Lays of the Weekend: Exeter will tame tired Shrews

Shrewsbury's League Two winning streak is at risk in Exeter

Rotherham, Chesterfield and Shrewsbury are the Football League teams to stick on your lay-dar this weekend...

Lay Rotherham to beat Birmingham @ 2.1411/10

Gary Rowett's blue period has begun with an emphasis on defensive chastity, a solitary Fernando Forestieri strike piercing Birmingham's rearguard in the three games since his arrival.

Rotherham should provide them with an opportunity to elongate the unbeaten streak that stubbornness has engendered, with the hosts in miserable form. Winless in five, the morass could well be deeper than that considering they have won just twice in their last 14 games in all competitions.

Birmingham may even fancy their chances of pulling off a heist on all three points at the New York Stadium given that the Millers gave up three goals in both of their last two home games.

Lay Chesterfield to beat Barnsley @ 2.0421/20

The market seems to have taken a bubble bath on this particular encounter, with the Spireites second bottom of a League One table based on the last six games and without a win against divisional foes in seven.

While Paul Cook's men are in a patch of form more crooked than the famous tower of the town's 14th-century church, Barnsley bounce into calculations off the back of three straight victories.

Trustworthy travellers to boot, the Tykes have tasted defeat just twice in eight road games this term and will be confident of suppressing hosts who have won once in five at their Proact Stadium.

Lay Shrewsbury to win at Exeter @ 2.166/5

Micky Mellon is fast earning minor deity status in a small corner of Shropshire, with League One team Walsall the latest to fall under the wheels of his all-conquering Shrewsbury outfit.

However, the aforementioned midweek FA Cup first-round replay success is expected to take the edge off a side whose unbelievable home form has masked a meek travelling offering.

Mellon's troops have won only twice on the dirt track all term in League Two and a capricious Grecians outfit can take advantage to tap them for points. Exeter haven't lost in six away league matches (winning four) and should have enough in the tank to scupper their less-rested foes.