I think Alaves are at a really nice price here to get something from this game having avoided defeat in four of their six matches so far - netting 11 goals across these matches (1.83 per game).

Alaves scored in both head to head meetings between these sides in LaLiga last season, netting twice when the sides met back in May. They’ve scored in all but one of their league games so far this term, and face off against an Athletic Club side who have actually picked up three points fewer than their opponents, despite being favourites here.

Alaves rank sixth for expected goals in LaLiga, and are also averaging 5.20 shots on target per game. We are looking for them to find the back of the net just once here, which looks likely given how impressive they’ve been in forward areas so far this season.

Wrexham will be eager for a response following their 6-0 loss to West Ham last time out, which was their biggest ever defeat under Phil Parkinson.

The visit of Southampton is a testing one, but Wrexham will be drawn to the fact that the Saints have failed to keep a clean sheet in each of their last eight matches - only keeping one shutout so far this term, which came against Colchester in the EFL Cup.

Both league meetings between these sides last season saw BTTS, with Southampton coming away 5-1 winners in this fixture. That thrashing saw both sides record a healthy xG (1.25-2.35) and the meeting at St Mary’s saw similar underlying numbers (4.14-1.88). 

These two sides both earned promotion to the Eredivisie from the Eerste Divisie last season, and have struggled to match the quality of the division with Cambuur only winning one of their opening six matches - while Den Haag are yet to pick up three points, losing five of their six games.

There’s real defensive issues for both sides as well, Cambuur have conceded 18 goals across their six games so far (3.0 per game), and have seen BTTS in four of their last five matches - only keeping a shutout against Nijmegen last time out. They came away 2-1 winners when the sides last met, with that game seeing 30 shots.

Den Haag have also seen BTTS in four of their last five matches, only failing to score against Twente last time out during this run. They have conceded 16 goals across their six games (2.66 per game) and will surely be looking at this game as a must win given that it is likely to be a relegation six pointer. 

Both of these sides have made decent starts to the campaign with both only losing one of their opening seven matches. 

The four point gap that exists between the teams is down to Birmingham being unable to kill off matches - drawing the joint most games of any side in the Championship (4). 

Middlesbrough saw four goals against Millwall last time out as they came from two goals down to earn a point in front of their own fans. They’ve seen 2+ goals in four of their last five matches, seeing 24 goals in total across their seven Championship matches (3.42 per game).

This is an important game for Chris Davies, who is still under pressure as Birmingham boss - they’ve seen 19 goals across their seven Championship games this term (2.71 per game).