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BOW ECHO must enter the realms of ‘banker of the week’ material, following his impressive three-year-old campaign — which has yielded excellent Grade One victories in the 2000 Guineas and the St James’s Palace Stakes. The Night Of Thunder colt is bidding to remain undefeated after five starts. Would you back against such a classy individual?

Bow Echo has such great tactical speed that he promises to be suited by Goodwood’s unique, idiosyncratic circuit. I expect him to travel powerfully and have a good lead into the race, from the speedy Opera Ballo. I don’t feel that Gstaad will reverse placings from Royal Ascot, where he did get closer to the selection than he was at Newmarket, granted that this race should put more of an emphasis on pace.

BOW ECHO must enter the realms of ‘banker of the week’ material, following his impressive three-year-old campaign — which has yielded excellent Grade One victories in the 2000 Guineas and the St James’s Palace Stakes. The Night Of Thunder colt is bidding to remain undefeated after five starts. Would you back against such a classy individual?

Bow Echo has such great tactical speed that he promises to be suited by Goodwood’s unique, idiosyncratic circuit. I expect him to travel powerfully and have a good lead into the race, from the speedy Opera Ballo. I don’t feel that Gstaad will reverse placings from Royal Ascot, where he did get closer to the selection than he was at Newmarket, granted that this race should put more of an emphasis on pace.

Lech Poznan hold a 4-1 advantage from the first leg, which puts them in a dominant position coming into the home fixture.

AGF were hindered massively by a first-half red card when these sides last met, and there is little hope for them to recover here.

However, even with ten men, they still managed to find the back of the net, which might just give them a glimmer of hope here. The Danish side are likely to throw the kitchen sink at Lech Poznan, and they will have to be front-footed right from the start.

However, that could play right into the hands of Lech. The Polish side showed just how effective they can be in the final third, and they finished top of the league last season, with 62 goals scored in 34 games.

However, they did also concede 45, so their games can be quite open at times.

Vikingur won the first leg 2-1, which leaves Hapoel Beer Sheva with a deficit to overturn in the second leg. To make matters worse for the Israeli side, they will contest this match at a neutral venue.

They will have to be more attack-minded in this match, which means we could get another open match with chances available at both ends of the field.

Hapoel Beer Sheva’s season has only recently started, but their games have been quite open. At least four goals were scored in all three of their friendlies, with BTTS landing in all of those.

Vikingur have been equally as prolific heading into this tie - they beat Keflavik 5-1 in their most recent competitive match prior to this fixture, meaning over 2.5 goals has landed in each of their last four appearances across all competitions.

Fenerbahce won the shot count 15-2 in the first leg, winning 1-0.

The slim aggregate advantage means they still have to take the game seriously.

I was surprised to see 1.50 available on the Fenerbahce win, considering how easily they controlled the first leg.

They had 79% possession, and Gornik didn’t have a shot after the 16th minute.

Fenerbahce took the lead in the 37th minute, and Gornik couldn’t even muster a shot in response to that for the rest of the game.

Champions League money means a huge amount to a club like Fenerbahce, they can't afford to get complacent.

Marco Asensio, Mason Greenwood and Kerem Akturkoglu all played a part in the first leg, they won't yet be at full tilt, but they should have plenty to put a few past a Gornik side who won less than half of their games in the Polish top-flight last season.

Slovan Bratislava are another side who secured a positive first leg result in the Champions League qualifiers, and they have no reason to take things easy here, especially considering they will be playing in front of a home crowd.

Slovan are not short of European experience, and they finished top of the Slovakian top flight last season. They won eight of their 11 home matches at the Tehelne Pole Stadium, which shows how they play with more confidence in front of a home support.

Iberia lack the same pedigree, and it’s going to take a massive effort from the Georgian side to overturn this deficit in the second leg.

If they decide to be more front-footed in their approach, that could open up space for Slovan to exploit on the break, and the Slovakian side tend to be efficient when chances fall to them in the final third.

Copenhagen have conceded five goals in two games to begin the season, including their 3-3 first leg draw with Polissya Zhytomyr.

This is not the Danish giants of old, they were in the relegation group of the Superligaen last season and have looked very vulnerable at the back to start the new campaign.

They allowed 2.87 xG in the first leg, and conceded another 2.34 in a 3-2 win at home to newly-promoted Lyngby at the weekend. 

With the Danish top-flight newcomers winning the shot count 21-12.

Polissya finished 3rd, ahead of 4th-placed Dynamo Kyiv, in the Ukraine top-flight last season, and Ukrainian sides have done some remarkable things in European competitions since the war.

Polissya created over 1 xG in each half of the first leg.

They're more than capable of landing some punches in the second, with progression on the line.

Fenerbahce won the shot count 15-2 in the first leg, winning 1-0.

The slim aggregate advantage means they still have to take the game seriously.

I was surprised to see 1.50 available on the Fenerbahce win, considering how easily they controlled the first leg.

They had 79% possession, and Gornik didn’t have a shot after the 16th minute.

Fenerbahce took the lead in the 37th minute, and Gornik couldn’t even muster a shot in response to that for the rest of the game.

Champions League money means a huge amount to a club like Fenerbahce, they can't afford to get complacent.

Marco Asensio, Mason Greenwood and Kerem Akturkoglu all played a part in the first leg, they won't yet be at full tilt, but they should have plenty to put a few past a Gornik side who won less than half of their games in the Polish top-flight last season.

The top four race looks really open this season and Chelsea have a real advantage by not being in Europe. 

Chelsea are not as far away from the Champions League spots as their 10th placed finish last year would suggest.

The Blues pretty much tanked their season after Enzo Maresca left the club and were around the top three positions while he was still in his role. 

Chelsea have signed Morgan Rogers as well as Marco Palestra already this summer and are heavily linked with a move for Maxence Lacroix at the time of writing. 

These additions add to the likes of Emegha and Quenda who had already secured moves to the West London side.

These signings signal a shift from Chelsea’s previous obsession with only securing young talent. Most of these players are also very tall and physical, an aspect that Chelsea desperately fell short for last year. 

Xabi Alonso is clearly a very capable manager having won the league title with Bayer Leverkusen and maintaining a 71% win percentage as Real Madrid boss.

He’s coming into an environment where the likes of Liverpool and Manchester City, the two powerhouses of the last 10 years, have new managers - a terrain which could be perfect for Alonso to finally make this Chelsea side competitive in the Premier League with only one game per week.

Stockport faced heartbreak in the League One Play-Off Final at the end of last season as they were beaten 4-1 by Bolton at Wembley. 

That was the second consecutive season in which Stockport have finished third and gone out in the playoffs, which tells me that they are a club that are doing a lot of things right at this level and should have a decent stab at getting out of League One at the third time of asking.

Stockport really didn’t do much wrong when you look at their underlying numbers from last season, they ranked within the top 5 sides for most key metrics and also had one of the league’s top scorers in Kyle Wootton.

Stockport were a similar price to register a Top 6 finish last year and I think the market is underestimating their chances again as a side that now understands League One quite well. Stockport are priced at 5.50 to earn promotion this year, which is a price also worth looking at. 

Barnet are definitely a side worth keeping an eye on this year after finishing eighth at the first time of asking after winning promotion to the EFL.

They finished just two points below a spot in the playoffs last year and notably had the second best away record of any side in the division. It was their inconsistent home form which saw them fall short of a Top 7 finish.

Barnet are third favourites to be promoted from League Two this term, only sitting behind Salford City and Bristol Rovers. We’ve got some insurance by backing them for a Top 7 finish even if they slightly underperform from pre-season expectations.

The Championship extending the number of playoff spots down to eighth is a really significant change this season and Wrexham could easily benefit.

Phil Parkinson’s side finished seventh last season, just two points away from Hull who eventually earned promotion to the Premier League via the playoffs. 

That finish would be enough this year for Wrexham to have a chance of promotion and I think we’ll see the Welsh side battling in the top half of the Championship again this term.

Wrexham have a really deep squad with a wealth of Championship and EFL experience that can aid them in a push for the playoffs this year. 

I think there’s a decent price on this when considering that the likes of Norwich, Sheffield United and Birmingham are shorter than Wrexham to secure a Top 8 Finish - I’d back Wrexham to be just as competitive as those sides.

BOW ECHO must enter the realms of ‘banker of the week’ material, following his impressive three-year-old campaign — which has yielded excellent Grade One victories in the 2000 Guineas and the St James’s Palace Stakes. The Night Of Thunder colt is bidding to remain undefeated after five starts. Would you back against such a classy individual?

Bow Echo has such great tactical speed that he promises to be suited by Goodwood’s unique, idiosyncratic circuit. I expect him to travel powerfully and have a good lead into the race, from the speedy Opera Ballo. I don’t feel that Gstaad will reverse placings from Royal Ascot, where he did get closer to the selection than he was at Newmarket, granted that this race should put more of an emphasis on pace.

FANDOM is one of the more interesting each-way contenders, for this season's prestigious Stewards’ Cup Handicap, run over the 6f distance.

The son of Showcasing has shown winning form over 6f this season, and he has been largely progressive - including a keeping-on 3rd at Ascot over 5f last time.

The move back to 6f, at this speedy course, could ideally suit.

The Richard Hannon-trained runner was a Listed winner in the US and could be peaking at the right time this week.

Watch out for him late on the scene, at a juicy each-way price.