Both Teams to Score

Cardiff’s games have been very entertaining at the start of this season, seeing BTTS in all three of their competitive matches against Swindon, Wrexham and Derby.

Their clash with Derby last time out produced four goals with the game seeing a combined xG of 4.06. Cardiff should remain to be quite an entertaining side to follow in the EFL this season due to the style of play imposed by Brian Barry Murphy.

Norwich have seen BTTS in two of their three competitive games so far this season, beating MK Dons in the first round of the cup to set up this tie by a 4-1 scoreline. 

Furthermore, meetings between these sides tend to be entertaining and end to end with each of the last four clashes seeing BTTS - the most recent of which took place last year.

Barnsley can use tonight's tie to focus on improving their attacking play, up against weaker opposition than they play in the league.

There's some extra juice in the BTTS price for this game, because both sides have played out low-scoring affairs in the league and Barnsley are yet to score in their opening two League One encounters.

I'm seeing that from the angle that it makes tonight's game even more likely to see goals, especially from the Tykes, getting some confidence in the final third may even be a bigger priority than progressing to the next round for the hosts.

Barnsley have been creating chances, they've generated 1.77 xG and had 35 shots in the league, just without that cutting edge.

A Crewe side who conceded 1.26 goals per game in League Two last season, and typically prioritise in-possession strength anyway, are good opposition in aiming to address those concerning goalscoring numbers.

Crewe have scored in 3/3 competitive outings themselves so far this term.

The first leg meeting between these sides saw BTTS and produced four goals as Bodo Glimt registered a 3-1 win on the road against Nijmegen to give them control of this Champions League qualifying tie.

That game saw both sides register a healthy xG (1.70-1.75) with 30 shots in the game in total, most of which actually came from the home side (22). After a period of consistent clean sheets, Bodo Glimt have seen BTTS in each of their last four matches - with most of these games being qualifying ties.

Bodo Glimt saw BTTS in both of their qualifying games against Union St Gilloise in the last round, with the Belgian side scoring twice when they visited Norway from an xG of 2.61.

Nijmegen have also seen BTTS in each of their last four matches and were one of the best sides in Europe to back in this market last season due to their aggressive style of play which is very attacking. 

Hearts have seen both teams score in five of their last six games in all competitions, which includes their last three in qualifying for Europe.

The first leg finished 2-2, with Hearts getting pegged back after coming from behind to lead 2-1.

Rapid created the better chances on the night, but Hearts weren't afraid to fire shots off, winning the shot count 17-9.

Rapid have been very dangerous in front of goal this season, scoring 3.44 goals per game on average from nine matches across all competitions.

This bet came in after 56 minutes of the first leg, and if there's an early goal, it could be chaos, with the winner sealing a place in the Conference League league phase.

This is the highest-rated game on my Goals Sheet for Both Teams to Score.

Newcastle’s came impressively close to beating Liverpool in their Premier League opener, drawing 2-2, after a turbulent summer.

West Brom have burst out of the blocks in the Championship, beating heavily-fancied Norwich (2-1 away) and newly-relegated Burnley (3-1 at home) in their first two games - they’ll be very motivated and optimistic about their chances of springing an upset on the Toon Army.

West Brom have scored two or more goals in all three competitive games so far.

Newcastle conceded 2.98 xG at home to Liverpool and saw both teams score when they beat Bradford 4-1 in their first game of the competition last season.

This bet landed after 30 minutes of Real Madrid’s La Liga opener.

They were very unconvincing in their 2-1 win at Espanyol, especially in the first half when they conceded 0.97 xG.

BTTS landed in both of the sides’ meetings last season, and though Real Sociedad lost their first game 1-0 at Real Betis, they generated 1.36 xG and should have the quality to get on the scoresheet at the Bernabeu.

Real Sociedad scored in 33 of their 38 league games last season, only three teams drew fewer blanks.

That includes finding the net in 16 of their 19 league away games (84%).