This Week's Fixtures
Peterborough
v
Sheffield Wednesday
England · League One
Sat 5 Sep, 11:30 UTC
Both teams to score
· 64% model probability
· odds 1.44
Model
BTTS 64%
O2.5 62%
Odds
Home 3.10
Draw 3.50
Away 2.15
BTTS 1.44
O2.5 1.53
Wigan
v
Stockport County
England · League One
Sat 5 Sep, 11:30 UTC
Both teams to score
· 59% model probability
· odds 1.57
Model
BTTS 59%
O2.5 55%
Odds
Home 3.00
Draw 3.40
Away 2.25
BTTS 1.57
O2.5 1.70
Barnsley
v
Stevenage
England · League One
Sat 5 Sep, 14:00 UTC
Barnsley to win
· 44% model probability
· odds 2.10 ▼ Steaming 12.2%
Model
BTTS 54%
O2.5 49%
Odds
Home 2.10
Draw 3.30
Away 3.40
BTTS 1.75
O2.5 1.95
Bradford
v
Mansfield Town
England · League One
Sat 5 Sep, 14:00 UTC
Bradford to win
· 51% model probability
· odds 1.83
Model
BTTS 53%
O2.5 50%
Odds
Home 1.83
Draw 3.60
Away 4.00
BTTS 1.80
O2.5 1.85
Burton Albion
v
Cambridge United
England · League One
Sat 5 Sep, 14:00 UTC
Cambridge United to win
· 36% model probability
· odds 2.50 ▼ Steaming 10.7%
Model
BTTS 51%
O2.5 44%
Odds
Home 2.70
Draw 3.25
Away 2.50
BTTS 1.80
O2.5 2.08
Doncaster
v
Plymouth
England · League One
Sat 5 Sep, 14:00 UTC
Both teams to score
· 59% model probability
· odds 1.62
Model
BTTS 59%
O2.5 54%
Odds
Home 2.40
Draw 3.40
Away 2.75
BTTS 1.62
O2.5 1.75
Huddersfield
v
Notts County
England · League One
Sat 5 Sep, 14:00 UTC
Huddersfield to win
· 58% model probability
· odds 1.67
Model
BTTS 52%
O2.5 52%
Odds
Home 1.67
Draw 3.80
Away 5.00
BTTS 1.80
O2.5 1.80
Leicester
v
Oxford United
England · League One
Sat 5 Sep, 14:00 UTC
Leicester to win
· 55% model probability
· odds 1.67
Model
BTTS 52%
O2.5 51%
Odds
Home 1.67
Draw 3.75
Away 4.75
BTTS 1.75
O2.5 1.75
Luton
v
Leyton Orient
England · League One
Sat 5 Sep, 14:00 UTC
Luton to win
· 57% model probability
· odds 1.67
Model
BTTS 58%
O2.5 59%
Odds
Home 1.67
Draw 4.00
Away 4.50
BTTS 1.62
O2.5 1.60
Reading
v
Blackpool
England · League One
Sat 5 Sep, 14:00 UTC
Reading to win
· 49% model probability
· odds 1.95
Model
BTTS 57%
O2.5 55%
Odds
Home 1.95
Draw 3.40
Away 3.75
BTTS 1.67
O2.5 1.75
Wycombe
v
Milton Keynes Dons
England · League One
Sat 5 Sep, 14:00 UTC
Both teams to score
· 58% model probability
· odds 1.62
Model
BTTS 58%
O2.5 53%
Odds
Home 2.30
Draw 3.40
Away 2.88
BTTS 1.62
O2.5 1.75
Bromley
v
AFC Wimbledon
England · League One
Mon 7 Sep, 19:00 UTC
Bromley to win
· 41% model probability
· odds 2.38
Model
BTTS 55%
O2.5 49%
Odds
Home 2.38
Draw 3.25
Away 2.88
BTTS 1.70
O2.5 1.95
Oxford United
v
Reading
England · League One
Tue 8 Sep, 18:45 UTC
Oxford United to win
· 38% model probability
Stevenage
v
Luton
England · League One
Thu 10 Sep, 19:00 UTC
Stevenage to win
· 46% model probability
Betting League One in 2026/27
League One sits at the point in the English pyramid where bookmaker attention starts to thin out. The Premier League gets the sharpest prices in world football; by the third tier, odds compilers are covering 46 rounds of twelve fixtures with a fraction of the scrutiny, and lines move on far less money. For a statistical model, that is opportunity: the same probability estimate that finds nothing to bet in a top-flight fixture will regularly find a mispriced line here.
The division's profile is mid-scoring — usually around 2.5 to 2.6 goals per game — with a draw rate near 26 per cent and robust home advantage. What distinguishes League One from the divisions above it is variance in squad quality across a season. Third-tier squads are thin, so a single injury to a starting striker or a January loan recall changes a team's output in a way that simply doesn't happen at clubs carrying internationals in reserve. Form swings are sharper and longer-lasting.
How the model handles it
The model's recent-form weighting earns its keep in this division. Because it rates teams on a rolling window of results weighted for opposition quality, a genuine mid-season collapse or surge feeds through within a few matches — faster than season-long league position, which is what the casual market anchors on. Clubs relegated from the Championship arrive with inflated reputations and deflated squads, and their early-season prices are among the most reliably wrong in English football; the reverse applies to sides promoted with momentum from League Two.
Early in 2026/27 the usual caveat applies: until around six rounds are played, ratings lean on last season's data adjusted for division changes, and the model widens its uncertainty accordingly. It is deliberately quieter in August than in March.
The markets that produce the most League One selections are the match result — where honest probabilities meet soft lines — and over/under goals in fixtures where a team's true scoring rate has moved ahead of its reputation. Every selection is archived at kickoff, settled at publication odds, and published on the model results page, wins and losses alike.