The winter break is over and the action is back in full swing across Europe this weekend and I've picked out 7 games from all that was on offer over the two days. Here are the Key Facts and Best Bets from 7 games across Europe including action from the PL, Bundesliga, Serie A and the Championship as we look for goals, goals, goals. #BOlieve Saturday 14:30 Werder Bremen vs Borussia Dortmund Prediction 1.2 Best Bets - BTTS and over 2.5 goals @4/5 Key Facts * Werder have seen BTTS in a remarkable 19 of their last 20 home league fixtures * 15 of those 19 games also saw over 2.5 goals scored * Werder scored in all 20 of those games with their sole clean-sheet coming at home to Frankfurt 7 months ago * Werder have seen BTTS in 14 of their last 15 league games (home and away) * 12 of those 14 games also saw over 2.5 goals scored * Exactly 3 goals have been scored in 6 of Werder's last 8 home league fixtures. * Dortmund have seen BTTS in each of their last 7 away competitive fixtures. 6 of those games also went over 2.5 goals *Dortmund have not kept a clean-sheet in any of their last 9 away league fixtures * Dortmund have won only 2 of their last 8 away league fixtures * Werder are unbeaten in their last 5 league games. They had lost 8 of the previous 11 * Each of the last 5 meetings between these two sides has seen BTTS and over 2.5 goals * 23 goals were scored in those 5 fixtures * Dortmund have won 9 of the last 10 meetings between these two sides 15:00 Nottingham Forest vs Bristol City Prediction - 2.2 Best Bets - BTTS @8/13, BTTS and over 2.5 goals @1/1 Key Facts * Forest have seen BTTS in 13 of their last 15 home league fixtures however those 2 blanks both came in their 2 most recent outings at the City Ground * 8 of those 13 BTTS games also saw over 2.5 goals scored * Forest have kept only 1 clean-sheet in their last 20 home league fixtures * Forest have failed to win any of their last 7 league fixtures, resulting in the sacking of boss Montanier last weekend * Bristol have seen BTTS and over 2.5 goals scored in 8 of their last 11 away league fixtures including 5 of the last 6 * Bristol have lost 7 of their last 8 away league fixtures * Bristol won both of last seasons meetings between these two sides by 2 goals to 1 (BTTS and over 2.5 goals scored) 17:30 Manchester City vs Tottenham Prediction - 1.2 Best Bets - BTTS @8/13, BTTS and over 2.5 goals @1/1, Spurs to win @ 13/5 Key Facts * Man City have seen BTTS in 9 of their last 11 home league fixtures including 6 of the last 7 * Man City have kept only 3 clean-sheets in their last 14 home league fixtures * Man City have lost 4 of their last 8 PL fixtures * Man City won their first 6 PL fixtures of the season. Since then, they have won only 7 of the next 15 fixtures * Spurs have seen BTTS in 4 of their last 5 away PL fixtures. 3 of those also went over 2.5 goals * Spurs have won 7 of their last 8 PL fixtures including each of the last 5 * Spurs have scored in 25 of their last 28 PL away fixtures * 8 of the last 11 meetings between these two sides have seen BTTS and over 2.5 goals scored * 4 of the last 5 meetings between these two sides in Manchester have seen BTTS and over 2.5 goals scored * Spurs have won each of the last 3 meetings with Man City in the PL 19:45 Villarreal vs Valencia Prediction - 2.1 Best Bets - BTTS and over 2.5 goals @, 13/10. BTTS @4/5 Key Facts * Valencia have seen BTTS in 14 of their last 16 away league fixtures including each of the last 8! * 13 of those 14 games also saw more than 2.5 goals scored * Indeed, 11 of Valencia's last 13 away league fixtures since April have seen BTTS and over 2.5 goals scored * Valencia have seen BTTS in 14 of their last 15 league fixtures (home and away) * 12 of those 14 games also went over 2.5 goals * Valencia have not kept a clean-sheet in any of their last 26 away league fixtures! * Valencia picked up their first league win in 9 attempts at home to Espanyol in their most recent league outing * Valencia have conceded 2 goals or more in each of their last 4 away league fixtures * Villareal have scored 18 goals in their last 8 home league fixtures * Villareal scored 2 goals or more in 6 of their last 8 home league fixtures * Villareal have seen BTTS in 4 of their last 8 home league fixtures _________________________________________________________________________________________ Sunday 17:00 Atalanta vs Sampdoria Prediction - 2.1 Best Bets - BTTS @10/11 Key Facts * Atalanta have seen BTTS and over 2.5 goals scored in 6 of their last 9 home league fixtures including 4 of the last 5 (BTTS and over 2.5 goals priced @6/4) * Atalanta have seen BTTS and over 2.5 goals scored in 5 of their last 6 league fixtures * Atalanta have seen BTTS in 7 of their last 10 home league games * Atalanta have scored in 13 of their last 14 home league fixtures * Atalanta have won 5 of their last 6 home league fixtures * Atalanta have won 3 of their last 4 league games by 2 goals to 1. Sampdoria have lost 3 of their last 5 league games by 2 goals to 1. * Sampdoria have lost 8 of their last 12 away league fixtures * Sampdoria have seen BTTS in each of their last 7 away league fixtures * Sampdoria have kept only 3 clean-sheets in their last 35 away league fixtures * Samp have managed to score in 9 of their last 10 away league fixtures * 3 of the last 4 league meetings between these two sides have seen BTTS and over 2.5 goals. All three games finished 2.1 14:30 Bayer Leverkusen vs Hertha Berlin Prediction 1.1 Best Bets - BTTS @19/20 Key Facts * Leverkusen have seen BTTS in their last 4 home league fixtures * Leverkusen have seen BTTS in 7 of their last 8 league fixtures * Leverkusen have kept only 2 clean-sheets in their last 10 league fixtures * Hertha sit 3rd in the league, 9 points ahead of their hosts today who are 9th * Hertha Berlin have scored in each of their last 13 visits to Leverkusen. * 12 of those games saw BTTS * 10 of those games BTTS and over 2.5 goals * 10 of the last 12 meetings between these two sides have seen BTTS 17:30 Mainz v Koln Prediction - 1.1 Best Bets - BTTS @3/4 Key Facts * Mainz have seen BTTS and over 2.5 goals in 10 of their last 14 home league fixtures, including 6 of their 7 home games this season * Mainz have scored 2 goals or more in 6 of their last 7 home league fixtures * Mainz have seen BTTS in 8 out of 10 home competitive fixtures this season * Koln have seen BTTS in 5 of their last 7 away league fixtures * Koln sit 7th in the table, 5 points and 3 places ahead of their opponents here * Koln won last season's corresponding fixture 3.2 at Mainz * Koln have drawn 11 of their last 19 away Bundesliga fixtures 14:00 Pescara vs Sassuolo Prediction - 1.2 Best Bets - BTTS @4/6 Key Facts * Pescara have seen BTTS in 5 of their last 6 league fixtures * Sass have seen BTTS in each of their last 9 away league fixtures * 7 of those 9 games also went over 2.5 goals * Sass have seen BTTS and over 2.5 goals scored in 10 of their last 14 away league fixtures * Sass have scored at least 1 goal in 22 of their last 23 away league fixtures * However Sass have kept only 2 away clean-sheets from their last 15 in Serie A * Sass have seen 19 of their last 25 away league fixtures producing BTTS – that’s a whopping 76% success rate in the market * Pescara have failed to win any of their last 18 home Serie A fixtures. Their last win came in 2012! Best Bets Werder v Dortmund – BTTS and over 2.5 goals @4/5 Man City v Spurs – BTTS @8/13 Man City v Spurs – BTTS and over 2.5 goals @1/1 Forest v Bristol – BTTS @8/13 Mainz v Koln – BTTS @3/4 Villareal v Valencia - BTTS @4/5 Villareal v Valencia - - BTTS and over 2.5 goals @, 13/10 Forest v Bristol – BTTS and over 2.5 goals @1/1 Pescara v Sassuollo – BTTS @4/6 Leverkusen v Hertha – BTTS @19/20 Atalana v Sampdoria – BTTS @10/11 Comments are closed.
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