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Roma have been an entertaining side to watch under Gian Piero Gasperini, and they are battling near the top of the Italian top flight with four wins and two draws from their opening five matches.

They have scored 14 goals in that time. Even last season, Gasperini guided the Romans to a third-place finish, only behind Inter Milan and Roma, which shows how they are an incredibly competitive side now.

They have pulled off some impressive results already this season, including a 2-1 win against Atalanta, and a 2-2 draw against Inter. Over 2.5 has landed in four of their seven matches across all competitions this season. 

Goals have also been flying in when Real Madrid are playing - over 2.5 goals has landed in eight out of ten of their fixtures this term.

Roma are averaging 5.2 corners per game in Serie A this season, in addition to 18.7 shots per match. They landed this selection against Inter Milan, with 18 shots and four corners, and Atalanta.

Gasperini prefers a 3-4-3 system, and he wants his wingbacks to be positive and make overlapping runs. Roma always look to progress play through their wide players and send crosses into the box, which brings corners into the game. 

Real Madrid come into this clash as favourites, but this could be a tough night for them, especially at the Stadio Olimpico. The hosts are unlikely to sit back and absorb pressure, especially considering how Real Madrid have already lost two of their four away matches this season.

Paulo Dybala has made his return from injury recently, and he has been one of Roma’s most influential players in the final third. The Argentine international has accumulated 23 shots from seven appearances, with eight of those efforts hitting the target. He has also provided four assists, which is the highest in the Roma squad.

Dybala has been playing just behind Donyell Malen, in an inside forward role which has given him the freedom to find pockets of space in the final third. He is the designated free-kick taker for Roma, and could also be on penalty duties. Dybala had an injury-hit previous campaign, but he looks back to his best this term, and he will be hoping to make an impact against Real Madrid midweek.

Gianluca Mancini has benefitted from the back three system under Gasperini, as he has more cover defensively. Mancini likes to be aggressive in his challenges, and step out to try and contest duels.

He has committed ten fouls in seven appearances this season, averaging 1.62 fouls per 90. The Italian international will be playing on the same side as Vinicius Junior on Wednesday night, and that is a matchup to keep an eye on. 

The Brazilian is averaging 3.21 fouls drawn per 90 this season across all competitions, and he has earned a reputation for being a frustrating player to come up against.

Mancini has shown a tendency to lose his head at times - he picked up 12 yellow cards and one red in 45 appearances across all competitions last season.

Jude Bellingham is another player who has been adept at drawing contact for Los Blancos, and he should also find duels against Mancini when he drifts over to the left. The Englishman is averaging 3.17 fouls drawn per 90 this campaign, and he has drawn multiple free-kicks in eight of his nine appearances overall. 

Bellingham also had an average of 2.42 fouls drawn per 90 last season across all competitions - he is a strong carrier of the ball, and he sees plenty of involvement in midfield. Considering Roma are averaging 13.3 fouls per game this season, it looks like an excellent matchup for him to be fouled.

Andres Andrade has produced some notable shot counts for LASK this season, despite playing as a centre back. The Panama international is averaging 2.27 shots per 90 across all competitions, and he has even found the back of the net three times. As well as being the main threat from set-pieces when LASK send the ball into the box, Andrade does occasionally try his luck from distance. 

With chances likely to be few and far between for the hosts midweek, they are likely to throw their centre backs forward into the box at every available opportunity. Andrade will be the target man, and he tends to be accurate with his efforts. He has recorded nine shots on target this season.

Alexis Mac Allister was shown a yellow card in Liverpool’s Champions League victory over Atletico Madrid - the Argentine committed two fouls before being substituted after 69 minutes. He hasn’t featured regularly this season, but Mac Allister has still managed to pick up two cards in just six starts. 

He likes to press aggressively in midfield, and can often be drawn into cynical challenges. Last season, Mac Allister hit ten yellow cards, after racking up 11 bookings in the season prior. LASK can pose a threat in transition with pace in behind, and if Liverpool get caught out then Mac Allister might be forced to take one for the team.

Melayro Bogarde has committed 15 fouls from just seven starts across all competitions for LASK this season, averaging 2.01 per game. Four of those infringements came against AEK Athens in round one of the Champions League, where he was also booked. Prior to that, he racked up three fouls against Celtic in the final Champions League qualifier. 

Bogarde should have plenty of defensive work to get through against Liverpool, who are expected to dominate possession. The 24-year-old will be up against the likes of Barcola, Rio Ngumoha and Victor Munoz - players who like to be direct and beat their man.

Only Mac Allister has committed more fouls for Liverpool  than Milos Kerkez this season, and the fullback has shown struggles defensively.

Iraola has a good understanding of the Hungarian international as they were both at Bournemouth together, but the Spanish manager hasn’t yet been able to get the best out of him in a Liverpool shirt.

Kerkez has been a bit rash in his challenges, meaning he has picked up three yellow cards in seven starts, and he recorded multiple infringements in four of those.

Kerkez will be directly up against Jorgensen midweek, who will keep him occupied. The Danish international is averaging 1.51 fouls drawn per 90 this season across all competitions.

Elliot Anderson was the best player on the pitch in City’s 3-0 win over Liverpool at Anfield - and was notably fouled eight times.

Liverpool committed 19 fouls in total against City, meaning that Anderson accounted for 42% of the total fouls that City won in the game. It’s a really consistent part of his game, those eight fouls take his tally to the season to 20 fouls won (3.56 per 90). 

PSG are quite aggressive when out of possession and will press City often. Anderson is likely to be on the end of this counter press with how often he is on the ball and his consistent ability when it comes to winning fouls.

Anderson won 80 fouls across his 37 starts in the Premier League last season (2.16 per 90), showing further how this is a consistent part of his game that has followed him to City and can come to the fore here. 

Liverpool made a steady start under Iraola prior to the international break, remaining unbeaten in seven games across all competitions. After starting positively against Man City at the weekend, it was a red card to Ryan Gravenberch which ultimately proved costly. After his dismissal, the visitors scored three times.

Liverpool have been effective on their travels so far, picking up seven points from three away games while also keeping two clean sheets. The Reds started their Champions League campaign with a 2-1 victory over Atletico Madrid, and they will hope to follow that up with another three points here.

LASK were beaten 2-0 by Rapid Wien at the weekend, meaning they have failed to win any of their last four matches across all competitions coming into this clash.

Even without some of their key attacking players, Liverpool should have more than enough attacking firepower to get the job done in Austria, and it is likely to be one-way traffic. Liverpool matches are averaging 9.9 corners this season, and their Champions League opener against Atletico Madrid saw a total of 12 corners. The Reds accounted for seven of those.

LASK have been just as effective at generating corners so far. In fact, they are averaging 7.1 corners per game across all competitions this season. They have been quite effective at getting to the byline, and they will have to be direct against Liverpool.

Bradley Barcola is still waiting for his first goal contribution since joining Liverpool over the summer, but this fixture presents an excellent opportunity for him. The Reds are missing key attacking personnel, so there is big pressure on the shoulders of the Frenchman. 

Barcola joined Liverpool after contributing 76 goals and assists across 152 appearances for PSG, so there is no doubt about his quality in the final third. He racked up 21 goals and 20 assists in his first full season at PSG, before adding another 13 goals and six assists last season. It has taken some time for him to find his feet this campaign, but this looks like a favourable matchup.

Florian Wirtz had a tough outing against Man City last time out, but with the Reds so depleted in forward areas, Iraola might have to stick with the German international.

After completing his big money move from Bayer Leverkusen, Wirtz managed just seven goals and eight assists in his first full season for Liverpool. So far this term, he has just one assist to his name, despite featuring in seven games. 

However, he is still averaging 2.25 shots per 90, which shows how he is still picking up promising shooting positions. This will be an ideal opportunity for him to break his duck and start re-building some confidence.

If LASK are going to pose a threat in the final third against Liverpool, Kasper Jorgensen will have to play a role. The Danish international has been incredibly active going forward for LASK this campaign, despite being listed as a right wingback on paper. He has recorded 29 shots in 12 appearances, averaging 2.82 shots per 90 across all competitions.

Even last season, he bagged seven goals in 32 league appearances for LASK, which shows just how important he is going forward. Jorgensen isn’t afraid to try his luck from distance, and he usually shoots as soon as the space opens up. That could be useful against Liverpool where chances will be rarer than usual.

Cherki scored a brilliant goal and was awarded man of the match for his performance against Liverpool over the weekend, and the City man is in brilliant form more widely ahead of this clash.

Cherki has registered six goal contributions across his five starts in the Premier League. He scored three goals across just four starts in the Champions League last season, so he’s clearly comfortable at this level and the momentum he carries into the game can’t be ignored.

Cherki registered 28 goal contributions across all competitions for Manchester City last season in a strong debut campaign. He seems to be getting even better under Maresca, who is more willing to use Cherki as a regular member of his starting eleven than Guardiola was.

It’s no secret that Ousmane Dembele saves his best form for these high profile games with Luis Enrique often rotating his side domestically to ensure that they have enough fitness to be ready for these high profile Champions League matches.

Dembele started in PSG’s opening game of the Champions League campaign against Slovan Bratislava, a game that the French side ended up winning 6-1 with Dembele walking away with four goal contributions. We only need him to have a hand in one goal here, which looks likely given his overall record in the Champions League.

Dembele registered 10 goal contributions across just 11 starts in the Champions League last season, building on the 24/25 campaign where Dembele was the best player of the competition - registering 14 goal contributions across 13 starts.

Nunes’ shift from a talented midfielder to one of the most reliable and consistent fullbacks in world football isn’t spoken about enough, Guardiola did an excellent job in profiling Nunes in this way and he’s now really settled in this role.

However, there are times where it is obvious that Nunes is not a natural fullback and those instances tend to be when  Nunes is up against a world class winger, as he will be here. His main opponent is likely to be Kvaratskhelia, who averaged 2.29 fouls won per 90 across 14 starts in the Champions League last season.

Nunes collected five yellow cards across his 32 starts in the Premier League last season, as well as committing five fouls across his five starts in the Champions League (1.04 per 90). I can see Kvaratskhelia really testing Nunes here, tempting him into committing a few fouls and picking up a card.

Hakimi has picked up one yellow card across his five starts in Ligue 1 already this season, and is an ideal candidate to pick up a caution again here with the right back set to be in a constant clash with Jeremy Doku.

Doku was the best player on the pitch when he came on against Liverpool at Anfield over the weekend, scoring a wonderful goal as well as winning three fouls and completing five dribbles inside just 34 minutes of action.

That snapshot is a good example of how good Doku can be when it comes to winning fouls, he’ll drive at Hakimi constantly and tempt him into a few late challenges. Hakimi collected three yellow cards and a red card in Ligue 1 last season, as well as two yellow cards in the Champions League. 

These sides met in the Europa League last season, and there were exactly ten corners. Aston Villa held onto the win in the end as Jadon Sancho scored the only goal of the game, but it was a very even contest. Both sides managed exactly five corners apiece to clear this line. This time, Aston Villa will benefit from home advantage, but it is likely to be another even contest. 

Fenerbahce are averaging 9.8 corners per game this season, rising to 11.4 when playing away. They are averaging 7.0 corners for, and 4.4 corners against when playing on their travels this campaign. The Turkish side are not short of talent in the final third, so this could be quite an open contest.

The previous meeting between these sides was a feisty encounter which produced nine cards and 28 fouls. Fenerbahce were responsible for five of those bookings, while Villa accounted for the other four, as they struggled to retain their lead towards the end of the match.

Cards are usually a target to keep an eye on when Fenerbahce are playing - they are averaging 2.3 cards per game from their seven away matches this term, despite just one of those ending in defeat. 

Even last season, the Turkish side had an average of 3.7 cards per game in the Europa League. Meanwhile, Villa are averaging 2.5 cards per game across all competitions this season, and they have been booked at least twice in eight out of nine games in total.

Johan Manzambi made an immediate impact on his first Premier League start, scoring against Tottenham before the international break. The Swiss international registered four shots in that match, with two hitting the target.

He was unfortunate not to find the back of the net against Brentford last time out, as he accumulated seven shots with one on target. Manzambi is not lacking confidence in the final third - he is averaging 5.12 shots per 90 as a Villa player. |

|After his stellar World Cup campaign, during which he registered three goals and two assists, Manzambi has gone from strength to strength, and the 20-year-old is one to keep an eye on midweek.

Fenerbahce were kept at bay by Aston Villa last season, but they have since added Mason Greenwood to their front line.

The former Man United man has already bagged four goals in eight appearances for the Turkish side, and he has been a constant threat in the final third.

The winger is averaging 3.98 shots per 90 across all competitions this season, which is more than any other Fenerbahce player. 

Even last season, Greenwood scored 26 goals in 45 appearances across all competitions for Marseille. Villa have only kept one clean sheet in their nine matches this season, so Greenwood should be able to find chances in the final third.

Joao Gomes has committed at least two fouls in four of his five competitive starts for Aston Villa.

The former Wolves man has also been shown two yellow cards and a red in that time, which shows how he has taken a bit of time to get up to speed with Unai Emery’s tactics.

The Brazilian presses intensely in midfield, and Villa haven’t been anywhere near as effective at controlling possession this season. 

Fenerbahce are averaging 12.4 fouls drawn per game this season across all competitions, which shows how they can be a frustrating team to come up against. Joao Gomes should be kept busy in midfield.

Greenwood has racked up the most shots in the Fenerbahce squad, but Vedat Muriqi has been the most efficient when chances have fallen his way.

The Kosovo international has scored six goals in eight appearances across all competitions after completing his move from Mallorca last season. Muriqi scored 23 goals in 37 La Liga appearances last season, but that wasn’t enough to save Mallorca from relegation. 

The striker is averaging 3.59 shots per 90 this season, and 57% of those have hit the target. That is impressive efficiency, and it speaks volumes of the quality of chances Muriqi is finding - he knows how to pick gaps in opposing defences, and this looks like a good matchup for him against a shaky Villa backline.

John McGinn has already collected four yellow cards for Aston Villa this season. He was booked during the Champions League victory over Club Brugge after committing three fouls, while he has also been carded twice in the Premier League, despite being only six matches into the campaign.

If the Villa captain starts on the right wing again, he will find duels against Archie Brown and Kerem Akturkoglu, who have combined for an average of 2.95 fouls drawn per 90 across all competitions this season. The Turkish side often concentrate play down that left wing, which should bring McGinn into the game defensively. The Scottish international is averaging 1.79 fouls per 90 this season, and that figure could rise further midweek.

Following the departure of Youri Tielemans over the summer, Boubacar Kamara has been given a much greater role on the ball in midfield, and Emery will be desperate for the Frenchman to remain fit this season.

He was fouled five times against Brentford at the weekend, taking his average to 1.87 fouls drawn per 90 across all competitions. He has landed this selection in four of his last five starts for Villa. 

Fenerbahce are likely to press strongly in midfield, but Kamara is adept at retaining possession and using his body to buy free-kicks. Even last season, Kamara had an average of 1.91 fouls drawn per 90 despite missing large parts through injury.

Archie Brown has committed eight fouls in five Champions League appearances this season, as Fenerbahce had to navigate their way through the qualifying rounds.

The left back accumulated three infringements against Roma in round one of the league phase, and he looked a bit exposed at times. 

Brown should find himself directly up against McGinn on Wednesday night, and that is a matchup to keep an eye on. The Scottish international was fouled five times against Brentford last time out, taking his average this season to 3.23 fouls drawn per 90 across all competitions.

He is adept at using his body to draw soft fouls, and Archie Brown should have plenty of defensive work to get through.

Haaland scored again over the weekend as City secured a 3-0 win at Anfield to extend their perfect start to the season. Haaland only had one effort on target in that game, but has been regularly finding the target on at least two occasions in the early stages of this season.

Haaland scored two goals against Porto in City’s opening game in the Champions League, taking six shots in that game and seeing four of those efforts find the target. This is obviously a step up in quality of opposition, but PSG have had their defensive issues this team with only one shutout so far.

Haaland scored eight goals across his nine starts in the Champions League last season. He took 35 shots across those matches, seeing 20 of the efforts find the target (2.38 per 90). There aren’t many players you’d be more confident in backing for a few shots on target at the moment, even if PSG are a step up in quality from the opponents that City have faced so far.

Kvaratskhelia was rested for PSG’s opening Champions League game against Slovan Bratislava with Luis Enrique not needing to risk all of his star players for that game. 

PSG came away 6-1 winners in the end, managing 14 shots on target from their 35 shots. We obviously don’t expect the same level of attacking output from PSG here, but it’s a good snapshot of the type of scoring power that PSG can produce.

Kvaratskhelia was PSG’s most influential player in the Champions League last season, netting 10 goals across his 14 starts as well as providing six assists. He took 50 shots across those appearances (3.95 per 90), seeing 18 of those efforts find the target (1.42 per 90).

Elliot Anderson was the best player on the pitch in City’s 3-0 win over Liverpool at Anfield - and was notably fouled eight times.

Liverpool committed 19 fouls in total against City, meaning that Anderson accounted for 42% of the total fouls that City won in the game. It’s a really consistent part of his game, those eight fouls take his tally to the season to 20 fouls won (3.56 per 90). 

PSG are quite aggressive when out of possession and will press City often. Anderson is likely to be on the end of this counter press with how often he is on the ball and his consistent ability when it comes to winning fouls.

Anderson won 80 fouls across his 37 starts in the Premier League last season (2.16 per 90), showing further how this is a consistent part of his game that has followed him to City and can come to the fore here. 

I still think that Joao Neves is really underrated, he doesn’t get mentioned as often as he should when people talk about this PSG side and I’m focusing on him to commit at least one foul against a City midfield who win fouls for fun.

Neves has committed five fouls across his five starts in Ligue 1 this term, working out to an average of 1.16 fouls per 90. He’s also averaging 5.34 defensive contributions per 90 and 2.55 tackles per 90 domestically, so it’s clear that Neves is getting stuck in and will get involved in some of the uglier parts of the game here.

He’ll be up against Elliot Anderson, Rayan Cherki and Enzo Fernandez who won 10 fouls between them at Anfield over the weekend. Anderson will be the main threat to Joao Neves here having drawn eight of those fouls, giving Neves the perfect opponent to commit at least one foul in this clash.

One of the most notable trends in European football over the last few seasons is the dominance that Premier League teams tend to have. 

We saw this in all three European finals last season, with a Premier League side featuring in all three finals and two of the competitions being won by English sides. 

Aston Villa have recovered well from a fairly slow start to the season, though that is not unusual under Unai Emery - they’ve grown into the season in each of the last three seasons and made a similarly slow start to last campaign.

Aston Villa have avoided defeat in each of their last four matches, winning three of these games with the exception of a 2-2 draw against Brentford last time out.

Fenerbahce’s form looks good on paper, but there is a massive jump in quality between the Turkish Super Lig and the Champions League, and I think you’ll see that play out in the final result.

Bodø/Glimt's strength at home is hardly a secret anymore. They scored three goals in every qualifying-round match and beat the likes of Inter Milan and Manchester City in last season's competition. After a tough opening fixture against Bayern Munich, they now face another German opponent.

Dortmund have been consistent this season and are deservedly favourites for this encounter. Averaging 2.22 xG, they have yet to finish a match without finding the net. However, they struggled defensively against Villarreal in their Champions League opener, conceding twice and allowing 13 shots.

Both sides will have their main attacking threats available, with Helmersen confirmed for the hosts and Guirassy for the visitors. With both players available, there is even more reason to expect goals at both ends.

If you're looking for teams in good form, Betis and Porto certainly fit the bill, with plenty of reasons to expect goals on Wednesday. The Spanish side have scored in every match this season, with both teams finding the net in four of their last five fixtures. Sitting third in La Liga, they are even ahead of Real Madrid and have already beaten Mourinho's side. They also made an impressive start to their Champions League campaign, securing a 3-2 away victory over Lille in France.

Porto sit comfortably at the top of their domestic league, having won all eight matches so far. Their only setback this season came against Manchester City, when they suffered a two-goal defeat in the Champions League. Their defensive record, however, remains a concern. Farioli's side have conceded at least once in each of their last five matches and are averaging 1.13 xGA. Finding the right balance will be their main challenge if they are to come away from Spain unscathed.

This should be a really high quality game with City playing some of the best football in Europe right now, despite the background noise about the 115 charges facing them.

City covered this line on their own at the weekend, coming away 3-0 winners thanks to goals from Haaland, Doku and Cherki as Maresca’s side capitalised on Liverpool going down to 10 men in the second half.

PSG haven’t actually started the season that well domestically, sitting sixth in Ligue 1 after their opening six matches. However, this start mirrors the beginning of last season where PSG didn’t click into gear until January - it’s a tactic that Enrique uses to make sure his side can be fit enough for the second half of the season.

Despite this stuttering start to the season, PSG have still been good for goals. They put six past Slovan Bratislava at home on Matchday 1, and didn’t keep a clean sheet in that game either. PSG have also seen 3+ goals in six of their seven games across all competitions this term.

One of the most notable trends in European football over the last few seasons is the dominance that Premier League teams tend to have. 

We saw this in all three European finals last season, with a Premier League side featuring in all three finals and two of the competitions being won by English sides. 

Aston Villa have recovered well from a fairly slow start to the season, though that is not unusual under Unai Emery - they’ve grown into the season in each of the last three seasons and made a similarly slow start to last campaign.

Aston Villa have avoided defeat in each of their last four matches, winning three of these games with the exception of a 2-2 draw against Brentford last time out.

Fenerbahce’s form looks good on paper, but there is a massive jump in quality between the Turkish Super Lig and the Champions League, and I think you’ll see that play out in the final result.

This game has goals written all over it, Bodo caused so many away sides problems in the Champions League last season - beating the likes of Manchester City, Inter and Atletico Madrid in last year’s competition.

Bodo Glimt have seen BTTS in each of their last four games, with the exception of their opening Champions League game against Bayern Munich - which they lost 5-0. Dortmund have seen BTTS in three of their last five games, conceding twice at home against Werder Bremen last time out in a 2-2 draw.

I wouldn’t touch Dortmund for the win at 2.0 here, Bodo have shown that they can punch above their weight in this competition and they saved their best displays for their home fans last season. They’ve won all seven of their home games so far this season, netting 21 goals in the process. 

Lincoln are the 2nd-biggest foulers in the Championship so far this season, giving away 13.78 per match, and Jefferies should find duels with West Ham’s best two players for winning fouls.

Manor Solomon, 2.04 fouls won per 90, and Morato, 1.77 (3.81 per 90 as a duo), could start down West Ham’s left.

Jefferies is at 1.10 fouls per 90 for the season, and was at 1.29 and 1.17 in the previous two seasons in League One, he’s also fouled in five of his last six games for Lincoln.

That includes making two, three including Super Sub, in Saturday’s 3-0 defeat at Sheffield United.

His two fouls were on United’s left back and striker.

Mavropanos does have a tendency to try and buy fouls, and that shouldn’t be too difficult to achieve when up against Freddie Draper, who has committed 5.22 fouls per 90 in the league this season.

He’s fouled in 8/8 starts, four of those games have come at home, he’s fouled three, four, five and six times respectively across those outings.

Mavropanos has won a foul in five of his last six Championship appearances, and will be involved in the physical tussle with Draper.

Nuno Espirito Santo will have one eye on Saturday’s trip to 1st-placed, going into the midweek slate, Swansea City.

Therefore, winning fouls could be crucial to seeing out a win at Lincoln if they have a lead to hold onto in the second period especially.

This bet has won in 9/9 Championship appearances for Bowen this season, and he had six shots in Friday night’s draw against QPR.

Personnel could be hard to call as Espirito Santo factors the Swansea trip this Saturday into his selection, but captain Bowen is very unlikely to make way.

Lincoln have conceded the 9th-most shots per game in the division, and though they’ll have a plan for Bowen, so have each of the first nine teams he’s faced this season and he’s still been able to let fly three times or more every time.

The Hammers have had an extra day to recover for this game than Lincoln, and that could be evident if Lincoln struggle to live with the intensity of their newly-relegated visitors.

Lincoln are not a bad attacking team at this level, forget their recent history, they’ve been trending as a mid table side going forward so far this season.

In three of their four home games so far, they’ve had four shots on target or more, in two of those they had five.

Mads Hermansen has made 2.33 saves per 90 in the league this season, landing this bet in every away game and actually making four saves in three of four league away trips.

This is a massive occasion for Lincoln, maybe the glamour tie of the season, the closest comparison would be hosting Southampton in early September - they had five shots on target in that one.

This bet has landed in 8/9 Championship games so far this season, seven times by Reach himself and once with the help of Super Sub.

Reach is the go-to free kick taker for Lincoln, who’ve won 10.89 fouls per match so far this season, but eight of his 11 shots have come outside of free kicks anyway.

The 33-year-old is a very intelligent player who has played in a variety of roles in his career, left wing back currently, and that allows him to find pockets of space vacated by Lincoln’s very physical front three when attacking.

His three shots from free kicks have come from the right side of the pitch, where Morato, 1.42 fouls per 90, may be operating.

Sunderland come into this clash under pressure following their 2-0 defeat against Brighton, as they have lost each of their last three consecutive league matches. However, they did manage a positive start in their European campaign, beating AZ Alkmaar 1-0 before the break. It was a dominant performance from the Black Cats, who eventually found the decisive goal through Enzo Le Fee from the spot. 

Once again, there is a massive gulf in quality between these two sides, and Sunderland will hope to capitalise. Torreense qualified to the Europa League after winning the Portuguese Cup last season, but they are massive underdogs in the competition. In fact, they currently sit 15th in the Portuguese second division with the record of one win, three draws and three losses.

Both sides made winning starts to their Europa League campaigns, as Lyon beat Anderlecht 2-1 in Belgium, while Crystal Palace dismantled Lech Poznan 4-0 at Selhurst Park. Over 2.5 goals has landed in six out of eight matches for Palace this season, and their recent encounter against Nottingham Forest was particularly open. 

Lyon have also been an entertaining side to watch, especially when playing on home turf. Over 2.5 goals has landed in four out of their five matches, with BTTS in three of those. They came away with a 4-0 win over Rennes in their last outing at the Groupama Stadium, and a 3-1 victory over Auxerre before that.