All the odds as Town take on Nuneaton

Just when you think Luton Town are putting together a sustained run that will see them through to the Holy Grail of a return to the Football League they take a step back and the midweek defeat against Braintree was bitterly disappointing given the visitors were without a win in seven prior to the visit to Kenilworth Road.

The Hatters are only six points behind leaders Newport County but there is no doubt that they are only 5/2 joint favourites with ourselves at BetVictor because of liabilities and resources rather than results so far this term

Wrexham’s 3-2 win at Stockport on Wednesday has seen them slip quietly into second place in a table that makes good viewing for Wales with Newport County occupying top spot as they have for all of the season. The Dragons are also 5/2 with County fours and Forest Green eights after their home loss to Tamworth on Tuesday.

Lowly Nuneaton are the visitors to Kenilworth Road on Saturday and on paper three points is a formality but Luton must do without leading scorer Stuart Fleetwood following his red card midweek and 4/11 does look short enough for a side who let’s be blunt continue to flatter to deceive.

Newly promoted Boro were prolific in the opening games of the season but the honeymoon period is over and they are struggling in 22nd place in the table ahead of Saturday’s clash. Jon Shaw is 7/2 favourite to grab the opener and Paul Buckle must do without nine-goal Fleetwood for the clash. Scott Rendell is 9/2 and he could be the answer.

The Hatters travel to Forest Green in their next Conference game after Saturday at the end of the month and with three of their next four League fixtures on the road (only home game is against in-form Dartford) it is imperative that Luton pick up maximum points.

In the lead up to tonight’s World Cup qualifier with San Marino we will be bombarded by players, officials and journalists informing us there are no easy games in international football. We disagree! San Marino are 7/1 to score at any time tonight, they got beat 6-0 at home to Montenegro in their first qualifier and remember they were thrashed 11-0 by Holland in a Euro 2012 qualifier.

Yes they did score after 8.3 seconds against England back in 1973 but they did get dumped 7-1 and I think our bet of 11/10 for England to give the visitors a six-goal start is very good value. The part-timers of San Marino are Evens with a six-goal start and the tie is 6/1.

This tie (and the reverse fixture) could go a long way to deciding who will finish top scorer for the Three Lions in qualification and with current leader Frank Lampard ruled out of tonight’s international the market could easily be turned on its head; Roy Hodgson may give all strikers some playing time and Andy Carroll and Danny Welbeck might get on the pitch for the last 20-minutes against a San Marino side who are sure to be running out of steam in the latter stages.

Wayne Rooney is 5/2 jt favourite with Jermain Defoe to score tonight’s opener with Carroll at 10/3; the Three Lions are 11/2 to win 5-0 but as stated previously I think they will score at least seven and recommend the 7-0 at 8/1 and 8-0 at 11/1.

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Be lucky

Charlie