League One Betting Review - 5 February 2006
Southend United returned to the top of League One with a 2-0 win
at Yeovil. Available at 13/8 before kick off, a first half goal
from Mark Bentley and one from veteran Shaun Goater extended the
Shrimpers’ unbeaten run to 12 games. Steve Tilson’s side are 7/2
to win the division outright.
Colchester set a new club record of nine consecutive wins as
they came from behind to beat Bradford City. Colchester, 8/11
before kick off, fell behind after 37 minutes but hit back
through Richard Garcia (2) and Chris Iwelumo. Second placed
Colchester are two points behind leaders Southend with two games
in hand and are 11/4 favourites to win outright.
Friday night saw Swansea City edge back into third with their
first win in five games against Bournemouth. The 4/5 Swans
scored the winning goal through midfielder Andy Robinson on the
stroke of half time.
Barnsley, at 10/11, kept up the pressure with a win against
Bristol City. A goal in each half from Marc Richards secured the
third successive 2-0 victory for the Tykes.
Brentford adapted quickly to life without striker DJ Campbell, a
£500,000 signing for Birmingham City, by crushing Walsall 5-0 at
Griffin Park. The 8/11 odds looked the safest bet of the day as
goals for Isaiah Rankin, Ricky Newman, Paul Brooker, Sam Sodje
and a penalty for Kevin O’Connor eased the Bees to victory.
Huddersfield lost ground in the promotion hunt going down 2-1 at
Tranmere on Friday night. David Graham cancelled out an early
Carl Tremarco goal but the home side stunned the Terriers when
former striker Delroy Facey netted the winner with six minutes
to go for 7/5 Rovers.
Veteran striker Paul Hall’s 100th league goal denied Gillingham
an unlikely 7/2 victory and extended Chesterfield’s unbeaten run
to 15 matches. The Gills took the lead through Tommy Black but
Hall ensured the Spireites a share of the points with a last
minute strike.
Neither Rotherham nor Hartlepool did their relegation battle any
good with a goalless draw. Both sides occupy a position in the
bottom three and shrewd punters will have got on at 23/10.
While Rotherham and Hartlepool were cancelling each other out,
Swindon edged out of relegation for the first time this season
with a 2-1 victory over Doncaster. The Robins, 7/5 before kick
off scored through Ricky Shakes and Charlie Comyn-Platt to earn
Iffy Onoura’s side their third win in a row.
