With all due respect to the rest of the division, a few fixtures in League Two jump off the page and affect both ends table
Walsall against Doncaster Rovers Top of the table against third and with four wins on the bounce, the Saddlers are looking to make some stops with an 11 game unbeaten league run.
Nathan Lowe’s 10 league goals on-loan has drawn a lot of admiring attention to the Stoke forward and that is a cause for concern for Walsall fans.
Given his parent club’s form it would not be a surprise if Lo was recalled in January and pushed into a Championship relegation battle.
Doncaster could be in post-season contention after a record-breaking run last season that saw them run out of puffs in the play-offs.
Tipped to go up this year they live up to the billing although just two wins from the last seven games has seen them stutter of late.
It will hardly be a relaxing Christmas Day for those involved Carlisle United And Morecambe The EFL’s bottom two are desperately trying to avoid slipping through the National League trapdoor when they meet.
Normally you’d see managers trying to play down the significance of an isolated game but Carlisle boss Mike Williamson is almost playing it.
“I don’t need to quantify this game, it’s huge,” Williamson told BBC Radio Cumbria.
The Cumbrians know the pain of relegation from the EFL in 2004 while Morecambe won the play-offs in 2007 in their 18th season.
It can be hard to find festive cheer for losers at Brunton Park so it’s time to wish everyone a Merry Christmas!
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