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Sociedad come into this clash in better form, unbeaten in any of their last six games, and they have been entertaining to watch recently. This selection has landed in five of those six matches, and Sociedad have cleared this line on their own in four of those games. That includes a 5-2 win against Malaga in La Liga, and a 6-0 victory over Lillestrom in the Europa League.

Athletic Club haven’t been as expansive, but they came away with a 4-0 win last weekend over Getafe. That result will certainly boost their confidence heading into this clash, so they should be front-footed on home turf.

If the hosts are to get anything out of this match, and reverse their recent run of poor results in the Basque derby, they will need Alex Berenguer to be on top form. He has scored in his last two successive matches coming into this clash, so is one to keep an eye on.

Berenguer is averaging 2.03 shots per 90 in the league this season, but 38% of his efforts have hit the target. The 31-year-old tends to be efficient when chances come his way, and he is likely to be the designated penalty taker for Athletic Club this weekend, as well as being on free-kicks.

Sociedad enjoyed plenty of success in the Basque derby last season, and they remained unbeaten in all four matches against their rivals. It finished 1-1 at the San Mames in the league, and 3-2 in the reverse fixture. Sociedad then got past Athletic Club in the Copa Del Rey, winning 1-0 in both fixtures. La Reale racked up 24 corners across those four matches, averaging 6.0 corners per game.

This season, they are averaging 6.5 corners per game in the league, which shows how effective they have been at getting to the byline and creating chances. Sociedad have cleared this line in nine of their ten league matches this campaign.

On the opposite side, Orri Oskarsson is the danger man for Real Sociedad. The Iceland international found the back of the net against Levante last time out, finishing that game with seven shots. Prior to that, he managed four shots against Malaga, and his one shot on target found the back of the net. Oskarsson is averaging 3.59 shots per 90 across all competitions this season, which is one of the highest figures in the Sociedad squad.

Last season, Oskarsson made 20 league appearances, but just eight of those were starts. He recorded a total of 27 shots, and 19 of those hit the target - an impressive 70% accuracy.

Last season, head-to-head matchups between these sides were competitive. There were a total of 22 yellow cards and one red awarded in the four fixtures. Once again, another feisty affair is expected.

Yuri Berchiche started two of those matches, and he was booked in both of those. The 36-year-old is playing his ninth season at the San Mames, so he will be fired up for this derby. Berchiche has already picked up three yellow cards and one red in his seven league starts this season - he tends to be aggressive in his duels, and there should be plenty of defensive work for him to get through at the weekend.

Bills QB Allen is averaging 250.7 passing yards per game this season, 0.7 over this line, while he has passed for 250+ yards in 4/6 games in which he has featured this season.

Last time out in Week 6 vs. the Raiders, he passed for 255 yards and 2 TDs, completing 23 of 33 attempts.

In Week 8, he’s up against a Ravens side that has a bang average passing defense, sitting 16th in the NFL with an opponent passing yards per game of 220.9. This jumps up to 228.3 over their last 3 games, but they had a nightmare against the Bengals last time out, giving up 284.0 passing yards.

In his rookie season, Ravens TE Josh Cuevas is averaging 17.0 receiving yards per game, 7.0 over this line, having been targeted 11 times and receiving 9. His receiving yards per reception is 13.2 yards, 3.2 over this line.

He has received for 10+ yards in 4/L5 games and all of his last 3 games, with 26 vs. Atlanta in Week 5, 44 vs. Cleveland in Week 6, and 35 vs. Cincinnati in Week 7.

He will fancy his chances to extend this run against a Buffalo Bills passing defense that ranks 2nd-worst in the NFL, with 285.8 opponent passing yards per game. Over their last 3 games, the Bills have averaged 317.3 opponent passing yards per game, the worst record in the NFL.

Hill has had 2+ receptions in 5/L6 games, including all of his last 4. This includes 2 vs. Tennessee and Atlanta in Weeks 4 and 5, then 3 vs. Cleveland and Cincinnati in Weeks 6 and 7.

He is up against the Bills, who have the weakest passing defense in the NFL over the last 3 games (317.3 opponent passing yards per game) and 2nd-weakest overall this season (285.8 opponent passing yards per game).

At 40.3 opponent pass attempts per game and 26.2 opponent completions per game, Buffalo ranks 30th in the NFL on both metrics. Meanwhile, the Bills rank 16th with a 64.88% opponent completion percentage. Hill will fancy his chances of getting at least 2 receptions here.

The Baltimore Ravens WR is averaging 101.3 receiving yards per game this season, making 2026 the best season of his career so far by some distance (his 2nd-best was 2025, when he averaged 71.2 Y/G).

He has received for over 80 yards in 4/6 games this season, including last time out against the Bengals where he received for 137 yards and 1 TD.

He is frequently being targeted - 11 times in each of his last 2 games - and will fancy his chances against a weak Bills passing defense, which ranks 2nd-worst in the NFL with 285.8 opponent passing yards per game, and worst over the last 3 games with 317.3.

The Bills RB is averaging 104.5 rushing yards per game this season, making 2026 his best campaign on this metric. He has rushed for 80+ yards in 4/6 games this season, including both of his last 2.

In Week 5, he rushed for 111 yards and 2 TDs vs. the Rams (37-34 OT win) and in Week 6 he rushed for 95 yards and 1 TD vs. the Raiders (33-30 win). He had 25 and 22 rush attempts respectively in these 2 games, suggesting he will get opportunities here too.

While the Ravens rank 9th in rushing defense, with an average of 96.6 opponent rushing yards per game this season, and 7th in opponent yards per rush attempt (3.8), Buffalo ranks 2nd in rushing yards per game (148.8), 2nd in yards per rush attempt (5.1), and 7th (29.3) in rushing attempts per game. Baltimore are 11th (25.4) in opponent rushing attempts per game.

With the totals market set at 54.5 suggesting this will be an expansive, high-scoring game, expect the Bills offense to prevail here. After all, they have scored 37 and 33 points in their last 2 games.

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.