Moore - his Rotherham can claim three points.

By Rob Freeman

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Betting Box Tipping Guide

BETTING BOX
FIXED ODDS
	1pt Rotherham to beat Bradford at 9/5 (Skybet, Victor Chandler).	Millers have been in great form while Bantams have won just once in 16.
	1.25pts four or more goals in Peterborough v Rushden at 5/2 (Blue Square).	Onandi Lowe can inspire Rushden to bring the game to Posh and goals are on the cards.
	2.75pts Sheffield Wednesday to beat Chesterfield at 8/11 (William Hill).	The Owls are a huge price against a side who haven't won away since last Boxing Day.

While this weekend represents the last chance for Nationwide clubs to put points in the bag before Christmas, for us the coupon offers one last attempt to extract some Yuletide money from the bookmakers.

In the first division, let's start at Bradford for a match that could eventually prove to be hugely significant, as the Bantams meet Rotherham in an all-Yorkshire encounter.

Despite a poor start to the season, Rotherham have managed to address several problem areas of the squad and are now unbeaten in six games – of which four have seen Ronnie Moore's men take all three points.

Moore has worked wonders despite running the club on a shoestring and it is little wonder he is constantly linked with a move away from the club he has brought so far – a bigger opportunity is bound to present itself sooner or later.

This weekend's trip to Valley Parade offers the Millers a chance to pick up only their second away win of the season but the 7/4 on offer looks a reasonable price about them collecting maximum points for a fifth time in seven outings.

Bradford have been struggling lately and defeat has followed defeat far too often in recent weeks. While much has been made of Wimbledon's slump this season, it makes interesting reading to see they are a mere three points above the Dons and are eight points adrift of relegation safety.

It is hardly surprising that they find themselves in such a position when you consider they have now won just once in their last 16 games. Bryan Robson has been brought in but cynics could quite rightly suggest that the former England captain has little experience of the situation in which he finds himself.

With heads dropping, it's hard to see how the Bantams can arrest this worrying slide. Without a goal in three games, they have won at home just once since September. At 7/4 Rotherham simply have to be backed to come good once again and continue their charge into mid-table.

Into the second division now, and fans travelling to Peterborough's game with Rushden can be fully justified in expecting a hatful of goals.

Fans of the visitors have been treated to nearly 70 goals already this season – 36 of them from their own side – and another high-scoring affair could be on the cards at London Road.

Onandi Lowe is the man who has led the Rushden strike force this season and he now has 11 goals in 13 games. Lowe might be in the middle of the worst drought of the season, but when that means he has gone a whole two games without finding the net, fans are unlikely to be too worried.

While they have been scoring plenty this season, injuries to regular keeper Billy Turley and midfielder Stuart Wardley have left them a little frail at the back. The news this week that Stuart Gray will also definitely miss out leaves yet more defensive headaches for Brian Talbot to work around.

The Posh will be more than willing to play their part in an entertaining and open encounter. Barry Fry has never been one to encourage 0-0 draws, and his sides always play with plenty of enthusiasm and energy.

With Leon McKenzie now departed for Norwich, the responsibility for leading the line has fallen to Andy Clarke. Although the experienced front runner has so far failed to really ignite this season, he knows what will be expected of him and should not disappoint.

The bet that screams out to me is the 5/2 offered by Blue Square on there being four or more goals. So far, nearly half of Rushden's league games have ended with that tally – 10 of there 23 encounters. That is an incredible number and Posh haven't been shot-shy either – almost a third of their games have also ended with four or more.

They have also added Trevor Benjamin to the strike force for a further month.

With all the signs pointing towards another net-bulging contest, we'd be foolish to miss out on the price and it's definitely worth adding into the weekend portfolio.

Finally, the time looks right to get back behind Sheffield Wednesday despite a poor result against Scunthorpe in the FA Cup during midweek.

Wednesday played out a 0-0 draw before finally losing on penalties to the plucky third division side but that result could finally give Chris Turner and his troops the wake-up call that they needed.

Sheffield Wednesday were our pre-season picks for the title and while that might be looking a little misguided now there is no doubt that the sleeping giants have far more to give.

Mark Robins was sorely missed against Scunthorpe and should return in attack against arguably the worst side in the division.

Chesterfield have lost four and drawn two of their last six games and have conceded 12 goals in that period. Roy McFarland has hardly had a great start to his reign in the managerial hot seat – after narrowly avoiding the drop at the end of last season, he now finds his side with just 14 points after 21 games. Relegation looks a near certainty for the Spireites.

Backing Sheffield Wednesday this week makes sense for a number of reasons but not least because Chesterfield are quite simply atrocious on their travels.

They are without a win on their travels all season – in fact the last time they did chalk up a success away from the Recreation Ground was way back on Boxing Day 2002!

More worrying still is the fact they have scored just four as a visiting team – a worse tally than any other side throughout the whole of the football league.

Owls' boss Chris Turner will recognise this game for what it truly is – a great opportunity for his side to return to winning ways against a poor outfit.

William Hill's 8/11 is worth a nibble and we can bank a decent profit from a hugely important 90 minutes for Wednesday.