Big Saturday Multiple: Back Boro to bash Addicks

Karanka's side are on a real hot streak

The Championship, League One and League Two are all covered as Jonno Turner takes us on his weekly trot through the Football League...

In-form Middlesbrough face Charlton Athletic at the Riverside Stadium in the Championship this afternoon, with the home side looking to pick up their fifth straight win.

Karanka's side will be full of motivation and momentum heading into this clash, and three clean sheets from their last four indicates that it will take something special to break this team down.

It's now 11 home games without a loss for Boro - a run that stretches all the way back to mid-September - and 22 goals smashed in that time suggests that the hosts don't have any problems up top.

Making the trip to the north east is Charlton Athletic, and the Addicks, who are languishing in 18th place ahead of this game, have not won in 12 outings.

Six defeats and six draws makes it a miserable run for today's guests, and their form on the road is even worse - no goals scored in four attempts, and 10 goals leaked pointing towards an upside down backline.

In fact, Guy Luzon's side has won just once since November away from the Valley, and I reckon that their poor run will continue here.

Bet 1: Middlesbrough (HOME) @ 1.364/11

Staffordshire is the venue for our second selection, as Port Vale host Bradford City in League One.

The home side line up in 15th position for this encounter, but their form in at Vale Park is surprisingly impressive - and three wins from their last four will have them confident of chalking up a victory.

Boss Rob Page saw his charges narrowly lose 2-1 to Barnsley last week, and now they will turn their attentions to another Yorkshire side as they look to maintain the scoring form which has seen them hit six goals in four home outings.

Visitors Bradford made the headlines last month when they knocked Premier League leaders Chelsea out of the FA Cup - but they were back down to earth with a bump as they only managed a 1-1 draw with Colchester last time out.

That makes it three league games without a win for Phil Parkinson's side, which suggests that their giant-killing exploits might just be stealing some of their focus at the moment, and the Bantams sit eighth in the league - two places outside of the play-offs, but having played a game more than Sheffield United in sixth.

The last time these two sides met at Vale Park, the home side snatched a 2-1 advantage - and in the longer term, Port Vale have lost just one of six meetings with Bradford on their own turf.

Bet 2: Port Vale (HOME) @ 3.185/40

We're dropping to the bottom tier for our final pick of today's multiple - as in-form Northampton Town welcome Morecambe to the Sixfields Stadium.

Chris Wilder's hosts head into this clash sitting in 12th position in the table, but with just seven points splitting them from the play-off places, they'll be desperate to chalk up a win in order to pile the pressure on the top six.

And that's exactly what they have been doing of late. In fact, the Cobblers have been extremely dominant since the turn of the new year - taking victory in their last four outings, and in style too.

A whopping 11 goals notched in that six hours of football, alongside just a single goal conceded and three clean sheets, underlines just how dominant the home side have been of late, and in the long run that makes six unbeaten from eight outings on their own patch.

Visitors Morecambe travel down from the north west having accumulated five straight stalemates - a pair of nil nils and three 1-1s leaving them solid, but uninspiring.

That run sees Jim Bentley's side in 11th place, just a point in front of their hosts.

And just a single victory in nine outings on the road suggests that the Shrimpers might struggle in this clash, against a rampant Northampton team.

Bet 3: Northampton (HOME) @ 1.855/6

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