The Panel's Football League Tips: Tom Lee's Double For Saturday
At Gambling.com, we are always looking to expand the experts on The Panel and the EFL is no different.
Tom Lee is a member of our team and will be giving us his thoughts on the Football League throughout the 2024/25 campaign.
He had a successful 10/1 winning tips recently, which came on top of a 9/2 double seven days earlier, so what does Tom have in store for Saturday's fixtures?
He's checked out the best betting sites to come up with a double at close to 7/2.
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Tom Lee's Panel Tips For Saturday, November 16:
- Tom Lee's Panel Tip 1: Barnsley To Win At Cambridge - 10/11 With William Hill
- Tom Lee's Panel Tip 2: Accrington To Beat Swindon - 11/8 With Betfred
Cambridge Vs Barnsley, Saturday, 3pm
The ever dependable EFL calendar has us covered once again this weekend, meaning those of us who'd rather do an Alan Shearer i.e. creosote the garden fence in preference to watching international football, still have some decent games to look forward to in Leagues One and Two.
I'm off to Edgeley Park to see a grudge match between Stockport County and Wrexham in the third tier, but you can be certain I'll be scanning the scores elsewhere every five minutes to see if the following double can net us a much needed 7/2 double.
Barnsley take their brand of attacking football on a long trip south, aiming to bag another three points at the expense of lowly Cambridge.
It's third from bottom against fourth, defence against attack in a fixture in which a repeat of last year's 4-0 win for the away side in the corresponding fixture would do very nicely indeed.
U's supporters will have been chuffed to see their ailing side keep five consecutive clean sheets in all competitions from mid-October onwards, defeating strugglers Wigan, Burton and Stevenage in the league.
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They have also progressed into the second round of the FA Cup when seeing off National League outfit Woking 1-0, for which incidentally, their prize is a reunion with Wigan.
Reality bites hard though, and that balloon was well and truly popped last weekend, as 12th-placed Peterborough hammered them by an eyewatering score of 6-1.
Admittedly, Garry Monk's team have collected seven of their 10 points to date at their own Abbey Stadium, but that hardly makes it a fortress, and Barnsley are more than capable on their travels.
In fact, 15 of their current points tally of 25 have been earned in games away from home, those victories arriving at Lincoln, Crawley, Blackpool, Burton and Shrewsbury.
Darrell Clarke's Tykes are entertaining to watch, winning three of their last four in all competitions and scoring in all but four of their 21 games since the season began.
They'll have to absorb the absence of skipper Luca Connell, unable to wear the armband due to a one-game ban for picking up five cautions, but on-loan Spurs man Matty Craig looks a perfect replacement.
What's more, Clarke has a pleasant choice to make up top, with strikers Stephen Humphrys, Davis Keillor-Dunn and Max Watters all fit and in-form.
Tom Lee's Panel Tip 1: Barnsley To Win At Cambridge - 10/11 With William Hill
Accrington Vs Swindon, Saturday, 3pm
Leg two of our weekend double comes from League Two, where Accrington Stanley can do themselves a world of good by sending Swindon Town home empty-handed in a basement battle six-pointer.
The 'Owd Reds, as Accrington are known, were probably unlucky not to collect more points in the early stages of the season, but the tide has turned since early October.
John Doolan's men have collected 13 points from a possible 18 to carry them away from the bottom three and are 11/8 on football betting sites to beat Swindon at home.
They were clinical when shocking Chesterfield 3-0 away from home last weekend, hitting the hosts repeatedly on the break despite seeing just 22% of the ball.
Forward Josh Woods can't stop scoring, while on-loan Southampton man Zach Awe appears a standout talent in the back four.
Compare and contrast that buoyancy with lowly Swindon, the Robins struggling in 22nd place after taking six points from a possible 21 since October 1.
They are at least still alive in the FA Cup, but they were poor against MK Dons last weekend despite taking a first-minute lead, crumbling to a 3-1 away defeat.
New boss, the much loved Ian Holloway, has a big old job on his hands, one which will be made all the more difficult if Accrington can give this column a boost.
Tom Lee's Panel Tip 2: Accrington To Beat Swindon - Accrington To Beat Swindon - 11/8 With Betfred
Tom's double on Barnsley and Accrington pays out 7/2 with William Hill
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