League One
League 1 Predictions & Tips Today – Saturday 11th October 2025
ALTHOUGH international break duties have affected the top two tiers, our EFL League One continues this weekend with an abridged fixture card.
Additional spice is thrown into the mix because the managerial sack race merry-go-round is in full swing. Accordingly, League One betting activity is directly impacted.
Here are the upcoming pairings I am anticipating most alongside considered score predictions to guide your football betting…
Stockport County v Blackpool Prediction
- Kick-off: 3pm
- Rankings: 7th versus 23rd
Stockport County preview: Outside the Play-Offs on goal difference following a four match unbeaten EFL run. League One home form is decent yielding two wins, two draws and one defeat. But fresh from a disappointing 3-1 reverse at Salford City in the Football League Trophy on Tuesday night.
Blackpool preview: Second bottom mustering just two EFL wins to date. As I hinted in last week’s preview, head coach Steve Bruce’s job had been severely under threat and he was subsequently sacked after the 2-0 home surrender against AFC Wimbledon. It registered a seventh defeat in 11 League games throughout 2025/26.
Assistant head coach Steve Agnew and first team coach Stephen Clemence also depart. Names in the frame to fill the vacant manager position are Ian Evatt, Richie Wellens, Ian Holloway, Michael Appleton, Grant McCann and Dave Challinor.
In the meantime, Blackpool coaches Stephen Dobbie and Steve Banks assume interim control. All five away League One trips this campaign were lost with a solitary goal scored.
Score prediction: Stockport splendid 3-1.
AFC Wimbledon v Port Vale Prediction
- Kick-off: 3pm
- Rankings: 5th versus 16th
AFC Wimbledon preview: Hunting down consecutive promotions. The Dons are nicely ensconced in Play-Off discussions on the back of five straight League and Cup victories. They’ve thereby dramatically overturned the preceding four match losing streak. Home 2025/26 fixtures reflect four wins within five EFL engagements.
Port Vale preview: Three points above the dreaded dotted relegation line. Vale enjoy four EFL games undefeated plus Tuesday evening’s 2-0 Football League Trophy triumph at Accrington Stanley. That made it three successive away wins by the same 2-0 scoreline spanning all competitions.
Score prediction: Wombling free 1-0.
Burton Albion v Bolton Wanderers Prediction
- Kick-off: 3pm
- Rankings: 21st versus 8th
Burton Albion preview: Slumbering in the drop zone on goal difference due to a single win amongst their past nine EFL outings. In addition, the Brewers were beaten 1-0 at Chesterfield in midweek Football League Trophy action.
Bolton Wanderers preview: Five wins during seven League and Cup encounters leave the Trotters two points beneath Play-Off contention.
Bolton striker Mason Burstow – on loan from Hull City – is the division’s foremost scorer amassing seven goals. On Wednesday morning, he boldly announced a target of 20 for the season.
Score prediction: Bolton and Burstow bedazzling 4-2.
Leyton Orient v Doncaster Rovers Prediction
- Kick-off: 3pm
- Rankings: 18th versus 10th
Leyton Orient preview: Two points clear of relegation danger. Nursing four winless EFL matches culminating in three defeats on the spin. Nevertheless, a 2-1 home victory over Crawley Town amid Football League Trophy commitments on Tuesday. The O’s announced plans this week to construct new “world-class” stadium facilities as part of a multi-sport campus in East London.
Doncaster Rovers preview: Four matches bereft of EFL wins see Donny tumbling two points under Play-Off contention. Like the O’s though, confidence was boosted courtesy of Tuesday’s 3-0 romp away to Carabao Cup giantkillers Grimsby Town in the Football League Trophy.
Score prediction: Insipid 0-0.
Northampton Town v Rotherham United Prediction
- Kick-off: 2pm
- Rankings: 13th versus 22nd
Northampton Town preview: Hitting good fortunes. One defeat across eight ongoing League and Cup games including six wins and no goals conceded in the last four matches. In fact, their defence was breached merely once in five home EFL affairs completed so far in 2025/26.
Rotherham United preview: A point shy of safety. Away EFL fixtures have brought no points and five losses. Despite that, Rotherham are another club to taste Football League Trophy success in midweek dispatching visitors Oldham Athletic 3-2.
Score prediction: Cobblers comfortable 2-0.
Wigan Athletic v Wycombe Wanderers Prediction
- Kick-off: 3pm
- Rankings: 14th versus 20th
Wigan Athletic preview: One win in nine League and Cup games presently incorporating five defeats. Yet their 2025/25 EFL home record shows three maximum pointers from five attempts.
Wycombe Wanderers preview: Only goal difference is keeping Wycombe out of relegation area struggles. Even so, they’ve earned four wins in seven current games embracing all competitions topped by Tuesday’s 3-1 home Football League Trophy conquest against Fulham Under-21’s.
Score prediction: Pure entertainment 4-4.
*Odds subject to change – prices accurate at the time of writing*
