The Panel's Football League Tips: Tom Lee's Double For Boxing Day
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Tom Lee is a member of our team and will be giving us his thoughts on the Football League throughout the 2024/25 campaign.
So what does Tom have in store for the fixtures on Boxing Day?
He's checked out the best betting sites to come up with another double at 15/2.
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Tom Lee's Panel Tips For Thursday, December 26:
- Tom Lee's Panel Tip 1: Coventry To Draw At Home To Plymouth - 23/5 With SpreadEx
- Tom Lee's Panel Tip 2: Wimbledon To Beat Swindon - 4/6 With William Hill
Coventry Vs Plymouth, Boxing Day, 3pm
A defensive shambles saw Frank Lampard's Coventry City crumble to a 4-1 away defeat at the hands of Portsmouth on Saturday.
It was a display to leave Lampard desperately trying to work out where to find reinforcements.
Next up for the Sky Blues is a Boxing Day clash against rock bottom, but nonetheless dangerous, Plymouth Argyle (3pm).
It's a game that pits 17th against 24th and it has the hallmarks of an affair which may be anything but easy on the eye.
For starters, Lampard has to decide which of his three goalkeepers to trust.
Does he stick with a nervy-looking Brad Collins, reinstate Oliver Dovin or go for the barely fit, but highly-experienced Ben Wilson?
That's before the former England midfielder has to try and piece together an effective outfield unit for his sixth game in charge.
It's been a mixed spell so far, yielding two victories, a draw, but also two defeats.
Sides in the heat of the Championship dogfight, especially the lower echelons, have also been busy shuffling their respective packs and making changes.
While Oxford United for example have been bold in going out and getting proven second-tier experience in Gary Rowett, you could argue Thursday's visitors to the Coventry Building Society Arena, Argyle have been equally effective.
Yes, Lampard's old international team-mate Wayne Rooney remains the high profile boss, but highly significant could be the change alongside him in the dugout.
Out has gone Pete Shuttleworth, who has been replaced by Rooney's former coach at Manchester United - Mike Phelan.
Phelan's influence has been immediately visible on a struggling team, with the Greens scrapping like mad and mainly matching leaders Sheffield United when losing narrowly at Bramall Lane.
This was followed by Saturday's pulsating 3-3 home draw against a talented Middlesbrough.
Argyle rarely win away, while Coventry look vulnerable and neither team can afford to lose.
It's unfashionable to tip a draw, but that's precisely what I'm going to do on this occasion, especially with the stalemate available at a huge 9/2 on football betting sites.
Lampard would stabilise his men with a point, Rooney and Phelan could view it as a perfect launchpad for their subsequent visit to 23rd placed Oxford.
Tom Lee's Panel Tip 1: Coventry To Draw At Home To Plymouth - 23/5 With SpreadEx
AFC Wimbledon Vs Swindon, Boxing Day, 3pm
If we can get leg one tied up, a big pay day beckons. In search of the right material we drop down into League Two.
AFC Wimbledon are in the play-off places and looking to make home advantage count against Swindon Town.
It's sixth hosting 21st in the fourth tier on a day when The Dons are expecting to welcome a bumper crowd to Plough Lane.
This time last year, the corresponding clash ended 4-0 to the Dons and a repeat result would be most welcome for this double to succeed.
Wimbledon have lost at home to both Grimsby and leaders Walsall, as well as dropping points against Accrington Stanley and Newport County.
Equally, they can point to wins to nil on their own turf against Fleetwood, MK Dons, Carlisle, Morecambe and Doncaster.
While they lost 1-0 in a very even game away to Chesterfield on Saturday, they took maximum points from their two prior league outings.
A goals against tally of 17 and a positive goal difference of +14 help explain why they're high up the table.
For their part, Swindon have been energised by the arrival of Ian Holloway and they have hauled themselves off the foot of the table with back-to-back home wins in December.
However, away form remains a major problem though, as a 4-0 thumping at Colchester as well as the 1-0 loss at Bradford this month will testify.
Wimbledon are 4/6 on betting apps to see off Swindon as leg two of this festive double.
Tom Lee's Panel Tip 2: Wimbledon To Beat Swindon - 4/6 With William Hill
Tom's double on Coventry to draw with Plymouth and Wimbledon to win pays out at just over 15/2 with Bet365
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