Only bet I'm considering in League One is Bournemouth to maybe get something from Blackpool. Blackpool weren't all that impressive against Gillingham at the weekend, and only got a point due to the Gills missing a penalty. They're also on a poor run at home, with 3 straight defeats at Bloomfield Road, to Brentford, Bristol City and Millwall. Bournemouth have won 2 of their last 3 aways, including a 2-1 at Oldham in their last away game. Team news from Soccernet:
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Blackpool manager Simon Grayson will hand a late fitness test to Keith Southern ahead of the visit of struggling Bournemouth.
Southern was withdrawn after 71 minutes of the 2-2 draw at Gillingham on Saturday after taking a knock and Grayson is hopeful the influential midfielder will be fit to face the Cherries.
Claus Bech Jorgensen and Marcus Bean are on standby to replace Southern while left-back Paul Tierney is definitely out with an ankle injury.
Ben Burgess is likely to keep his place up front alongside Andy Morrell after he scored his first league goal for the club at Priestfield while on-loan Huddersfield goalkeeper Paul Rachubka will again start ahead of Rhys Evans after his superb penalty save denied the Gills all three points.
Bournemouth welcome experienced defender Neil Young back into their squad after he was ruled out of Saturday's win over Doncaster with a one-match ban and he could come straight back into the side.
Striker James Hayter is expected to travel after recovering from the hamstring strain which has sidelined him lately, but midfielder Darren Anderton remains a doubt with a groin injury.
Bjarni Vidarsson and Marc Wilson played against Doncaster despite being struck down with flu earlier in the week and should be available once again as the Cherries go in search of a third straight win.
But Sam Vokes (back), Shaun Maher (foot) and Steven Foley (back) all remain on the injury list
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Going by the commentary from Saturday's game, I'd take Rachubka playing as a positive for Bournemouth - he might have saved a penalty, but it was at a decent height for him, and throughout the game, he seemed to have real trouble dealing with crosses. Our 2nd goal was a header from about 4 yards out, which the keeper decided not to come for.
Very tempted by the 4.5 on Bournemouth with
Betfair.