Lays of the Weekend: Lions to increase Leicester pain

29Mar 2013

Betfair

After mixed results in international waters, Christian Crowther returns to shore, recommending some Easter lays from a bulging Football League programme...

Lay Leicester to beat Millwall @ 1.8

After spending nearly the entire season (32 from 38 games) occupying the Championship play-off spots, the Foxes are in grave danger of slipping out of the promotion hunt altogether. From their lofty position of second at the start of February, Nigel Pearson's men have since embarked on a steady descent, winning just one game in their last nine and losing five of those. Goals have dried up for Leicester, especially for the man whom they prised off Millwall in January, Chris Wood, who was supposed to fire them into the Premier League. The Lions beat Leicester in the return fixture, making it three straight wins over Friday's opponents after completing the double last season.

Lay Yeovil to beat Walsall @ 2.4

This is the time of the season where those tired minds get really tested and that buzz-word momentum gets bandied about more readily than political sound bites. League One side Yeovil are one such side in the midst of a battle against mother momentum having timed their eight-match winning run just a little too early. That majestic streak had catapulted the Glovers right up to third, but since then a serious dose of stage fright has ensured that they have only picked seven points from the next available 21 to leave them seventh and sliding. Now they face a Walsall side unbeaten in their last ten games and vying for the play-offs themselves, just one place behind and in superior form.

Lay Bradford to beat Southend @ 2.18

Since their Capital One Cup dreams were ruthlessly swept away by Swansea at Wembley, Bradford's promotion push has been hampered by a series of damaging draws. A 4-1 chastening down at Exeter didn't do Phil Parkinson's men any favours either. Southend's less glamorous Wembley charge - which sees them compete in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy final next Sunday - seems to have induced a similarly choking effect on their promotion drive. The result has been the installation of ex-Hull boss Phil Brown as the Shrimpers new manager, and the 'new manager effect' should spur them on to reignite their campaign at Valley Parade.