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[u]Blackpool v West Ham, KO: Tuesday 20:00[/u] Everyone knows that games in hand are only any use if you win them - and as games in hand go, a trip to Blackpool is not the easiest. Ian Holloway's team selection for the FA Cup tie at Everton (he left out a number of regular starters) suggests he had an eye on this fixture, which is almost as important for the home side as it is for the visitors. The Hammers will go top with a win, but a success for the Tangerines would move them third in the table. It's a tough one to call, given Blackpool are unbeaten in seven league games while the Hammers have won four of their last six. I think the way to go is to look for goals. Eight of Blackpool's last nine league games have produced Over 2.5 Goals, and they have only failed to score once themselves...

[u]Nottingham Forest v Burnley [/u] Here we have the team with the worst current form at home hosting the team with the best current form away: someone tell me, then, why Nottingham Forest are favourites? Okay, Burnley are doing no better than bobbing around in mid-table but only leaders West Ham have won more games on the road that the Clarets, who have seven away wins. Eddie Howe's side have won four of the last five on their travels, and that includes victories at West Ham (1st), Middlesbrough (5th) and Hull (6th). Forest, meanwhile, have lost five on the trot at home and not scored in any of them. Throw in the goalless FA Cup tie with Leicester, and Steve Cotterill's side have not scored in front of their own fans in nine hours of football stretching back to mid-November. Such ...

[u]Bristol City v Hull[/u] Sometimes a statistical nugget needs digging out and that is definitely the case with Hull City. The Tigers' record last season was pretty average (they finished 11th) and this season they are equally middling, having started with four wins from seven games and they currently sit in 8th. However, their away form is very, very good. In fact last season they had the fourth best away stats in the division, and with two out of three won on the road this season, their record in their last 15 on their travels is nine wins, four draws and just two defeats. Ironically, one of those two losses was at Bristol City, but that was on the last day of the season when often anything goes. The Robins have not won or even scored at home so far in three attempts, and have ...