Wycombe v Cheltenham

The League One table says Wycombe but if there's an outsider on the third-tier coupon to consider, Cheltenham make sense.

Michael Duff's men were freefalling as they shipped goals but they've shored up their defences and are on a run of just one loss in eight – and that was 1-0 at Rotherham.

They've also drawn against Oxford and Wigan in this current purple patch and beaten Sunderland so will be confident they can get something at Wycombe, who are winless in four.

Accumulator

Stoke 4-5, Preston 8-11, Derby 17-20, Bolton 17-20
£1 acca returns £10.54 with bet365

First scorer

Mark Sykes Charlton v Oxford
at 12-1 bet365

Eight-goal Mark Sykes is part of a hugely productive Oxford front four who are full of goals and the Northern Ireland starlet is a big price to notch first at The Valley.

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