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Friday's League One playoff semi-final predictions including Portsmouth vs. Oxford

Sports Mole provides score predictions for Friday's two League One playoff semi-final first legs - Portsmouth vs. Oxford and Fleetwood vs. Wycombe.


Portsmouth vs. Oxford Utd (Friday, 5.30pm)

Portsmouth boss Kenny Jackett pictured on January 28, 2020© Reuters

After an absence of nearly four months, the League One campaign resumes on Friday as Portsmouth and Oxford United face off at Fratton Park in the first of the playoff semi-finals.

Clubs voted in June to end the season early and settle the table on a points-per-game basis due to the coronavirus crisis, meaning that Pompey and United finished level on points.

We say: Portsmouth 1-0 Oxford United


Portsmouth have not lost at home in the league in over a year, while Oxford won five in a row to see out the regular campaign. Form will surely count for little after a four-month gap between matches, however, and we can see Pompey taking a slender lead into next Monday's second leg.

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Fleetwood vs. Wycombe (Friday, 7.30pm)

Fleetwood Town manager Joey Barton pictured in January 2020© Reuters

Four months on from their most recent outings, Fleetwood Town and Wycombe Wanderers meet at Highbury Stadium on Friday in the first leg of their League One playoff semi-final.

Wycombe finished third in the table after clubs voted to end the season early and settle each position on a points-per-game basis, while Fleetwood claimed sixth place.

We say: Fleetwood 2-1 Wycombe


Fleetwood took four points off Wycombe during the regular season and boast the joint-best home record in League One this term, so we are backing Barton's men to take a slender lead into next week's reverse fixture.


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Tables
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Plymouth ArgylePlymouth126511911823
2Wycombe WanderersWycombe117221812623
3Wigan AthleticWigan107121771022
4Sunderland107121811722
5Rotherham UnitedRotherham11623169720
6MK Dons115422115619
7Oxford UnitedOxford Utd115331712518
8Bolton WanderersBolton125342016418
9Sheffield WednesdaySheff Weds11533119218
10Burton Albion124441114-316
11Accrington StanleyAccrington115151420-616
12Portsmouth114341410415
13Morecambe114252018214
14Ipswich TownIpswich113442119213
15AFC Wimbledon113441719-213
16Cambridge UnitedCambridge103431416-213
17Lincoln CityLincoln113351415-112
18Cheltenham TownCheltenham113351120-912
19Gillingham122551117-611
20Fleetwood TownFleetwood102441718-110
21Charlton AthleticCharlton112361218-69
22Crewe AlexandraCrewe11155915-68
23Shrewsbury TownShrewsbury12228918-98
24Doncaster RoversDoncaster10217618-127

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