Alkmaar have been one of the strongest teams on the road in the Eredivisie this season, winning four of their six matches and netting nine goals in the process. This should give them ammunition to get at a Heerenveen side that have seen 23 goals across their six home matches this season (12 scored, 11 conceded - 3.83 per game).

Heerenveen have seen BTTS in all six of their home games this season, which is a record that will encourage Alkmaar. It may also be worth looking at backing Alkmaar to win the game and BTTS, with how hectic Heerenveen’s home matches have been recently.

The most recent meeting between these sides saw BTTS, as Alkmaar ran out 4-1 winners over Heerenveen in the playoff for European spots last term. BTTS has landed in each of the last four head-to-head meetings, with these games producing 22 goals in total. 

Mechelen enter this game having seen BTTS in each of their last five matches across all competitions. Their 14 games this season have produced 36 goals (19 scored, 17 conceded - 2.57 per game). They’ve managed to avoid defeat in 11 of their 14 matches, so we can expect them to be a real threat to the home side here.

Genk sit just one point and one place below Mechelen in the Belgian Pro League, so this should be a pretty even contest. Genk have had a range of results at home this season, winning just two of their six matches. These games have produced 16 goals (8 scored, 8 conceded - 2.66 per game). 

Mechelen have avoided defeat in five of their seven away matches this season, with these games producing 18 goals (2.57 per game). The most recent meeting between the sides saw BTTS as Genk ran out 2-1 winners over Mechelen back in January. Four of the last five head-to-head meetings between these sides have seen BTTS, too.

Groningen have seen 34 goals across their 12 matches in the Eredivisie this season, with an exact split in the number of goals scored and conceded (17 - 2.83 per game).

They’ve seen BTTS in six of these matches, with their opponents here offering promise when it comes to both sides finding the back of the net. Zwolle have seen BTTS in four of their last five matches across all competitions, with each of these games producing four or more goals.

Zwolle have conceded more goals than any other side in the Eredivisie this season (27), so we can expect Groningen to get on the scoresheet here. However, Zwolle have netted 10 goals across their six away matches (1.66 per game), which is a record that suggests that they can offer an attacking threat in this contest. 

This is set up to be one of the most exciting clashes between these fierce rivals in recent seasons. Inter Milan have dominated this clash for the last few years, but have entered into a slightly different phase of their development with long term coach Simone Inzaghi departing the club after they lost the Champions League final.

There has been change at AC Milan as well with Massimiliano Allegri taking the managerial role over the summer. Allegri has made AC Milan a more serious force in Serie A with Milan avoiding defeat in 10 of their 11 matches in Serie A this season. They’ve netted 17 goals across these games, which is a tally only bettered by Bologna (18) and Inter Milan (26) in Serie A this campaign.

Inter have netted 17 of those goals across their six home games this term (2.83 per game). This would suggest that AC Milan won’t get too much out of this game if they are to go with a pragmatic approach, as Inter will simply outscore them. Milan have the players to go toe-to-toe with their city rivals, and this should result in chances generated at either end in one of the more competitive meetings between these sides in recent memory.