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Saka looked sharp in Arsenal’s opening game of the campaign against Coventry, taking three shots in total and seeing one of these efforts find the target.

He looks a lot more comfortable with Odegaard and Ben White as the players supporting him on that side, that trio have played a lot together and understand each other's movement really well - which helps to get Saka into dangerous positions.

Saka scored seven goals across 25 starts in the Premier League last season. He took 71 shots across these games (2.87 per 90), seeing 27 of these efforts find the target (1.09 per 90). 

Bukayo Saka is very consistent when it comes to winning fouls and was fouled once in Arsenal’s opening game of the season as they came away comfortable 3-0 winners in one of the most convincing displays from any side on the opening weekend.

Saka was fouled in both league meetings between these sides last season, winning two fouls when Arsenal travelled to Villa Park. He won 54 fouls across 25 starts overall in the Premier League last campaign (2.18 per 90) and will be up against Ian Maatsen, who can be quite clumsy with his challenges and averaged 0.96 fouls committed per 90 in the Premier League last season.

Kamara is one of Aston Villa’s most important players and will have a crucial role here if Emery’s side are to avoid defeat as the main defensively minded midfielder following Joao Gomes’ red card in Villa’s opening game of the season.

Kamara committed two fouls in that game as Villa suffered a bruising 4-0 defeat to Brighton, contesting 11 duels and also making two tackles. Kamara committed 17 fouls across his 17 starts in the Premier League last season (1.08 fouls committed per 90) and will have a tough test against Myles Lewis-Skelly here.

Lewis-Skelly is one of the best players in the Premier League when it comes to winning fouls. He was hauled down three times in Arsenal’s opening game of the season and averaged 2.06 fouls won per 90 in the top flight last term.

Aston Villa were all over the place defensively against Brighton last time out, conceding four goals and still requiring Marco Bizot to make three saves.

I wouldn’t be surprised to see Zion Suzuki make his debut here, Villa have signed the keeper from Parma where he was forced to make 66 saves across 20 starts in his most recent campaign (3.30 saves per 90).

Arsenal looked really good in forward areas against Coventry in their opening game, managing six shots on target and converting half of these efforts. 

Arsenal forced 3+ saves from Emi Martinez in both head to head meetings between the sides last season, forcing the Villa keeper into making seven saves when the sides met at Villa Park last year. 

Both of these sides were quite inventive from set piece situations last season and we should see corners be an important part of both teams’ attacking approach this term.

Arsenal forced eight corners in their win over Coventry on the opening weekend, conceding two as well to take their total to 10 corners - which was around the average their games saw in the Premier League last campaign.

Aston Villa’s clash with Brighton produced seven corners, though Villa’s count of two was blunted by the fact that they were reduced to 10 men early on in that game. Both sides can contribute to the corner count here to help cover this line for this leg of our bet builder.

The Eerste Divisie is one of the best leagues for goals in Europe, and there’s a fascinating matchup here between the youth teams of PSV and Ajax - two sides competing towards the top of the Eredivisie. 

Jong Ajax have seen BTTS in each of their last four matches ahead of this game but have not started the season strongly - losing three of their opening four matches of the campaign. They did manage to secure that first win last time out, coming away 3-2 winners over Helmond Sport.

PSV saw BTTS last time out as they were held to a 2-2 draw by Waalwijk - they’ve seen BTTS in four of their last five matches, only keeping a clean sheet against a Top Oss side who have scored fewer goals than any other side in the league so far (3).

Neither of these sides has started the season well, with Utrecht losing all four of their matches so far this season and Alkmaar winning just one of their games - despite scoring seven goals.

Utrecht have seen BTTS in all four of these defeats, they’ve conceded the joint most goals of any side across the opening few games of the Eerste Divisie campaign (13) and saw BTTS in their most recent meeting with Alkmaar, emerging as 4-1 winners.

Alkmaar have seen BTTS in each of their last three games, conceding eight goals across their opening four matches. Both defences look vulnerable here, and both sides have still been scoring goals despite their general poor form at the start of this campaign.

Atalanta saw BTTS in the opening game of their campaign as they came away 2-1 winners over Sassuolo, but were quite lucky to claim all three points having conceded an xG of 2.70 from 22 shots and relying heavily on Carnesecchi - who made seven saves.

Bologna should have really found the back of the net in their opening game of the campaign, registering an xG of 1.78 from 14 shots against Lazio - but ultimately falling to a 1-0 defeat. Bologna actually scored most of their goals away from home in Serie A last season, netting 30 goals across their 19 matches (1.57 per game).

That tally accounted for 61% of the total goals they scored in Serie A last season, and they should feel encouraged by the volume of chances that Sassuolo managed to generate against Atalanta in their opening game of the campaign. 

Martin Odegaard was brilliant in Arsenal’s win over Coventry in their opening game of the season, scoring the third goal to secure all three points against Frank Lampard’s side.

I think Odegaard is at his best when he’s got Saka and White alongside him down that side of the pitch. The trio understand each other really well, and that is reflected in the quality of their movement in the final third which helped Saka and Odegaard get into dangerous positions.

Odegaard also scored in Arsenal’s win over City in the Community Shield, so he’s started the season in really strong form after a pretty good World Cup campaign as well. 

Odegaard was also impressive when these sides last met, setting up one of Arsenal’s goals as they came away 4-1 winners over Villa with Odegaard creating more chances than any other player in that game (3).

McGinn picked up a card in Villa’s opening game of the season, which ended in embarrassment as they were beaten 4-0 by Brighton and didn’t even manage a shot on target.

Villa have lost quite a few key players, but McGinn is someone who still deeply cares about the club and will be willing to show a bit of fight - as he did last week, committing one foul which was enough to earn him a caution.

McGinn also picked up a yellow card in the Super Cup final, and was cautioned in Villa’s final pre-season friendly against Mochengladbach. He collected five yellow cards across 28 starts in the Premier League last season, and will have quite a few defensive responsibilities here.

Buendia had to play as a makeshift striker for Villa against Brighton last time out, with Unai Emery’s options to lead the line currently being quite limited due to injuries and Ollie Watkins nearing a move away from the club.

Buendia took three shots inside just seven minutes in the defeat Villa suffered to Brighton last weekend, accounting for half of Villa’s total efforts in that game. Buendia was an important player for Villa last season, registering 20 goal contributions across 54 appearances.

He averaged 2.51 shots per 90 in the Premier League last season, and also came off the bench to score the winner against Arsenal in this fixture last season. 

It's been a very turbulent start to the season for Aston Villa.

It's difficult to see the legacy from their Europa League win from the teams they're putting out to start the season.

They're gradually strengthening the squad as the transfer deadline approaches, but the new-look side will need time to gel.

Villa lost their opening Premier League match 4-0, at Brighton, Arsenal won theirs 3-0, at home to Coventry.

It's a very small sample, but Arsenal looked light-years ahead of Villa on gameweek 1 and are the reigning champions after all.

There'll be question marks around Unai Emery's future if Villa fall apart again in this one, and Arsenal are capable of dismantling them, as they did in a 4-1 win the last time the sides met.

This bet wins if Barcelona win by two or more goals.

They have been in scintillating form to start the La Liga season - going for a third title in a row.

Barca generated 4.38 xG in a 5-0 win at Elche and 4.32 in a 2-0 win at home to Athletic Bilbao, in their opening two La Liga games.

Raphinha and Fermin Lopez are on three goals each already, and Rayo Vallecano do not look like the first side to deny them.

The Conference League finalists began the season with a 2-1 defeat at Sevilla, only managing six shots in the whole match.

They then drew 1-1 at home to Alaves, who came 14th last season, losing the xG battle 0.42-2.00 and the shot count 8-15 on their own patch.

Barca are as short as 1.07 to win the game in places, so boosting the odds to around 1.30 on them to win by two or more goals looks a sensible play for a double.

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Filly Eilish is the joint-3nd highest rated horse of the day on Racing Ratings, at 8.7/10.

The next highest rated in the race is Silky Lass with 4.8/10, and Filly Eilish is jostling for favouritism at the top of the market for this race.

She has a course and distance win under her belt from as recently as late July and will be aiming to replicate that today.

Jockey, Silvestre De Sousa, provides some continuity having been in the saddle in her course and distance win.

The conditions suit her down to the ground and she could well go off as the favourite come the start of the race.

Rock Of England is the joint-highest rated horse on Racing Ratings, with a score of 10/10.

He has run well at Ripon previously, with one win and two 2nd-placed finishes in the six times he's run there.

Today's distance suits him well and is close to the five furlongs that he's managed five of his six career wins over.

He's fully proven at the level and is the clear favourite at this stage of the market.

A course and distance winner who has been running well of late, look no further than Rock Of England in the 16:10.

Caughtinyourtrance is rated 9/10 on Racing Ratings, the 2nd-highest score of the day.

He has won his last two races coming into this and finished 2nd in two consecutive races before that winning run.

He has not finished below 2nd place across three runs at Cartmel this season, he's a course specialist.

Jockey, Brian Hughes, rode Caughtinyourtrance to both of his victories this season, so that continuity should bode well for another top end finish.

He's the clear favourite at the time of writing and is still shortening, a locally trained horse with proven pedigree at the track.

Woodleigh is the joint-highest rated horse on Racing Ratings today, with a 10/10 rating.

He has won two of his last six races and is shortening in odds at the time of writing.

He has looked comfortable above the level, and his quality should shine through in a Class 6 event.

Trainer, Roger Fell, is enjoying an excellent season and has been managing Woodleigh carefully.

Today's race matches his favourite distance and having won three times since May, Woodleigh is in great shape to go again at Ripon this evening.

Rock Of England is the joint-highest rated horse on Racing Ratings, with a score of 10/10.

He has run well at Ripon previously, with one win and two 2nd-placed finishes in the six times he's run there.

Today's distance suits him well and is close to the five furlongs that he's managed five of his six career wins over.

He's fully proven at the level and is the clear favourite at this stage of the market.

A course and distance winner who has been running well of late, look no further than Rock Of England in the 16:10.

Rock Of England is the joint-highest rated horse on Racing Ratings, with a score of 10/10.

He has run well at Ripon previously, with one win and two 2nd-placed finishes in the six times he's run there.

Today's distance suits him well and is close to the five furlongs that he's managed five of his six career wins over.

He's fully proven at the level and is the clear favourite at this stage of the market.

A course and distance winner who has been running well of late, look no further than Rock Of England in the 16:10.

Woodleigh is the joint-highest rated horse on Racing Ratings today, with a 10/10 rating.

He has won two of his last six races and is shortening in odds at the time of writing.

He has looked comfortable above the level, and his quality should shine through in a Class 6 event.

Trainer, Roger Fell, is enjoying an excellent season and has been managing Woodleigh carefully.

Today's race matches his favourite distance and having won three times since May, Woodleigh is in great shape to go again at Ripon this evening.