It’s not been a bad start for new Brighton manager Fabian Hurzeler. Two wins out of two, five goals scored plus another four in the League Cup.

This week they’ve further strengthened the squad with the arrivals of Matt O’Riley and Ferdi Kadıoğlu taking their summer investment to almost £200M in what is arguably their best ever squad in their history. Even Evan Ferguson was back in the squad during the midweek cup game.

Arsenal meanwhile have started just as well with two wins, and have now won their last eight Premier League matches, scoring at least two goals in seven of those.

However, at home they have been susceptible, failing to keep a clean sheet in 27 of their last 39 home games (69%) since the beginning of the 2022/23 season when they became genuine title challengers.

Opening fixtures against Liverpool and Man City were always likely to yield very little for new boys Ipswich, though their midweek Carabao Cup exit at the hands of League Two’s AFC Wimbledon would have done little to galvanize any shakiness in Town’s ranks.

In contrast, Fulham have been building momentum since their narrow 1-0 reverse at Manchester United on August 16th and the Cottagers followed up a 2-1 win over Leicester in the Premier League with a professional showing at Birmingham (2-0) in the league cup.

Perhaps for the first time since their promotion, Ipswich will expect to enjoy more possession than their opponent when they host Fulham, though the visitors carry an abundance of counter-attacking threat with willing runners like Adama Traore, Alex Iwobi and Rodrigo Muniz, and the Tractor Boys could be vulnerable on turnovers.

Fulham picked off an adventurous Luton side (4-2) at Kenilworth Road in May and the Cottagers could counter-punch their way to success against another newly-promoted opponent here. The visitors are an attractive option in the double chance market in this one.

Southampton are one of five Premier League teams sitting on zero points after two rounds of fixtures, though the Saints are one of just two teams yet to score (alongside Everton) and they have done little to shake their tag as relegation favourites in the campaign’s opening exchanges.

Brentford meanwhile, have won two of their first three fixtures in league and cup, while they would have also extracted confidence from a competitive showing in a defeat to Liverpool at Anfield last weekend.

The Bees struggled to find consistency last term, though they were ruthless when hosting newly promoted outfits at the Gtech Community Stadium and picked up nine points from nine at home to Burnley, Luton and Sheffield United. Back Thomas Frank’s charges to have the edge on a toothless Southampton at the same venue.

If Leicester were under any illusions about how tough life would be back in the top tier, then a haul of just one point from two fixtures would have set them straight, however, the Foxes’ performances haven’t been without signs of promise.

City managed to score once in each of their first two matches back in the big time against Tottenham (1-1) and Fulham (1-2), and Leicester should have opportunities to net again against Midlands rivals Aston Villa.

Only five clubs have a higher xGA figure after two games than Villa (3.20), while the Villains’ return of just one clean sheet from eight away assignments in the Premier League since February suggests they could concede at the King Power Stadium.

Just three sides have conceded more shots on target than Leicester (12) so far however, and a fearsome Villa frontline has enough quality to bite back. Expect action at both ends here.

3-0 and 4-0 defeats to begin the season for Everton with defensive injuries also taking their toll with only 14 senior players available to choose from last weekend.

Two 1-1 draws to start for Bournemouth but the expected goal totals in both games were 3.15 and 4.43 so some bad luck/finishing played its part.

Last season Bournemouth had the joint 2nd most matches finish over 2.5 goals with 27 of their 38 fixtures seeing three or more goals (71%). Away from home, that % increased 79% (15 of 19 games).

Things are looking bleak Wolves right now starting the new season with back-to-back defeats, conceding eight goals. They’ve now lost 10 of their last 14 Premier League matches, whilst conceding at least two goals in eight of their last 10.

Away from home, it looks even worse, having shipped two or more goals in 11 of their last 15 (73%). Take out the ‘big three’ in Man City, Arsenal and Liverpool, Nottingham Forest have scored two or more goals in seven of their nine home games under Nuno Espírito Santo, including the 2-2 draw with Wolves in April at the City Ground where they had 18 shots, with nine on target.

Forest have only scored two goals in their two games so far but they’ve generated the fifth-highest expected goals in the league so should be backed to grab a couple here.