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13/14 Championship games this season involving Birmingham and Middlesbrough have seen BTTS land.

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).

This bet has landed in 5/6 Luton games in League One so far this season.

Bradford have scored in five of their opening six in the league, and currently sit 3rd, just one point off Sheffield Wednesday at the top.

Both encounters between the sides last season saw this bet land, with both matches ending 2-1 to the home team.

According to the xG data, Bradford could have scored and conceded more than they actually have, so a regression to the mean would work in our favour for this bet.

Luton have recovered from a slightly concerning start to the campaign, but the longer they linger outside the play-off places the more the pressure will build up on Jack Wilshere in the dugout.

Cambridge are one place above Oxford, in 4th, and have seen BTTS in every game so far this season.

The visitors have scored two or more goals in each of their last three games and are at 1.83 goals for per game for the season. 

Nine of 11 League One games involving Oxford and Cambridge this season have seen both teams find the net.

Both sides have been overperforming their xG in defence, with Cambridge conceding nine from 10.2 and Oxford six from 8.40.

A regression to the mean in terms of keeping goals out would work in our favour for this bet.

This is the 2nd-highest rated game for Both Teams to Score on my Saturday Goals Sheet with a rating of 8.10.

York have been a great addition to the EFL, they’ve seen 3.50 total goals per game so far, scoring 2.17 themselves and seeing BTTS land in 5/6 and all three of their league away games.

Chesterfield are unbeaten in four, winning their last two, coming into this, and they’ve seen BTTS land in 4/6 in League Two.

They’ve scored two or more goals in their last two league outings, while York laid a marker down with a 4-0 win over Swindon last weekend.

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. 

My Goals Sheet’s top game for BTTS on Saturday is Sion v Zurich, with a rating of 8.55.

13/16 Swiss Super League games involving Sion and Zurich this season have seen both teams find the net.

Sion have scored two or more goals in each of their last four games, three or more in three of those, and they’ve also conceded a first half goal in three of those four.

Each of the last five meetings between the teams have seen this bet land.

Zurich have scored twice or more in each of their last four games, and they have conceded a first half goal in two of their last three.

This is one of my favourite angles to take when backing Barcelona, they're as short as 1.17 to win in places here - but you get a nice boost on that price by backing the home side to score.

Barcelona have won all six of their games in LaLiga this season, netting 28 goals in the process (4.66 per game). However, Barcelona have only managed to keep one shutout across their last five matches - conceding against the likes of Racing Santander, Levante and Rayo Vallecano during this run.

Hansi Flick and his side clearly believe in their ability to outscore the opposition, to the point where they aren't too bothered about conceding a few goals. Sevilla have scored in each of their last five matches, netting nine goals across their six games overall and winning four of these matches.

Furthermore, BTTS has landed in each of the last five head to head meetings between these sides, with Barcelona winning four of these matches.

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

Vaduz have seen BTTS in 8/8 Swiss Super League outings this term, while Thun have seen the bet land in 4/4 league away games.

Vaduz have conceded two or more goals in seven of those eight, which points towards why they are 11th, of 12.

Vaduz have the league’s 4th-most potent attack at this stage, but that’s gone to waste because they’ve been so poor defensively.

Thun have actually been even worse at the back, conceding the most in the league, 22, by three clear goals at this early stage.

This bet landed after 38 minutes in Thun’s last match.

Valerenga have seen BTTS land in six of their last seven, and in six of 10 home league games this term.

The last three meetings between these two have seen both of them find the net, most recently in mid April.

Fredrikstad have seen BTTS win in their last three league games in a row, after just 28 minutes in their last outing, and they’ve found the net in all of their last eight.

Valerenga have kept just one clean sheet in their 10 home league games this term.

Likewise, Fredrikstad have kept one clean sheet across their 10 league away games.

11 of 12 Eredivisie games involving Nijmegen and Go Ahead Eagles this season have seen both teams score.

Both sides are yet to keep a clean sheet in the league this season and BTTS has landed in seven of the last eight meetings between the sides.

The goal-heavy nature of games is nothing new for the hosts, they saw both teams score in 28 of their 34 (82%) league games last term and they scored in 33/34 (97%).

Go Ahead Eagles found the net in 27/34 last term (79%), and this season they’ve seen 28 total goals in their opening six - a whopping 4.67 per game.

10 of 12 Eerste Divisie matches this season involving De Graafschap and Breda have seen BTTS land.

The bet has won in 100% of De Graafschap’s home games and 100% of Breda’s away games.

De Graafschap ranked 3rd for BTTS Yes games in the Eerste Divisie last season, with 27/34 seeing the bet land, including 14 of 19 home league games.

These two sides have managed zero clean sheets between them so far this season, and De Graafschap have a -11 goal difference already.

De Graafschap scored in 18/19 home league games last term, and are yet to draw a blank on their own patch this season.

Newly-relegated Breda are odds-on favourites to win a, likely, goal-heavy affair.

Viking have seen BTTS land in seven of nine home league games this season.

Despite being the only side challenging Bodo/Glimt for the league title, the reigning champions are three points back in 2nd with 10 to play, they’ve only managed five clean sheets in their 20 league outings.

Lillestrom registered 0.97 xG in the reverse fixture with the bet coming in just after the hour mark, and they’ve found the net in 70% (14/20) of their Eliteserien games this term.

They scored two in the first half in their last league away game, winning 2-1 at Brann.

Man United’s only clean sheet this season came at home to Azerbaijan top-flight winners, Sabah, in the Champions League (a 4-0 win).

In their other five games so far this season, they’ve conceded twice or more in four of them.

Fulham have an extra day to prepare for this match, with United losing 3-2 at home to Brighton in the League Cup on Wednesday, where the Cottagers won 3-2 at West Ham on Tuesday night.

Both meetings between the sides saw BTTS land last season and the desire to go into the international break with a positive result could see a lift in goals across the league this weekend.

Fulham have scored two or more goals in four of six games in all competitions this season and United don’t look like a side capable of blunting them at the moment.