Football Pools Draw Watch — This Week
The pools are won on draws. Below are the upcoming coupon fixtures with each club's real draw record this season, so you can spot the likely score draws, bankers and sure-draw candidates for yourself.
Upcoming coupon · Sat 24 Oct 2026This week's draw watch Coupon fixtures where both clubs draw often this season — ranked by combined draw tendency.
| Fixture | Home draws | Away draws | Draw tendency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hull City AFC v Brentford FC | 3 in 7 Very high | 4 in 7 Very high | |
| Manchester United FC v AFC Bournemouth | 4 in 7 Very high | 3 in 7 Very high | |
| AFC Bournemouth v Leeds United FC | 3 in 7 Very high | 4 in 7 Very high | |
| Rayo Vallecano de Madrid v RC Celta de Vigo | 3 in 8 High | 5 in 9 Very high | |
| Brentford FC v Nottingham Forest FC | 4 in 7 Very high | 2 in 7 Medium | |
| Rayo Vallecano de Madrid v Elche CF | 3 in 8 High | 4 in 9 Very high | |
| Elche CF v Valencia CF | 4 in 9 Very high | 3 in 9 High | |
| AC Milan v Bologna FC 1909 | 3 in 7 Very high | 2 in 7 Medium | |
| Sunderland AFC v Leeds United FC | 1 in 7 Low | 4 in 7 Very high | |
| Chelsea FC v Manchester United FC | 1 in 7 Low | 4 in 7 Very high | |
| FC Lorient v Stade Brestois 29 | 2 in 7 Medium | 3 in 7 Very high | |
| Stade Brestois 29 v OGC Nice | 3 in 7 Very high | 2 in 7 Medium |
What punters mean by these terms
Score draw
A match that finishes level with goals — 1–1, 2–2 and so on. On the classic British pools coupon these are the results worth the most points. A 0–0 is a "no-score draw" and usually counts for less.
Banker
A result a punter feels most confident about and builds their coupon around. "Banker" means high confidence, not certainty — bankers lose every week.
Sure draw / "100% draw"
Marketing language. No draw is ever 100%. What's real is a fixture between two evenly-matched, draw-prone sides — which is exactly what the table above helps you find.
NAP
A tipster's single strongest selection of the day or week — the one they'd back above all others. Again: strongest pick, not a guaranteed one.
Pool draws / draw forecast
Forecasting which coupon numbers will land as draws. Our draw watch gives you the raw form to build your own forecast rather than handing you numbers to trust blindly.
Pools panel
A panel that declares notional results for matches called off (bad weather, etc.) so the pools can still be settled. A historical British institution now rarely needed.
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