Our League 1 & 2 Tips for the Weekend - 23/04/22

This Saturday Cheltenham Town welcomes Bolton Wanderers to Whaddon Road, and we are expecting an exciting game, full of goals, between two sides that have very little to play for.

Bolton currently resides in 10th Place, and faces a Cheltenham side in 14th, as neither side has any relegation threat nor can they catch the promotion hopefuls we’re hoping that this game is a rollercoaster of attacking football as the result has little bearing.

Nine of Cheltenham's last 12 games have produced over 2.5 goals, with prolific forward Alfie May already banging in 24 goals this season. During those nine games, both teams got on the score sheet in seven of those, a statistic that won't please The Robins manager, Michael Duff, but certainly pleases anyone wanting to bet on a few goals this weekend. In addition to Cheltenham’s goal-high games, both teams have also scored in six of Bolton’s past eight games.

Gareth Ainsworth’s Wycombe have excelled in recent weeks and they face a huge game this weekend at Adams Park, at home to fellow promotion hopefuls Sheffield Wednesday.

Both Wycombe and Wednesday come into this game in great form, with both sides on 10 game unbeaten runs. Though both teams have scored in just six of Wycombe's last 12 games, the Owls have only failed to score in one of their past 12 games and failed just twice in their past 22 games.

Additionally, Wycombe are the third highest-scoring team in League One. With the Chairboys and the Owls both in the race for promotion, this game may be a tight affair, however, both teams have shown their goal-scoring ability this year, and hopefully, they will continue their goal-scoring form at Adams Park on Saturday.

Though MK Dons have lost their last two fixtures, against promotion rivals Oxford United and Sheffield Wednesday respectively, before these games the Dons were the most in-form team in League One, on a 15 match unbeaten run, winning 11 of those games.

They face 19th place, Morecambe, at Stadium MK this weekend, who are on a good stretch of form after losing only one of their past five matches, a run which saw three wins. Seven of Morceambe's last nine league games have seen both sides score, and seven of their last eight fixtures have seen three or more goals in the match.

Though MK are the obvious favourites, as they push for automatic promotion, this game should have plenty of goals in and based on their recent form, Morecambe could chip in with a goal or two as well.

Exeter City welcome Rochdale to St. James park for a crucial game in the League Two promotion race.

The Grecians currently sit in second place five points behind leaders Forest Green Rovers and The Dale are safe from relegation and sit 15th in the table with nothing to play for.

Exeter have scored two or more goals in five of their last six home games and their overall home form has been excellent with the following results: 12 wins, six draws, and two losses.

Rochdale on the other hand, have lost their last five away games, and conceded 10 goals in the process, meaning they have conceded an average of two goals per game away from home recently. Therefore we’re backing the Grecians to score at least two at home to the Dale this Saturday as they continue their push for autonomic promotion from League Two.

Though Swindon Town sits just 11th in the Sky Bet League Two table, they are the second-highest scoring side in the division, only behind league leaders Forrest Green.

Swindon only have a 43% win ratio this season, but, they face a Hartlepool side that have just one win in their last 10 games, and who are 12 points behind them in the league.

Neither side have been great this season, however, Swindon seem to be ending the season in better form than their mid-table rivals and have won six of their last 12 games, a much better return than Hartlepool. At over even odds, we’re backing Ben Garner’s Swindon Town to get an away win at Victoria Park.