4 To Score: The picks that could earn you £25k this weekend
Our writers give you the best possible chance in our free-to-play prediction game with their top tips for the first team to score in each division.
4 To Score is Betway's free-to-play prediction game.
With League One and League Two out of action this weekend, simply guess the first team to score in the 3.00pm kick-offs in the Premier League, Championship, National League North, and National League South to be in with a chance of winning £25,000.
There are only 27 matches across the four leagues, so your chances of winning are higher than ever.
Here are our writers' predictions for each division...
LEAGUE ONE
Top pick: Gillingham
Ten of the teams to score the first goal in League One this season have been nowhere near the top six at the start of play, while eight of their opponents have also been in the bottom half.
Gillingham are enjoying a new lease of life under Steve Lovell, taking seven points from 12 in the league, reaching the second round of the FA Cup and putting seven past Reading – albeit with a much-changed team – in the Checkatrade Trophy in midweek.
They scored after just two minutes of their last league outing against Rotherham, and are a decent shout to notch early again against 23rd-placed Bury.
Honourable mention: Scunthorpe
Scunthorpe were 2-0 up inside 10 minutes last weekend, and will fancy their chances of taking another early lead against a Bristol Rovers side who conceded the division’s first goal just a fortnight ago.
LEAGUE TWO
Top pick: Carlisle United
On the basis that every 4 To Score winner from League Two has won their match this season, I’m going for Carlisle.
The Cumbrians should beat Yeovil, and have scored inside the first 25 minutes of their last three home league games.
Honourable mention: Lincoln
Crewe have conceded the earliest League Two goal in four of the last seven weeks, so Lincoln have every chance of getting an early breakthrough at Gresty Road.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Top pick: AFC Fylde
Fylde have scored seven goals in the first 20 minutes of games this season, including an eighth-minute strike at home to Wrexham a fortnight ago.
The league’s third-highest scorers now face an Aldershot that have conceded in fifth minute in their last game, and the 17th in the match prior to that.
Aldershot have let in three goals inside 10 minutes this season – the most in the division – and have let in 10 in three in all competitions.
Honourable mention: Aldershot
If Fylde don’t get an early goal at The Electrical Services Stadium, their opponents probably will.
Aldershot are one of just two sides to have scored more goals than Fylde in the National League, with 29 in 18 games so far, and they’ve registered inside the opening 20 minutes on six occasions.
NATIONAL LEAGUE NORTH
Top pick: Bradford Park Avenue
Bradford Park Avenue hit four at home to Blyth Spartans in their last league game, opening the scoring after just three minutes.
They face rock-bottom North Ferriby away from home, who have lost 11 out of 16 and taken just seven points so far.
The Villagers have also conceded 39 goals, six more than any other side.
Honourable mention: Harrogate Town
Harrogate are top scorers in England’s top six divisions, with 42 goals from just 16 games.
Second-placed Town also scored twice in the first seven minutes against Alfreton in their last league game and have won six of their last 10.
They travel to Spennymoor, who have already conceded four on two separate occasions.
