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Ian Holloway is back with his Sky Bet EFL predictions with some mouth-watering clashes from across the Championship, League One and League Two. There is plenty of action across Sky Sports this weekend, After QPR v Brentford live on Friday night, its the turn of Blackburn and Wolves on Saturday evening, before another derby - this time in the Midlands - as Birmingham welcome local rivals Aston Villa to St Andrews on Sunday afternoon live on Sky Sports 2 HD. Les Ferdinands journey Les Ferdinand is cycling to Amsterdam but the journey with QPR might be his biggest challenge. You can follow all the 3pm games across the three leagues on Soccer Saturday with highlights on Sky Sports digital platforms at full-time - but heres what EFL expert and Sky Sports pundit Holloway is predicting for a selection of 10 games this weekend: Blackburn v Wolves (Saturday, 5.30pm, live on Sky Sports 1)Im watching this one in the studio, and Ill go for a surprising Blackburn win. I think losing their manager would have shaken Wolves. Sky Sports News HQs Pete Colley has the latest from the Wolves training ground. as Zenga departs less than three months after taking over. I dont understand why they sacked Walter Zenga. I think its the modern way football clubs are sold on. It hasnt worked out how they wanted so the Chinese owners have got rid of him but you have to ask, what can you do in that sort of time? OLLIE PREDICTS: 1-0 with Ben Marshall to score first (Sky Bet odds 50/1) Blackburn vs Wolves October 29, 2016, 5:15pm Live on Get Sky Sports Get a Sky Sports pass Birmingham v Aston Villa (Sunday, 12pm, live on Sky Sports 2)I wish I was going to this one with Steve Bruce going back to his old stomping ground. I think it will be too tight to call but it will be a really exciting game with goals. Highlights of the Sky Bet Championship match between Aston Villa and Fulham. Bruces start has been brilliant. It is exactly what they needed. I dont know why the players didnt respond to Roberto Di Matteo but it just proves that Bruce and Neil Warnock know what theyre doing. Some of us managers are pretty good!OLLIE PREDICTS: 2-2 with Lukas Jutkiewicz to score first (Sky Bet odds 70/1) Birmham vs A Villa October 30, 2016, 11:30am Live on Get Sky Sports Get a Sky Sports pass Preston v Newcastle (Saturday, 3pm)Its deja vu! I hope it doesnt go the same way for Preston like the 6-0 defeat it midweek and it will be a totally different situation. Preston are really good at home but Newcastle are looking like the real deal at the minute. OLLIE PREDICTS: 1-2 with with Mo Diame to score first (Sky Bet odds 35/1) Highlights of the EFL Cup round of 16 match between Newcastle and Preston. Brighton v Norwich (Saturday, 3pm)I think Brighton will just edge it. With Chris and his team at home and Norwich losing in midweek on penalties, I think Brighton will grind it out between two of the best teams in the division. They are very difficult to play at the Amex. I think it will be a tight game, not that high scoring. OLLIE PREDICTS: 1-0 with Glenn Murray to score first (Sky Bet odds 22/1) Highlights of the Sky Bet Championship match between Wigan and Brighton. Derby v Sheffield Wednesday (Saturday, 3pm)These fixtures are much better than the Premier League, theyre fantastic! Derby last week just lost 1-0 to Huddersfield and boy, do they need to win this game. Can I see them doing it, that is the question? I cant unfortunately and I think Steven Fletcher will score first. He hasnt got many but hes a high quality player. Steve McClaren needs to get his Derby side believing in themselves again, says Holloway Derbys problem is goals. They need to get more balls into the box and more bodies. I think they are an attacking team and they need to try and blitz every game if they can. Its much more entertaining and its what Steve McClaren had them doing before.Derby need to start believing in themselves as a group, not just individuals and Im sure if they can get a couple of goals at the weekend, that might help them but Sheffield Wednesday are gradually creeping up in the play-offs and getting better. I think Wednesday will be too much for them although for Derbys sake, I hope Im wrong. OLLIE PREDICTS: 1-2 with Steven Fletcher to score first (Sky Bet odds 45/1) Highlights of the Sky Bet Championship match between Huddersfield and Derby. Fulham v Huddersfield (Saturday, 3pm)I dont know which Fulham is going to turn up, they are like Jekyll and Hyde. They are brilliant one week and not quite so good the next. They have plenty of talent and are trying to build a young team but they do have a bit of inexperience. Watch NOW TV Watch Sky Sports for just ￡6.99. No contract. I fancy Huddersfield to keep going again after David Wagners celebration when beating Derby. Everyone was writing them off when they lost two in a row, will it be three? I just cant see them losing another.OLLIE PREDICTS: 1-2 with Nahki Wells to score first (Sky Bet odds 35/1)Cardiff v Wigan (Saturday, 3pm)Neil Warnock is working his magic again and I can only see that continuing. Wigan need to sort out who they want as their manager and get going again. They play some wonderful football and won the division last year but now they are struggling a little bit and need some more goals really. Highlights of the Sky Bet Championship match between Nottingham Forest and Cardiff. Im going to give first goalscorer to resurgence of Peter Whittingham and his left foot. Its like a wand, they should call him Harry Potter!OLLIE PREDICTS: 2-1 with Peter Whittingham to score first (Sky Bet odds 66/1)Bolton v Port Vale (Saturday 3pm) Bolton move up to second in League One following a 2-0 victory at neighbours Bury. Two good teams but I fancy Bolton to nick it. At that stadium, it is very tough to go there. It is a proper ground and Phil Parkinson will have them really well organised. They will be big and strong and I think it will just be too tough of a task for Port Vale. Theyll be too hard to break down.OLLIE PREDICTS: 1-0 with Zach Clough to score first (Sky Bet odds 20/1)Sheffield United v MK Dons (Saturday, 3pm) Highlights of the Sky Bet League One match between Bradford and Sheffield United. I can only give this to Sheffield United. They are really on a roll now and I can only see them getting stronger. MK Dons have got to decide who they want in charge and go for it but I think they will struggle this weekend. OLLIE PREDICTS: 3-0 with Billy Sharp to score first (Sky Bet odds 35/1)Fridays prediction...QPR v BrentfordI can only go with a home win. I think QPR have settled back down, Brentford are playing a lot better as well but I fancy a home win. 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You lose a massive amount. You dont only lose a player that averages in the high forties and gets runs at No. 5 for you. When you lose your leader, it becomes really tough. But you have to put a positive spin on it. Its a real opportunity for one of the other young players to step up. In terms of leadership we will have it covered within the team, but Misbahs been an unbelievable captain for Pakistan for such a long time that to replace him is very, very difficult.What are your thoughts about a possible replacement? Weve got two options. Mohammad Rizwan can slot into the middle order - hes travelled around with us for a long time. Hes trained with us. He went through the England series. We sent him back to play some domestic cricket and he responded by getting 167 and a 95. Thats one option. Or we can have a look at Sharjeel Khan. If we use Sharjeel at the top of the order, that makes quite a few changes.Are you hesitant to do that, with the openers bedded in recently, and Azhar Ali making runs? That becomes an issue because Azhar might have to go back down to three, and Babar Azam - our young gun, who I think is going to play for Pakistan for a long time and do really well - slides down to six, and Asad Shafiq might have to go back up. Its a lot of disruptions to our batting order. Weve just got to have a look at the pitch and decide what we think is the best combination.What we do know is Sharjeel brings an ability to take the game away from the opposition in one session. He does that. He reminds me of a young David Warner when he came into the Australia side. If we can get Sharjeels defensive game to where it needs to be, it could be very exciting for us, because he can be very destructive at the top of the order. Thats something exciting - theres a bit of romance there, if you like. Then you have Rizwan, who has wholehearted grit and determination. Hes a very, very good player.If Sharjeels defence has a little way to go, will conditions determine your decision? I think so. His defence is good - and Ive told him this - but for him to become a Test batsman, we just need to keep working on the defensive side of his game. Hes got a very good attacking side.Youve got that settled middle order, but is your top three something that still needs work? To a point. I think Samis done really well. Hes showed a real maturity. Azhars done exceptionally well whenever hes had a go at the top of the order - hes a quality player. The dilemma for us in the last Test was whether Asad Shafiq stayed at three or we moved Babar in at three. One of them was going to bat three and one was going to bat six. We went to Asad at six because that was the sort of stable batting order for a long period of time. I think Babar has the capability to bat No. 3. Thats where he bats for his local team and in one-day cricket. There is no problem with Babar. Technically hes all good.You left out Wahab Riaz on a green pitch in the last match, which suggests you are picking attacks based on the pitch… The dilemma we had in the last Test - and this could go a long way to stopping all the questions Im getting from Pakistan - was that we preferred Rahat Ali in the Test because of the pitch conditions. We wanted seam bowlers and swingers of the ball, rather than a guy who can bowl really quick. We thought thats what the wicket determined, and were proved right in that regard.The other option we had was whether we played all four seamers and left Yasir out. The thing with that for me - and Ive seen it over such a long period of time - is that a quality spin bowler like Yasir can attack and defend for you. Had the game gone into day five, I think spin would have played a big role. So often you select for the first innings, because you see the pitch is green. Im of the opinion that if three quick bowlers wont do it, then neither will four. Id rather have someone who can change the tempo and pace - give us a variation as youu go later in the game - to take the second-innings wickets as well.ddddddddddddYou know, were very lucky with our bowling unit that we can pick a horses-for-courses team. If the balls going to reverse, and the wicket has pace and bounce, Wahab is our No. 1 choice. Well pick our attack and put our options together as to what will get us 20 wickets.Wahab did well in Pakistans last Test in Hamilton. Does that make him more likely to play here? Its more likely that the balls going to reverse-swing here. The pitch was green today, which we dont really mind, because we do have an attack that can really exploit that. Wahab is an option for us. Is the horses-for-courses philosophy something you will stick with through your southern-hemisphere tours? Yes, because Wahab, in Australia - particularly at the Gabba - becomes weapon No. 1, given his pace and ability to get reverse swing. He is a phenomenal bowler, because he provides us both options. Weve just got to use him when the conditions are right. Then he becomes our trump card.Mohammad Amirs made a good return to cricket, but we havent yet seen him get those big hauls yet. What does he have to improve to do that? Hes been very good since hes come back. Hes had a lot of dropped catches - particularly in England. But hes bowling well and hes getting better. Every time I see him bowl, I see pace coming back and I see confidence coming back. Hes starting to swing the ball again. Hes got his confidence to bowl his bouncer. Im hoping he hits his stride soon and gets rewards for all the work hes put in.Have you seen him change mentally in the time youve been involved? Yes, that confidence is there because hes now being judged just as a cricketer again. Hes a wonderful bowler and a wonderful feller - hes really a good bloke. His work ethic is second to none.Despite the horses-for-courses outlook, is he someone that will be considered on any kind of pitch? Yeah he is, because he swings the ball at good pace. But again, our bowlers know that theres no comfort zone for anybody. They know that at any given time, weve got another four bowlers that can do the job. So its great. Theres a nice little bit of internal competition going on, though they are a tight unit.If you do well over the next four Tests, you do have a chance to push for that No. 1 ranking. How much does that motivate the side? Its a massive thing for Pakistan. To get to No. 1 after our England series was amazing - they havent played at home for so long. The players have spoken about their desire to get that No. 1 tag back and the motivation is as big as its ever been. But were under no illusions. Its going to be tough. New Zealand played unbelievably well in the last match and were really disciplined. They are a tough team and well have to play very well to beat them.Then we go to Australia, who are regrouping, but in their home conditions, are going to be very strong. Theres quality there. Were playing Test matches away from home in very tough conditions, but there is a desire to get there.The teams pushing for that top spot are all flawed in some way. Where do you think Pakistan has most room for improvement? We just want to keep getting better and better outside subcontinent conditions. Were going to be challenged down here with the short ball and the pace of the wicket. I know, because Ive coached against subcontinent teams when I was with South Africa and Australia. When a subcontinent team arrives, youre going to bounce them. Youre going to come hard at them for all the times that you got nailed by spin in the subcontinent. Thats whats going to happen to us. Weve got to be up for that challenge. Weve got to work on our play against the short ball - weve got to work out how to score and defend off it. But our players can do that because they are quality players. Im trying not to make a massive issue of it, because theyre all good enough. ' ' '