The following analyses of the games are presented in the chronological order that the games will actually take place.
One defeat in 12 games: Vicenza is hosting Crotone today and it is worth mentioning that the hosts are still undefeated after 2 wins and 4 draws in their first 6 games in the league and Crotone has only been defeat once and with 4 wins and 1 draw in the other 5 games, it currently shares the top of the table together with Cagliari and Cesena.
Its 5th consecutive win: Luton is in pretty good shape lately and will aim to manage its 5th consecutive win today, this time against York at home which has conceded at least 2 goals per game in 6 of its last 7 games in all competitions.
Four defeats at home: Shrewsbury has suffered 4 defeats in its 5 so far home games this season whereas Colchester has managed 4 wins in its last 5 games in the league and has had 5 over 2.5 goals outcomes in its 5 so far away games.
In excellent form: Bury is in excellent form, evident from the fact that it has managed 6 wins in its last 6 games for the league. Wigan has managed just 1 win in its last 5 games and in its 5 so far away games in the league.
Avoid another defeat: Queen of South is hosting Morton in a game between 2 teams that are currently not at their best, holding the 5th and 6th position of the table respectively. As such, their main aim today is to avoid another defeat.
Capable of scoring: St. Mirren is hosting Dunfermline in the most interesting game for the quarter-finals of the Scottish League Cup competition. Both teams are capable of scoring at least once today.
Not even a centre-back: Yeovil is playing at home against Dagenham and will be missing quite a few players, to the point where its head coach will need to do some serious restructuring in order to cover up for his team’s centre-back needs.
Not in its hands: Holland is in a pretty bad shape lately and it has to get the 3 points against Kazakhstan away from home in order to keep its chances for the third position alive. It should be noted however that if Holland ends up with the same number of points as Turkey, the latter will be the team to take part in the play-off stage.
For the top spot: The Czech Rep has already qualified into the finals of the Euro 2016 competition and its only interest in tonight’s game at home against Turkey is in occupying the top spot. Turkey needs 4 points from tonight’s game and the last game against Iceland (the other team of the group which has already been qualified) in order to book its ticket for the play-off stage.
One win: Italy is playing today against Azerbaijan away from home and against Norway at home in its last game for the group and needs a total of 3 points in order to qualify for the Euro 2016 competition. Will it risk not winning today?
Decency: Malta is the last team in the group but it has showed a notable amount of decency in its play and performances in most of its games. Norway has no other option than getting the 3 points in order to further consolidate its position in one of the 2 top spots of the table.
A day trip for fun: More than 3000 fans will accompany Osasuna in its away local derby game against Alaves. These 2 teams generally maintain a very good relationship at all levels and as such, today’s game is expected to be a good day out for everyone.
One point: Wales needs 1 point either from today’s away game against Bosnia or against Andorra at home in its last game in the group. Bosnia on the other hand has no option other than going for the 3 points and in order to take advantage of the result between Israel and Cyprus.
2/2 for Cyprus: Cyprus needs the entirety of the 6 available points from its remaining 2 games in the group against Israel today away from home and against Bosnia at home in order to give itself some good chances for occupying the third position of the table.
Closer to promotion: Vitoria has a golden opportunity to further consolidate its chances for promotion to the first division since it is playing at home against Boa, a team which has suffered 9 consecutive wins and currently holds the second last position on the table.