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Harvey Barnes has been Newcastle’s most consistent performer this season and has registered four goal contributions across his eight starts in the Premier League.

Barnes has long been waiting for an opportunity to be the main attacking threat at Newcastle having existed in the shadows of Anthony Gordon for quite a few seasons.

Three of his four goal contributions have come at St James’ Park this season, with a few assists in Newcastle’s win over Hull and scoring against Bournemouth as the Magpies were held to a point.

I’d expect Barnes to be an important player again for Newcastle here, he’s at his best when playing at St James’ Park and Everton have failed to keep a clean sheet across their last four matches - conceding 2+ goals in three of these games.

It was insane that Everton even considered letting Harrison Armstrong go to Nottm Forest over the summer window, and his early performances this season show exactly why he’s so highly rated by the Everton fan base.

Armstrong has committed more fouls than any other Everton player this season (10 - 1.29 per 90). They’re not as aggressive as you’d expect, but I can see the midfield battle getting quite intense here with Armstrong set to face off against Willock, Joelinton and Gonzalez.

It’s Joelinton that I can see Armstrong getting into a real tangle with here. The Brazilian has a physical advantage over both Garner and Armstrong in the middle of the park, and will be supported by the foul winning ability of Willock - who has won nine fouls so far this season (1.69 per 90).

Yoane Wissa is quite a clumsy player and can be careless with his challenges as a result.

He’s committed the second most fouls of any Newcastle player this season (13 - 1.88 per 90), and has a very favourable matchup here against the most fouled centre back in the Premier League this season.

Tarkowski is the centre back in Everton’s duo who is tasked with managing the majority of the physical duels. He’s also quite comfortable with the ball at his feet, which has long been an underrated part of Tarkowski's game.

Wissa has committed at least one foul in all four of Newcastle’s home games this season, committing multiple fouls in two of these matches. I think the matchup against Tarkowski is one to keep an eye on here, both should be watched for foul involvements.

There’s a lot to like about Tyrique George, and he should get a consistent run in the Everton side due to the off field issues currently affecting Jack Grealish.

George has taken 11 shots across his five starts in the Premier League this term (2.15 per 90), scoring one goal in the process - which was an excellent strike against Man Utd a few weeks ago.

George has only seen two of these efforts find the target, but he’s a much better finisher than this record would suggest. He only played 353 minutes in the Premier League last season, yet managed 10 shots (2.55 per 90) and five shots on target (1.27 per 90).

George should also be able to play on his favoured left side here, with that role previously being reserved for Grealish. Newcastle are conceding 5.13 shots on target per game in the Premier League, and there’s decent evidence to suggest that George could find the target here.

Thierno Barry is developing quite well and leads Everton for shots (27), shots on target (12) and goals (3).

He’s had a shot on target in seven of his eight Premier League appearances, with the exception of Everton’s clash against Man Utd - where he really should have found the target from the four shots he had.

Barry has had multiple shots on target in three of these games, and has had double the number of shots on target of any Everton player.

Only Marcus Tavernier (13) and Erling Haaland (16) have had more shots on target than Barry in the Premier League this season, and both of those players have played an extra game.

Only three sides in the Premier League have conceded more shots on target than Newcastle (5.13 per game), so we can expect Barry to get chances here and extend what is a really impressive record.

Both of these sides have utilised corners and set pieces more widely as an avenue to goal this season.

Only Chelsea (11.25) have seen more corners per game in the Premier League this term than Everton (10.88).

Only Hull (6.63) have conceded more corners per game than David Moyes’ side (6.00), who instructs his side to stay quite narrow when out of possession - encouraging opposition sides to use the wide channels as their main avenue of attack.

Newcastle are seeing an average of 10.00 corners per game in the Premier League, only six sides have had a higher corner count in their league matches this term.

Again, they have an issue when it comes to conceding corners with only Chelsea, Everton and Hull giving away more corners than Matthias Jaissle’s side.

These are two of the worst defences in Serie A.

Sassuolo have conceded more goals than any other side in the division (2.44 per game), with only Monza (4.10 goals per game), seeing a higher overall average for goals in the Italian top flight this term.

Fiorentina aren’t much better at the back, only Monza and their opponents here have conceded more goals than the away side who have seen BTTS in 78% of their matches in Serie A.

Sassuolo have seen BTTS in 89% of their games, setting this one up nicely for goals at both ends. There has been a general increase in goals in Serie A too, 13 of the 20 sides are seeing 3.0 goals per game or higher.

These are two of the worst defences in Serie A.

Sassuolo have conceded more goals than any other side in the division (2.44 per game), with only Monza (4.10 goals per game), seeing a higher overall average for goals in the Italian top flight this term.

Fiorentina aren’t much better at the back, only Monza and their opponents here have conceded more goals than the away side who have seen BTTS in 78% of their matches in Serie A.

Sassuolo have seen BTTS in 89% of their games, setting this one up nicely for goals at both ends. There has been a general increase in goals in Serie A too, 13 of the 20 sides are seeing 3.0 goals per game or higher.

Both teams have scored in eight of Deportivo La Coruña's ten LaLiga games this season, and they still haven't managed to keep a clean sheet.

At home, they're averaging almost five shots on target per game and have shown they can cause problems for teams near the top, including when they held Betis to a draw.

Osasuna, meanwhile, have one of the worst defences in the league, conceding 20 goals in ten games.

Away from home, they've conceded 17 goals in just five games, averaging 3.4 per match, while also allowing 1.87 xGA per game.

Despite their defensive problems, Osasuna have scored six goals in five away games and have one of LaLiga's top scorers in Ante Budimir, who's already scored seven goals in ten matches.

The Croatian has scored four of those goals away from home, including two against Alavés and one against Betis.

Red Bull Bragantino are second in the Brasileirão for shots per game this season, averaging 17 per match.

That number goes up to more than 19 at home, where they're also averaging 2.05 xG per match.

They've also been impressive in their last two home games, scoring four against Cruzeiro and three against Chapecoense, with 23 shots and 11 on target against the latter.

Santos, meanwhile, have scored in 15 of their 16 away games and recently showed their attacking quality by scoring twice against Flamengo, who have one of the best defences in the league.

The problem is that Santos are conceding an average of 1.63 goals per away game, with both teams scoring in 81% of those matches, including their last five away games in the Brasileirão.

They've scored ten goals across those five games and they've also got Gabigol, the league's third-highest scorer with 15 goals.

Nikola Krstović is one of Serie A's top scorers this season, with six goals in nine games, including five at home.

He's been in great form lately, with five goals and two assists in his last four league games, averaging 4.5 shots and two shots on target per match during that run.

Atalanta have also been much better at home, scoring 11 goals in five games, an average of 2.2 per match.

Parma have lost all four of their away games this season, conceding at least twice in every single one.

They've been giving up plenty of chances too, allowing an average of 22.5 shots and six shots on target per away game.

That's definitely good news for Krstović, who also scored when Atalanta beat Parma 4-0 back in January.

Thierno Barry is developing quite well and leads Everton for shots (27), shots on target (12) and goals (3).

He’s had a shot on target in seven of his eight Premier League appearances, with the exception of Everton’s clash against Man Utd - where he really should have found the target from the four shots he had.

Barry has had multiple shots on target in three of these games, and has had double the number of shots on target of any Everton player.

Only Marcus Tavernier (13) and Erling Haaland (16) have had more shots on target than Barry in the Premier League this season, and both of those players have played an extra game.

Only three sides in the Premier League have conceded more shots on target than Newcastle (5.13 per game), so we can expect Barry to get chances here and extend what is a really impressive record.

Both of these sides have utilised corners and set pieces more widely as an avenue to goal this season.

Only Chelsea (11.25) have seen more corners per game in the Premier League this term than Everton (10.88).

Only Hull (6.63) have conceded more corners per game than David Moyes’ side (6.00), who instructs his side to stay quite narrow when out of possession - encouraging opposition sides to use the wide channels as their main avenue of attack.

Newcastle are seeing an average of 10.00 corners per game in the Premier League, only six sides have had a higher corner count in their league matches this term.

Again, they have an issue when it comes to conceding corners with only Chelsea, Everton and Hull giving away more corners than Matthias Jaissle’s side.

I’ve been impressed with Lukas Hornicek so far this season, he’s only kept two clean sheets but has been the busiest keeper in the Premier League - making 27 saves across his eight matches.

Hornicek has been forced into making 3+ saves in six of these games, including making four stops against Palace last time out. He’s made 2+ saves in every game, which is the sign of a keeper that is being overworked and not protected enough by his back line.

Newcastle are conceding 5.13 shots on target per game in the Premier League this season, only three sides in the division are conceding more efforts on their goal.

No Everton player has won more fouls than James Tarkowski in the Premier League this season, despite the Toffees having the likes of Grealish and Dewsbury-Hall in the squad.

He’s been fouled at least once in six of his eight Premier League matches, with the exception of clashes against Man Utd and Tottenham. No centre back in the Premier League has won more fouls than Tarkowski, who usually finds a way to win battles against opposition centre backs.

He’ll be up against Yoanne Wissa here, who has committed the second most fouls of any Newcastle player in the Premier League (1.88 per 90). Wissa has committed at least one foul in all four of Newcastle’s home matches, committing multiple fouls in two of these games.

The Anthony Gover is Racing Ratings' 2nd-favourite horse of the day, with a score of 9.3/10.

He is the favourite for the opening race at Wolves today, streets ahead of the rest of the market at 2.50 at the time of writing.

He has finished in the top three in each of his last six races, winning two of those and coming in the top two in four of six.

He is a previous multiple course and distance winner, coming as recently as September.

Billy Loughnane is in the saddle and has already won here on The Anthony Gover, he is this year's British Flat Champion Jockey.

Macarone is Racing Ratings' NAP of the day with a score of 9.6/10.

He is coming into this race off the back of four consecutive victories, and is the only horse in this 13-runner field to have won their last outing.

Surprisingly, given that form, he's the 2nd-favourite with A Lott Of Kane leading the betting at the time of writing.

Macarone is a multiple course and distance winner, including as recently as mid-October, and is perfectly suited to this trip.

Ben Ffrench-Davis is in the saddle again, with a very strong record on this horse, which includes a win at this track.

Anxious Moments is the joint-3rd highest rated horse of the day on Racing Ratings with a 9.0/10.

He is the narrow 2nd-favourite at the time of writing, though both favourites have just drifted, and won last time out.

Anxious Moments won over course and distance at a big price in mid-October, and he retains the jockey from that win (Harry Cobden).

His yard is in decent form, Charlie Longsdon, and he's been lightly raced to keep improving.

The 3rd-favourite in the market is a 9.50 shot, compared to Anxious Moments at 2.75, so he's well fancied to go close if not replicate the course and distance win.

The Anthony Gover is Racing Ratings' 2nd-favourite horse of the day, with a score of 9.3/10.

He is the favourite for the opening race at Wolves today, streets ahead of the rest of the market at 2.50 at the time of writing.

He has finished in the top three in each of his last six races, winning two of those and coming in the top two in four of six.

He is a previous multiple course and distance winner, coming as recently as September.

Billy Loughnane is in the saddle and has already won here on The Anthony Gover, he is this year's British Flat Champion Jockey.

Startling is Racing Ratings' joint-3rd favourite with a score of 9.0/10.

She has won two of his last four races, coming 2nd twice and then 1st twice before a couple of recent runs that haven't reached those heights.

She is joint-favourite for the opening race at Chelmsford City with Rebel Path - who has finished 8th and 5th in his last two.

Startling is experienced over this trip at this track, and has managed two victories over course and distance.

This is her best surface, returning to it after those two recent underwhelming runs away from the all-weather.

Macarone is Racing Ratings' NAP of the day with a score of 9.6/10.

He is coming into this race off the back of four consecutive victories, and is the only horse in this 13-runner field to have won their last outing.

Surprisingly, given that form, he's the 2nd-favourite with A Lott Of Kane leading the betting at the time of writing.

Macarone is a multiple course and distance winner, including as recently as mid-October, and is perfectly suited to this trip.

Ben Ffrench-Davis is in the saddle again, with a very strong record on this horse, which includes a win at this track.

Anxious Moments is the joint-3rd highest rated horse of the day on Racing Ratings with a 9.0/10.

He is the narrow 2nd-favourite at the time of writing, though both favourites have just drifted, and won last time out.

Anxious Moments won over course and distance at a big price in mid-October, and he retains the jockey from that win (Harry Cobden).

His yard is in decent form, Charlie Longsdon, and he's been lightly raced to keep improving.

The 3rd-favourite in the market is a 9.50 shot, compared to Anxious Moments at 2.75, so he's well fancied to go close if not replicate the course and distance win.

The Anthony Gover is Racing Ratings' 2nd-favourite horse of the day, with a score of 9.3/10.

He is the favourite for the opening race at Wolves today, streets ahead of the rest of the market at 2.50 at the time of writing.

He has finished in the top three in each of his last six races, winning two of those and coming in the top two in four of six.

He is a previous multiple course and distance winner, coming as recently as September.

Billy Loughnane is in the saddle and has already won here on The Anthony Gover, he is this year's British Flat Champion Jockey.

Startling is Racing Ratings' joint-3rd favourite with a score of 9.0/10.

She has won two of his last four races, coming 2nd twice and then 1st twice before a couple of recent runs that haven't reached those heights.

She is joint-favourite for the opening race at Chelmsford City with Rebel Path - who has finished 8th and 5th in his last two.

Startling is experienced over this trip at this track, and has managed two victories over course and distance.

This is her best surface, returning to it after those two recent underwhelming runs away from the all-weather.

Macarone is Racing Ratings' NAP of the day with a score of 9.6/10.

He is coming into this race off the back of four consecutive victories, and is the only horse in this 13-runner field to have won their last outing.

Surprisingly, given that form, he's the 2nd-favourite with A Lott Of Kane leading the betting at the time of writing.

Macarone is a multiple course and distance winner, including as recently as mid-October, and is perfectly suited to this trip.

Ben Ffrench-Davis is in the saddle again, with a very strong record on this horse, which includes a win at this track.

Nico González has given away more fouls than any other Newcastle player this season, with 15 in six Premier League games, averaging 3.09 per 90 minutes.

The Spanish midfielder has already picked up three yellow cards, including one in each of his last two games against Aston Villa and Crystal Palace.

Newcastle are also among the most booked teams in the league, with 22 yellow cards in eight games. At home, that average is even higher, at 3.5 per match.

González is likely to come up against Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, who's been one of Everton's most fouled players, getting fouled around 1.7 times per game.

The referee is worth a mention too. John Brooks has shown 28 yellow cards in five Premier League games, averaging 5.6 per match.

These two sides also met in the League Cup just last Thursday, when González gave away three fouls, but managed to avoid a booking.

Gordon has settled in really well to this Barcelona side, and has had the most shots on target of any Barcelona player in the Champions League this season.

All four of his shots on target actually came in one game, as Barcelona beat Galatasaray 4-1 a few weeks ago. That may sound alarming, but his record in LaLiga suggests that he’s much more consistent when it comes to finding the target.

Only Raphinha and Yamal (both 19) have had more shots on target than Gordon in LaLiga this season. The former Newcastle winger is averaging 1.81 shots on target per 90 domestically - and has found the target in 70% of his LaLiga matches.

It’s also worth noting that one of the main reasons as to why Barcelona went for Gordon in the summer was because of his record in the Champions League last season.

Gordon scored 10 goals across just nine starts for a Newcastle side that struggled to deal with the quality of the Champions League. He had 14 shots on target during that campaign, working out to an average of 1.64 shots on target per 90.

Believe it or not, only Mbappe (10) has had more shots on target in the Champions League this season than Nicolas Jackson (8).

He’s found the target twice in all three of his Champions League matches against Brugge, Fenerbahce and Viking. While this is an obvious step up in quality, Barcelona still offer up so many chances to opposition sides with their high line.

Jackson’s movement is really clever, and has improved further working under the guidance of Unai Emery - who seems to have a way to get the most out of forwards that previously haven’t been that clinical.

Jackson should also be full of confidence. He’s scored in each of his last two Premier League matches against Fulham and Man City, managing a shot on target in each of his last five games domestically.

Hansi Flick confirmed in a recent press conference that he has no intention of changing Barcelona’s style of play, which sees them play with a ridiculously high line without really having the right profiles to play in this way.

Their forward options almost always account for this weakness, but it does mean that Barcelona regularly give up chances to the opposition. They’ve failed to keep a clean sheet in any of their last five matches, and have only kept four across their last 14 games more widely.

This defensive weakness obviously leads to more work for Joan Garcia, who is a top keeper. He’s been forced into making 20 saves across his 10 starts domestically (2.11 per 90) and has also been called into action 13 times across his three Champions League starts (4.33 per 90).

Building on the obvious weakness of Barcelona at the back, Aston Villa have enough quality in forward areas to get on the scoresheet.

It would be a real shock if Barcelona didn’t manage to get on the scoresheet here, they’ve scored in each of their last 16 competitive matches - including every game this season.

So we’re mainly looking at Villa to score here, with Jackson and Manzambi being their main threats. Unai Emery’s side have scored at least three goals in every Champions League game so far.

This is an obvious step up in quality from those opponents, but I can’t get away from Barcelona’s risky style of play here which will inevitably lead to Villa getting decent chances in front of goal.

Barcelona have seen BTTS in each of their last five matches, including conceding goals to Deportivo La Coruna and Galatasaray. They also have seen BTTS in all three of their Champions League games.

Bryan Mbeumo has had more shots on target than any other Man Utd player across all competitions this season (14 - 1.19 per 90).

He found the target right at the death against Chelsea last time out, forcing a superb save from Mike Penders. That effort on target landed my Chelsea v Man Utd Bet Builder on Saturday, and I think Mbeumo can help us to another winner.

He’s incredibly consistent when it comes to finding the target, managing at least one effort on goal in every Premier League match this term. He’s found the target in two of his three Champions League matches, only failing to do so against Como.

Mbeumo should lead the line for Man Utd again here, with Benjamin Sesko still battling an injury.

Only Donyell Malen (21) has had more shots on target across all competitions for Roma this season than Soule (13 - 1.38 per 90).

He’s such a talented player, and is playing under the perfect coach on Gian Piero Gasperini - who has made a habit of taking attacking players to the next level, as he’s done with Malen over the last year.

Soule has also taken the second most shots for Roma (32 - 3.39 per 90) across all competitions, again only sitting behind Malen - who is having a freakish season.

Soule has had at least two shots in eight of his ten matches in Serie A this season, and will certainly get opportunities here against a Man Utd side who look hopeless at the moment.

Roma have been one of the most exciting sides in Europe to watch this season, and saw seven goals at the weekend as they beat Udinese 5-2.

They’ve seen 3+ goals in each of their last four games, including their last Champions League clash against Slovan Bratislava, where they covered this line on their own in a 4-0 win.

Roma have seen 3+ goals in two of their three Champions League matches, with the exception of their 1-1 draw against Fenerbahce which is a real anomaly when you look at Roma’s games overall.

Man Utd are winless across their last nine matches, which is one of the worst records in the club’s history. They conceded an xG of 3.01 against Chelsea over the weekend, and conceded four in their last Champions League clash against Como.

Mario Hermoso committed three fouls at the weekend as Roma came away 5-2 winners against Udinese. I’d consider looking at higher lines for the centre back here, they’re pretty generously priced for a player that is regularly quite aggressive.

Hermoso has committed a foul in all three of his Champions League matches so far, committing multiple fouls against Real Madrid and Fenerbahce. He committed 40 fouls across 25 starts in Serie A last season (1.72 per 90), also maintaining an average of 1.93 fouls committed per 90 in the Europa League.

It’s clear that Hermoso is a consistent player when it comes to winning fouls, and will be one of the main Roma players to watch here for infringements. You can back Hermoso to commit 2+ fouls at 2.50, which is a really appealing price.