League One Predictions

This Week's Fixtures

AFC Wimbledon v Milton Keynes Dons

England · League One Thu 17 Sep, 19:00 UTC

Milton Keynes Dons to win · 42% model probability · odds 2.30

Model BTTS 56% O2.5 51%

Odds Home 3.00 Draw 3.30 Away 2.30 BTTS 1.70 O2.5 1.85

Barnsley v Leicester

England · League One Sat 19 Sep, 11:30 UTC

Both teams to score · 65% model probability · odds 1.44

Model BTTS 65% O2.5 63%

Odds Home 3.20 Draw 3.70 Away 1.95 BTTS 1.44 O2.5 1.50

Burton Albion v Mansfield Town

England · League One Sat 19 Sep, 11:30 UTC

Burton Albion to win · 37% model probability · odds 2.50

Model BTTS 56% O2.5 51%

Odds Home 2.50 Draw 3.30 Away 2.60 BTTS 1.70 O2.5 1.85

Blackpool v Plymouth

England · League One Sat 19 Sep, 14:00 UTC

Both teams to score · 64% model probability · odds 1.50

Model BTTS 64% O2.5 61%

Odds Home 2.55 Draw 3.50 Away 2.45 BTTS 1.50 O2.5 1.57

Bromley v Huddersfield

England · League One Sat 19 Sep, 14:00 UTC

Huddersfield to win · 56% model probability · odds 1.65

Model BTTS 57% O2.5 57%

Odds Home 4.75 Draw 3.75 Away 1.65 BTTS 1.70 O2.5 1.67

Leyton Orient v Stevenage

England · League One Sat 19 Sep, 14:00 UTC

Leyton Orient to win · 41% model probability · odds 2.25

Model BTTS 50% O2.5 43%

Odds Home 2.25 Draw 3.20 Away 3.00 BTTS 1.95 O2.5 2.15

Luton v Bradford

England · League One Sat 19 Sep, 14:00 UTC

Luton to win · 46% model probability · odds 2.05

Model BTTS 55% O2.5 50%

Odds Home 2.05 Draw 3.30 Away 3.30 BTTS 1.75 O2.5 1.85

Oxford United v Cambridge United

England · League One Sat 19 Sep, 14:00 UTC

Oxford United to win · 44% model probability · odds 2.05

Model BTTS 52% O2.5 47%

Odds Home 2.05 Draw 3.30 Away 3.20 BTTS 1.75 O2.5 1.95

Peterborough v Doncaster

England · League One Sat 19 Sep, 14:00 UTC

Both teams to score · 65% model probability · odds 1.50

Model BTTS 65% O2.5 62%

Odds Home 2.25 Draw 3.60 Away 2.75 BTTS 1.50 O2.5 1.57

Reading v Notts County

England · League One Sat 19 Sep, 14:00 UTC

Reading to win · 51% model probability · odds 1.83

Model BTTS 56% O2.5 54%

Odds Home 1.83 Draw 3.50 Away 3.80 BTTS 1.70 O2.5 1.75

Sheffield Wednesday v Stockport County

England · League One Sat 19 Sep, 14:00 UTC

Both teams to score · 61% model probability · odds 1.57

Model BTTS 61% O2.5 58%

Odds Home 2.80 Draw 3.40 Away 2.20 BTTS 1.57 O2.5 1.65

Wigan v Wycombe

England · League One Sat 19 Sep, 14:00 UTC

Both teams to score · 60% model probability · odds 1.57

Model BTTS 60% O2.5 56%

Odds Home 2.50 Draw 3.40 Away 2.55 BTTS 1.57 O2.5 1.70

Current Table

#TeamPWDLGDPtsForm
1 Sheffield Wednesday 6 4 1 1 7 13 DWWWL
2 Huddersfield 6 3 3 0 6 12 DDWWD
3 Bradford 6 4 0 2 2 12 WWLLW
4 Cambridge United 6 3 2 1 2 11 WDWLD
5 Oxford United 5 3 1 1 6 10 WWLWD
6 Plymouth 6 3 1 2 2 10 WWLWD
7 AFC Wimbledon 6 3 1 2 -2 10 WWLWD
8 Stockport County 6 3 0 3 6 9 LWLWL
9 Stevenage 6 2 3 1 4 9 WWDDL
10 Blackpool 6 2 2 2 2 8 DLLWW
11 Burton Albion 6 2 2 2 0 8 LDWLW
12 Luton 6 2 2 2 -1 8 LDWLD
13 Leicester 6 2 2 2 -2 8 WLWDL
14 Reading 5 2 1 2 5 7 LWWDL
15 Leyton Orient 6 2 1 3 3 7 LDWLW
16 Notts County 6 1 4 1 0 7 LDDWD
17 Mansfield Town 6 2 1 3 -3 7 DLLWL
18 Barnsley 6 2 1 3 -5 7 LLWWD
19 Wycombe 6 1 3 2 -4 6 WDLLD
20 Milton Keynes Dons 6 0 5 1 -2 5 DDLDD
21 Peterborough 6 1 2 3 -6 5 DLDLW
22 Bromley 6 1 2 3 -11 5 DLLLD
23 Wigan 6 1 1 4 -6 4 DLWLL
24 Doncaster 6 0 3 3 -3 3 LLDDD

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.