QPR have enjoyed a decent start to the new season having taken nine points from their first five Championship games and successfully negotiated their way through the first two rounds of the League Cup. They have won eight of their last 11 home matches in all competitions and they will be keen to take advantage of Blackburn's poor start to the 2016/2017 season. One point from five games has left Blackburn at the very foot of the Championship table and they have now been installed as the bookies' favourites for relegation this term. They have managed just two league wins in 15 attempts away from home since December 2015 (D4, L9) and they have scored a total of just seven goals along the way.
Luton are the bookies' second-favourites for the League Two title this season and they are currently odds-on with some firms to achieve promotion to League One. They currently find themselves at the very top of the table and they have won eight of their last 12 league matches (D2, L2). Grimsby, meanwhile, have lost five of their last seven matches in all competitions (W1, D1) and they have lost four of their five away games this season (W0, D1). Grimsby earned promotion to League Two via the National League Playoffs thanks in no small part to a terrific run of form between November and March. Their results since then will be of some concern to the Grimsby fans and genuine optimism is likely to be in short supply for the the trip to Luton on Saturday afternoon.
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Bolton have had a near-perfect start to the season in League One having been relegated from the Championship in May. They are already two points clear at the top of the table with four wins and one draw from their opening five matches. Further reinforcements were brought into the squad this week including Sammy Ameobi, Keshi Anderson and James Henry. Southend have earned just four points from their first five games of the new season and they have now lost nine of their 12 league games since the beginning of April (W1, D2).
Colchester have won three of their last four league matches and only Morecambe have earned more points in League Two so far this season. Colchester will be hoping to make an immediate return to League One and their early-season form will give them confidence of achieving exactly that. Exeter, meanwhile, have lost five of their last six matches in all competitions leaving them just one position above the very foot of the English Football League. Their mid-table finish in League Two last season says little about their end-of-season form and they have now won just one of their last 10 league outings (D2, L7).
Luton are the bookies' second-favourites for the League Two title this season and they are currently odds-on with some firms to achieve promotion to League One. They currently find themselves in second place on the table and they have won seven of their last 11 league matches (D2, L2). Wycombe have won just one of their last 13 league games (D6, L6) and they have scored a total of just seven goals along the way. Only relegated York City scored fewer goals than Wycombe on the road in League Two last season and they have also fired blanks in both of their away games this term.