We already know one of the sides who will be promoted from Skybet League 2 this season and on Easter Monday we could find out the other two when there is another round of fixtures to conclude the festive period.
Doncaster Rovers have already secured promotion and on Monday they could be joined in League 1 next season by Plymouth Argyle and Portsmouth while at the other end of the table it could be time for Leyton Orient’s fate to be sealed.
Monday’s fixtures are as follows: (3pm unless stated)
Cheltenham Town v Grimsby Town 1pm
Accrington Stanley v Crawley Town
Barnet v Wycombe Wanderers
Cambridge United v Exeter City
Carlisle United v Stevenage
Doncaster Rovers v Blackpool
Leyton Orient v Hartlepool United
Mansfield Town v Luton Town
Morecambe v Colchester United
Notts County v Portsmouth
Plymouth Argyle v Newport County
Yeovil Town v Crewe Alexandra
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Big Matches
The two big matches come at Home Park and Meadow Lane where wins for Plymouth and Portsmouth could see both promoted. Plymouth need only to avoid defeat to Newport to be assured of automatic promotion while a Portsmouth win and Luton failing to win would send them up too. Portsmouth head to Notts County.
Luton travel to take on a Mansfield side looking to capitalise on any slip ups in the race for the playoffs and there is guaranteed to be one as the two sides occupying the final two spots in the end of season lottery meet at Brunton Park when Carlisle host Stevenage.
Best of the Rest
Leyton Orient will be relegated to the Conference if they fail to beat Hartlepool at home while Doncaster could be as good as crowned champions if they win and Plymouth lose. Elsewhere Exeter in fifth head to another side in the playoff mix in Cambridge.
Betting
I’m going with a couple of bets on Monday afternoon. Doncaster are the best side in this division and although Blackpool have it all to play for they head across the Pennines in a bit of a slump and I expect Doncaster to send the Tangerines home without any points to show for their efforts.
With four matches left in the season Plymouth remain the only side to have won at Doncaster and had this match been three weeks ago you could have made a case for Blackpool being the latest but they’ve hit a wall recently and can crash into it again here.
Accrington are absolutely flying home this season and still have an outside chance of making the playoffs again. That chance can be enhanced by beating travel shy and currently win shy Crawley at the Wham Stadium on Monday afternoon. Accrington are now undefeated in 14 matches while Crawley’s only win in their last 10 was against a Leyton Orient side well out of their depth at this level now. That’s nothing to shout about and I don’t think Crawley will have anything else to shout for here either.
Tips
Back Doncaster to beat Blackpool for a 4/10 stake at 1.91 with Betfair
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HALF WON – Back Accrington (-0.75AH) to beat Crawley for a 4/10 stake at 1.93 with 188bet
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