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It’s really hard to look past Arsenal in any game at the moment, Mikel Arteta’s side look unstoppable and are by far the most complete side in the Premier League.

This competition is likely to mean very little to Ipswich, with Gary O’Neil likely to prioritise the Premier League following a decent start to the campaign for the newly promoted side. For this reason, I wouldn’t be surprised to see O’Neil rotate for this game which would give Arsenal even more of an advantage.

Arsenal have real depth now, so even if they do rotate with a trip to Brighton to come - it’s likely that even their second string options have enough quality to come out on top here.

Arsenal have won all six of their matches so far this season, winning five of these games to nil. It’s clear that they’re the best side in the country right now, making this an uphill battle for Ipswich.

Tottenham were a really good team to back for corners last season, and they’ve started this season in a similar style - seeing more match corners than any other side in the league across the opening four matches (12.25 per game).

Tottenham have won more corners than any other side in the Premier League (6.75 per game), but the 5.50 corners per game they’re conceding is also one of the highest tallies in the division, which sums up Tottenham quite well at the moment. They struggle to control games, often allowing the opposition to get in decent attacking positions.

Liverpool have seen an average of 9.0 corners per game across their opening four games of the season. Tottenham’s tendency for a slightly higher corner count should see Liverpool’s tally of 4.25 corners per game rise slightly to cover the line we require.

Both of these sides will be relieved to get away from league duties for a bit following a poor start to the campaign from both teams.

Peterborough have only managed to win two of their seven matches this season, though one of these wins did come in the form of a 5-1 win over Watford in the EFL Cup. They’ve seen BTTS in each of their last two matches, only keeping two clean sheets all campaign.

Barnsley have seen BTTS in four of their last five matches, coming into this game having conceded three goals without reply on the road against Plymouth. They ran out 2-1 winners when the sides met back in February, with that clash seeing both sides post a healthy xG (1.11-2.28).

I’ve been keen to go against Fulham quite often already this season, I really don’t rate the direction they’ve taken with Alvaro Arbeloa as head coach and have long felt as though the club were over reliant on Marco Silva, who departed to join Benfica during the summer.

There’s already been some infighting amongst the Fulham camp with rumours of some players not gelling well with the new coaching staff. This is reflected in Fulham’s early record in the Premier League, they’ve lost three of their opening four games, conceding 3+ goals in two of these defeats.

By contrast, West Ham have adapted well to the Championship - most recently running out 6-0 winners over Wrexham, which is a result that will give them lots of confidence ahead of this clash. They have plenty of Premier League quality within their ranks, namely Jarrod Bowen who has already recorded 10 goal contributions this term.

It’s really hard to look past Arsenal in any game at the moment, Mikel Arteta’s side look unstoppable and are by far the most complete side in the Premier League.

This competition is likely to mean very little to Ipswich, with Gary O’Neil likely to prioritise the Premier League following a decent start to the campaign for the newly promoted side. For this reason, I wouldn’t be surprised to see O’Neil rotate for this game which would give Arsenal even more of an advantage.

Arsenal have real depth now, so even if they do rotate with a trip to Brighton to come - it’s likely that even their second string options have enough quality to come out on top here.

Arsenal have won all six of their matches so far this season, winning five of these games to nil. It’s clear that they’re the best side in the country right now, making this an uphill battle for Ipswich.

Both of these sides will be relieved to get away from league duties for a bit following a poor start to the campaign from both teams.

Peterborough have only managed to win two of their seven matches this season, though one of these wins did come in the form of a 5-1 win over Watford in the EFL Cup. They’ve seen BTTS in each of their last two matches, only keeping two clean sheets all campaign.

Barnsley have seen BTTS in four of their last five matches, coming into this game having conceded three goals without reply on the road against Plymouth. They ran out 2-1 winners when the sides met back in February, with that clash seeing both sides post a healthy xG (1.11-2.28).

Barcola is still settling into his role in a Liverpool shirt but has shown some small signs that he will be a very dangerous player for Andoni Iraola. He had three shots against Atletico Madrid last week, seeing two of these efforts find the target.

He didn’t get as many chances in front of goal against Fulham, taking one shot in Liverpool’s 0-0 draw with Alvaro Arbeloa’s side, but I think he’ll get more opportunities here against a Tottenham side who really don’t like visiting Anfield having failed to win any of their last 17 trips to the ground.

Barcola scored 11 goals across 21 starts in Ligue 1 for PSG last season, taking 67 shots across these games (3.45 per 90) and seeing 31 of these efforts find the target (1.59 per 90). 

It’s been quite a tough start to life at Tottenham for Sandro Tonali who looks to be part of quite an unbalanced Tottenham side that is still searching for a clear style of play under Roberto De Zerbi.

Tonali has been fouled four times across his four starts in the Premier League this season (1.04 per 90), having averaged 1.49 fouls won per 90 for Newcastle last term. Despite his struggles in the early stages of his Tottenham career, winning fouls remains a strong part of his game and can come to the fore against Liverpool’s intense press.

Andoni Iraola wants his side to press quite high up the pitch and create as many high turnovers as possible, making Tonali an obvious target to be fouled. Only four sides have committed more fouls than Liverpool in the Premier League so far this term (13.0 per game).

Szoboszlai has been playing in a slightly deeper role this season as Andoni Iraola attempts to find the right balance in Liverpool’s midfield. 

He’s committed eight fouls across just four starts in the Premier League this term (2.00 per 90) and is the perfect player for Iraola’s style of play - with endless energy that allows him to contest multiple duels during matches.

He’ll be up against Sandro Tonali in what should be an intriguing midfield matchup. Tonali has won four fouls across four starts in the Premier League this season, and I expect Tottenham to try and target Szoboszlai in midfield as he can be a bit careless with his defensive positioning at times. 

Tottenham were a really good team to back for corners last season, and they’ve started this season in a similar style - seeing more match corners than any other side in the league across the opening four matches (12.25 per game).

Tottenham have won more corners than any other side in the Premier League (6.75 per game), but the 5.50 corners per game they’re conceding is also one of the highest tallies in the division, which sums up Tottenham quite well at the moment. They struggle to control games, often allowing the opposition to get in decent attacking positions.

Liverpool have seen an average of 9.0 corners per game across their opening four games of the season. Tottenham’s tendency for a slightly higher corner count should see Liverpool’s tally of 4.25 corners per game rise slightly to cover the line we require.

Tottenham have failed to win any of their last 17 visits to Anfield, with their last victory coming all the way back in 2011.

It’s hard to see how this Tottenham side will be the outfit to break that record seeing as Roberto De Zerbi’s side are yet to score a goal in the Premier League and look to be struggling with infighting following some ugly scenes after they failed to beat Everton last time out.

Liverpool have their own issues as they adapt to the style of Andoni Iraola, but they have avoided defeat in all five of their matches this season - including registering a win over Atletico Madrid in the Champions League. 

Solanke scored from two shots in the last round of the EFL Cup as Tottenham registered a 5-1 win over Charlton at home. 

They have a much more challenging task here away against Liverpool, but should feel optimistic about creating chances seeing as Liverpool have been quite open at the back under Iraola so far.

Solanke has been injured for much of De Zerbi’s tenure at the club, but did manage to score three goals across 11 starts in the Premier League late season from 20 shots (1.80 per 90), seeing 11 of these efforts find the target (0.99 per 90). 

Solanke has some positive history at Anfield two, having scored from two shots on target when the sides faced in April last year. 

I’d also expect Liverpool to rotate their side for this clash given the increase in game volume over the last few weeks, which should give Solanke even more of a decent opportunity to find the target.

There’s a simple formula to Madrid games, take a look at the opposition right-back for some fouls or a card.

The reason for that is of course Vinicius Junior. His ability to draw fouls is second-to-none, he’s drawn an average of 3.88 fouls per 90 minutes so far this season in La Liga.

He’s been fouled two or more times in every match so far and has also drawn some huge numbers, such as eight against Espanyol and four against Betis.

Sangare does also have good foul numbers himself. He’s committed five in five matches, all five have come across four matches at right-back, ignoring the one where he filled in at centre-half.

Villar has drawn a ridiculous average of 3.62 fouls per 90 minutes so far this season in La Liga. He’s drawn two or more fouls in every league match so far this season except against Bilbao, which is also the game where he played the least minutes (69).

The majority of Real Madrid’s fouls come in central areas. Camavinga leads the way with an average of 2.00 fouls per 90 minutes. There’s also Jude Bellingham (1.06), Bernardo Silva (1.67) and Fede Valverde (0.48).

Madrid will of course have the majority of the game, but it’s worth noting Villar drew three fouls at home to Barcelona, despite Elche losing 5-0.

These sides have been top class for entertainment so far this season. Elche games have seen a huge average of 3.80 goals and three of their five matches have seen this selection land.

As for Madrid, their games have seen 3.60 goals on average and four of their five have had three or more match goals.

The last seven head-to-head meetings have seen three or more match goals.

Elche look poor this season. Only Vallecano (14) have shipped more goals than their 13 this season and only Barcelona (21) have outscored Real Madrid, so they may even cover this line on their own.

Courtois has averaged 3.00 saves per 90 minutes so far this season in La Liga. Despite Madrid’s dominance in many games, they have conceded shots at a decent rate, with this selection landing in four of their five matches.

Even when they’re dominating watches, the door can be left open. In the last match, they battered Rayo Vallecano 4-1 yet Courtois was still forced into six saves.

Only the 4-0 win against Malaga saw Courtois go under two saves.

Elche, despite their woes, have actually averaged 5.20 shots on target per 90 minutes and forced 4.00 saves per 90 minutes from the opponents goalkeeper.