Both Teams to Score Tips Today

Both of these teams are in a bit of a transition period at the moment with Liverpool attempting to shift to the chaotic style of Andoni Iraola while Atletico Madrid look for their new signings to settle amid a real transfer saga involving Julian Alvarez, who has stayed at the club.

These sides met in the league phase of the Champions League last season in a clash that produced five goals and saw BTTS as Liverpool came away 3-2 winners over Diego Simeone’s side at Anfield. 

Liverpool have struggled for clean sheets in the early weeks of the campaign, conceding 2+ goals against both Newcastle and Nottingham Forest. Even Ipswich had some positive moments against the Reds and that defensive vulnerability doesn’t look like going away anytime soon.

Atletico Madrid conceded three goals last time out as they lost to Athletic Club on the road, and have only kept one clean sheet across their opening four games of the campaign - which was against a newly promoted Malaga side.

I was a bit concerned about Birmingham coming into this season, mainly due to Chris Davies in the dugout who is becoming increasingly unpopular due to his style of play and perceived underachievement for the talent he has within the squad.

We’ve seen the away side struggle to get over the line in their games so far this season, drawing four of their opening five matches. They’ve seen BTTS in each of their last five matches, most recently holding Wolves to a 2-2 draw at home.

Norwich have seen BTTS in three of their last five matches across all competitions, including last time out as they beat Sheffield United 3-1 on the road. Their start to the season has also been a bit inconsistent, but they saw BTTS in both league meetings with Birmingham last season.

This should be a really exciting game with Como contesting their first ever game in the Champions League after impressing in Serie A last season.

Como have started the season well too, avoiding defeat in each of their opening three games - including a win over Napoli on the road which was particularly impressive. 

Como have seen BTTS in all three of these matches, perhaps suggesting that there is a bit of a defensive vulnerability about Fabregas’ side at this level. 

Leipzig saw BTTS last time out as they fell to a 3-1 defeat to Werder Bremen on the road. They’re in a transitional period at the moment having appointed Martin Demichelis as head coach over the summer.

Roma have become a completely different side under Gian Piero Gasperini, and their games have been a lot more fun to watch as a result.

Gasperini is one of the most underrated coaches across Europe, he did an excellent job at Atalanta which earned him this role at Roma and he’s particularly good at getting the most out of his forward players - with the most recent example being the brilliant form of Donyell Malen.

Fenerbahce are quite a hard side to beat at home. They’ve seen BTTS in four of their last five matches, and had to come through a testing qualifying campaign to reach the Champions League. 

Fenerbahce scored 40 goals at home last season domestically, only the eventual champions in Galatasaray (46) scored more goals at home in the Super Lig than Fenerbahce last term. 

PSV are always a very exciting team to watch and that should continue in the Champions League this season with Peter Bosz’s side opening their campaign against a Shakhtar side who crashed out of the Conference League in the semi finals last season. 

PSV have seen BTTS in each of their last five matches, but have impressively managed to win four of these games and avoid defeat in the other. This is Peter Bosz’ style as a coach, he trusts his PSV to try and outscore most opposition sides and that approach does often lead to gaps at the back.

Shakhtar have quite a lot of European experience having competed in one of the three competitions quite often across recent campaigns. They saw BTTS last time out, as they claimed a 2-1 win over Karpaty on the road.