What's the score going to be this weekend when Leicester City travel to Blackpool?
It is the question we are asking Leicester Mercury chief football correspondent Rob Tanner, who gives us his prediction and also casts his eye over all this weekend's Championship fixtures.
Don't agree? Think you can do better? Have a go yourself. Put your predictions in the comments section and see if you can beat Sharpe/Tanner. It's 3pts for a correct score and just 1pt for the correct result.
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If you score well enough, we might even invite YOU to have a go next weekend.BLACKPOOL v LEICESTER CITY: Bloomfield Road, Saturday, 3pmVerdict: A surprising early-season top-of-the-table clash. Blackpool were one of the sides many, including me, predicted would be fighting the drop this season. But they made an incredible start, winning five of their first six games. However, was their defeat on Tuesday night to Millwall, a side previously without a win, the start of the bubble bursting? On the flip side, City are starting to play their best football of the season having found a way to grind out wins earlier in the campaign. Their victories over Wigan and Blackpool showed all the signs of Nigel Pearson's side being back to their free-flowing best. The pitch at Blackpool shouldn't be as bad as it was last season so, hopefully, City's football shouldn't be inhibited too much. A third win on the bounce for Pearson's men in the offing.Prediction: 1-3
CHARLTON v MILLWALL: The Valley, Saturday, 12.15pmVerdict: Chris Powell's Charlton have won just once in the Championship this season – against City, of course – and aside from that, have been distinctly average with three defeats and two draws to go with it. Their victory was at home though, where they also beat Oxford 4-0 in the Capital One Cup. Millwall's record has been equally poor with just one victory in the league. Amazingly they bounced back from a 5-1 defeat to Derby to a 3-1 victory over the previously-unbeaten Blackpool. They are yet to win on the road this season, although have managed to grind out two draws. I expect a physical, heated contest and I reckon Powell's men will nick it.Prediction: 2-1
BARNSLEY v WATFORD: Oakwell, Saturday, 3pmVerdict: Barnsley are another side to have picked up just one victory in the season so far and lie second from bottom in the table. They have conceded seven in their first three home league games and the prospects of things improving seem quite bleak as they welcome this season's and last season's top-scorers Watford. Gianfranco Zola's men sit in the top six, despite just three wins from their first seven games. Barnsley nicked a 1-0 win in the same fixture last year but I fear they will be outclassed tomorrow.Prediction: 1-3
BIRMINGHAM v SHEFF WED: St Andrew's, Saturday, 3pmVerdict: This is very much an early-season relegation battle between two sides who I feel are firm contenders for the drop. Birmingham have lost four of their last five in the league while Wednesday are yet to taste victory in any form despite four draws in a row. I don't think either side has the confidence to take this game by the scruff of the neck and I wouldn't be surprised to see them take a share of the spoils.Prediction: 1-1
BLACKBURN v HUDDERSFIELD: Ewood Park, Saturday, 3pmVerdict: A tasty footballing war of the roses as Gary Bowyer's Blackburn take on former City striker Mark Robins' Huddersfield with both sides having made indifferent starts to the season. The difference, I think, will come up front. Only two sides have scored more goals than Blackburn this term – Watford and Derby – and striker Jordan Rhodes, with his penalty against City on Tuesday, has now scored six goals in his last four Championship games. It beggars belief that he is still playing his football at Ewood Park. Blackburn have scored nine goals in their previous two home games and I think they will add to that total tomorrow.Predicition: 2-0
BRIGHTON v BOLTON: AMEX Stadium, Saturday, 3pmVerdict: I still cannot get my head around the fact that Bolton are lying bottom of the Championship. After how well Dougie Freedman did at the end of last season, so unlucky to miss out on a play-off spot, I thought they would carry on from where they left off. But they are still yet to win a game in the league, with just three points collected from a possible 21. Brighton have taken two good points from trips to Reading and QPR and will be eager to consolidate that with three points. Can Bolton muster up something to pull them out of this dire hole? I think Brighton will be a little too much for them.Prediction: 2-1
DERBY v READING: Pride Park, Saturday, 3pmVerdict: Derby's start to the season has been a strange one. They are the second-leading scorers in the division so far and currently sit just a point outside the play-off places. However, all of their three wins this season have come on the road and they have taken just a point from their first three league games at Pride Park. Reading are unbeaten in three with a clean sheet being taken from all of them. They have scored just twice in their last four games though. I think this is a really tough one to call and I think it could be a draw.Prediction: 1-1
DONCASTER v NOTTM FOREST: Keepmoat Stadium, Saturday 3pmVerdict: Yet another late goal from Darius Henderson saved Forest's blushes on Tuesday night as they scrambled a draw against Middlesbrough. They will face much less of a test when they travel to Doncaster tomorrow – a side who haven't won a game since the middle of August. I'd like to see Paul Dickov's side put up some serious resistance but I'm afraid I think the Billy Davies train will continue to charge on.Prediction: 1-3
LEEDS v BURNLEY: Elland Road, Saturday, 3pmVerdict: Burnley have made an excellent start to the season and currently sit fourth in the Championship. Leeds will have to be on the lookout for Danny Ings who has bagged seven goals in his first nine in all forms this term, including two in Burnley's 3-0 win over Birmingham. Leeds have been inconsistent on home soil this term with one win, one draw and a defeat. They are also yet to keep a clean sheet at home. It's going to be a very physical encounter but I think there could be goals.Prediction: 2-2
MIDDLESBROUGH v BOURNEMOUTH: Riverside Stadium, Saturday, 3pmVerdict: Of the sides that won promotion from League One last season, Bournemouth have been the most impressive and are only outside the play-off places on goal difference. Although that does make strange reading: for a side so far up the table their goal difference is -8 having conceded 14 goals so far. Only Barnsley have shipped more. But a whopping 11 of these came in just two games on the road. Middlesbrough have struggled, with just one win from their first seven. I think this will be an awfully uninspiring contest.Predicition: 1-1
YEOVIL v QPR: Huish Park, Saturday, 3pmVerdict: It doesn't take much to come to the conclusion that this game could be a little one-sided. QPR sit top of the table as the only side in the division still unbeaten. There is surely no way that is going to change anytime soon when they face a Yeovil side who have managed just three goals from their first seven games. Marry that with the fact QPR have conceded just twice, and have kept six clean sheets in a row in all forms, and there is only one result.Prediction: 0-2
WIGAN v IPSWICH: DW Stadium, Sunday, 3pmVerdict: Wigan's start to life in the Championship has been the epitome of inconsistency: won two, drawn two, lost two. They began their Europa League campaign last night with a 0-0 draw against Waregem. What will be interesting to see is how much this extra work load will affect their league form. They will face a tough home test against an Ipswich side with back-to-back wins under their belt. But Mick McCarthy's side's away form has been dreadful and they will to produce much more to beat a Wigan side that still oozes with Premier League quality – despite how poor they were at the King Power last time out. Prediction: 2-0
CHARLTON v MILLWALL: The Valley, Saturday, 12.15pmVerdict: Chris Powell's Charlton have won just once in the Championship this season – against City, of course – and aside from that, have been distinctly average with three defeats and two draws to go with it. Their victory was at home though, where they also beat Oxford 4-0 in the Capital One Cup. Millwall's record has been equally poor with just one victory in the league. Amazingly they bounced back from a 5-1 defeat to Derby to a 3-1 victory over the previously-unbeaten Blackpool. They are yet to win on the road this season, although have managed to grind out two draws. I expect a physical, heated contest and I reckon Powell's men will nick it.Prediction: 2-1
BARNSLEY v WATFORD: Oakwell, Saturday, 3pmVerdict: Barnsley are another side to have picked up just one victory in the season so far and lie second from bottom in the table. They have conceded seven in their first three home league games and the prospects of things improving seem quite bleak as they welcome this season's and last season's top-scorers Watford. Gianfranco Zola's men sit in the top six, despite just three wins from their first seven games. Barnsley nicked a 1-0 win in the same fixture last year but I fear they will be outclassed tomorrow.Prediction: 1-3
BIRMINGHAM v SHEFF WED: St Andrew's, Saturday, 3pmVerdict: This is very much an early-season relegation battle between two sides who I feel are firm contenders for the drop. Birmingham have lost four of their last five in the league while Wednesday are yet to taste victory in any form despite four draws in a row. I don't think either side has the confidence to take this game by the scruff of the neck and I wouldn't be surprised to see them take a share of the spoils.Prediction: 1-1
BLACKBURN v HUDDERSFIELD: Ewood Park, Saturday, 3pmVerdict: A tasty footballing war of the roses as Gary Bowyer's Blackburn take on former City striker Mark Robins' Huddersfield with both sides having made indifferent starts to the season. The difference, I think, will come up front. Only two sides have scored more goals than Blackburn this term – Watford and Derby – and striker Jordan Rhodes, with his penalty against City on Tuesday, has now scored six goals in his last four Championship games. It beggars belief that he is still playing his football at Ewood Park. Blackburn have scored nine goals in their previous two home games and I think they will add to that total tomorrow.Predicition: 2-0
BRIGHTON v BOLTON: AMEX Stadium, Saturday, 3pmVerdict: I still cannot get my head around the fact that Bolton are lying bottom of the Championship. After how well Dougie Freedman did at the end of last season, so unlucky to miss out on a play-off spot, I thought they would carry on from where they left off. But they are still yet to win a game in the league, with just three points collected from a possible 21. Brighton have taken two good points from trips to Reading and QPR and will be eager to consolidate that with three points. Can Bolton muster up something to pull them out of this dire hole? I think Brighton will be a little too much for them.Prediction: 2-1
DERBY v READING: Pride Park, Saturday, 3pmVerdict: Derby's start to the season has been a strange one. They are the second-leading scorers in the division so far and currently sit just a point outside the play-off places. However, all of their three wins this season have come on the road and they have taken just a point from their first three league games at Pride Park. Reading are unbeaten in three with a clean sheet being taken from all of them. They have scored just twice in their last four games though. I think this is a really tough one to call and I think it could be a draw.Prediction: 1-1
DONCASTER v NOTTM FOREST: Keepmoat Stadium, Saturday 3pmVerdict: Yet another late goal from Darius Henderson saved Forest's blushes on Tuesday night as they scrambled a draw against Middlesbrough. They will face much less of a test when they travel to Doncaster tomorrow – a side who haven't won a game since the middle of August. I'd like to see Paul Dickov's side put up some serious resistance but I'm afraid I think the Billy Davies train will continue to charge on.Prediction: 1-3
LEEDS v BURNLEY: Elland Road, Saturday, 3pmVerdict: Burnley have made an excellent start to the season and currently sit fourth in the Championship. Leeds will have to be on the lookout for Danny Ings who has bagged seven goals in his first nine in all forms this term, including two in Burnley's 3-0 win over Birmingham. Leeds have been inconsistent on home soil this term with one win, one draw and a defeat. They are also yet to keep a clean sheet at home. It's going to be a very physical encounter but I think there could be goals.Prediction: 2-2
MIDDLESBROUGH v BOURNEMOUTH: Riverside Stadium, Saturday, 3pmVerdict: Of the sides that won promotion from League One last season, Bournemouth have been the most impressive and are only outside the play-off places on goal difference. Although that does make strange reading: for a side so far up the table their goal difference is -8 having conceded 14 goals so far. Only Barnsley have shipped more. But a whopping 11 of these came in just two games on the road. Middlesbrough have struggled, with just one win from their first seven. I think this will be an awfully uninspiring contest.Predicition: 1-1
YEOVIL v QPR: Huish Park, Saturday, 3pmVerdict: It doesn't take much to come to the conclusion that this game could be a little one-sided. QPR sit top of the table as the only side in the division still unbeaten. There is surely no way that is going to change anytime soon when they face a Yeovil side who have managed just three goals from their first seven games. Marry that with the fact QPR have conceded just twice, and have kept six clean sheets in a row in all forms, and there is only one result.Prediction: 0-2
WIGAN v IPSWICH: DW Stadium, Sunday, 3pmVerdict: Wigan's start to life in the Championship has been the epitome of inconsistency: won two, drawn two, lost two. They began their Europa League campaign last night with a 0-0 draw against Waregem. What will be interesting to see is how much this extra work load will affect their league form. They will face a tough home test against an Ipswich side with back-to-back wins under their belt. But Mick McCarthy's side's away form has been dreadful and they will to produce much more to beat a Wigan side that still oozes with Premier League quality – despite how poor they were at the King Power last time out. Prediction: 2-0
