League Two - Best Bets

We've got three to follow in League Two, starting with Exeter in their match with Crawley Town. We'll admit, the pricing of this one has caught us by surprise, with Exeter not nearly short enough in our eyes.

First and foremost, this is an important match for the Grecians. A win could see them back into the automatic promotion slots - especially given Wycombe face champions elect Accrington at the same time.

Next we have Exeter's home form this season - 14 wins already from 21 matches, and just 17 goals conceded - the best in the division. They have lost just once in thier last 13 home league matches.

Then we have form since New Year - Exeter have collected 34 pts from 18 games, while Crawley just 24 from 17 games.

Finally, Crawley really don't need this match. They are nine points outside the play-off places and safe from relegation. With just one win from nine, they cannot be motivated for this one given the length of the journey down as well.

4pts Exeter to beat Crawley at 3/4 (Sky Bet, Bet365)

Next up, and Carlisle are capable of ending Luton's dreams of the title up in Cumbria given a little bit of lady luck. The Cubrians have a decent enough record at home (7-8-6) and their goal difference (29-21) suggests it might have been better yet.

Having collected 20 pts from their last 10 league matches, they are flying, and they look well organised, having conceded just six goals in that spell!

Luton are handy of course, having put three past Crewe and Yeovil in their last two outings, but they can struggle away from home at times and have only won two of their last ten on the road. Whether they should really be odds-on in this one is definitely a worthy debate.

Looking at how a 2018 League Table would look, we'd have Luton 4th on 29pts and Carlisle 5th on 28pts. Both would have played 17 games.....

It's food for thought anyway at 18/5.

1pt Carlisle to beat Luton at 18/5 (Betfair Sportsbook)

Finally, Barnet have matched Newport stride for stride since January, which says more about how Newport have dropped off than anything amazing about Barnet. Martin Allen is back at the helm for a fifth stint, and he has won more games than he has lost in every other spell he's had as boss here. He'll be keen to engineer a late recovery to maintain that record.

There is definitely a lot more at stake for the Bees, so with a fresh manager begining to build momentum (they have won two and drawn one of their first five under Allen), motivation to avoid the drop and condemn Grimsby, and an opponent rooted in midtable, this feels a winable match.

1pt Barnet to beat Newport at 13/10

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