Football betting analyst Mark O’Haire returns to share a couple of his favourite fancies across the globe with a focus the Bundesliga and Belgium.
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Defending Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen sit three points off the summit as we move towards MD7 this term. Xabi Alonso’s all-conquering outfit have so far struggled to match last season’s highs; Die Werkself were downed by RB Leipzig at the end of August, fortunate to escape with a point at Bayern Munich and held at home by Holstein Kiel.
Leverkusen are still creating and converting freely in forward areas but Die Schwarzroten have been unable to find the same standards of defensive stability, giving away a plethora of soft goals. Four of Bayer’s first six Bundesliga opponents have scored at least twice against Alonso’s outfit and that should only encourage a confident Eintracht Frankfurt side.
Eintracht arrive in fine form, fresh from a thrilling 3-3 draw against Bayern, and a similar showdown could be in the offing here. Dino Toppmoller’s team also prefer to play an attractive and entertaining style, proactive in possession with a largely positive process. However, Die Adler have also been hampered by their own sloppy rearguard action.
Frankfurt have kept a solitary shutout in nine matches across all competitions this season – those nine dates have delivered an enormous 4.22 goals per-game with six overcoming the Over 3.5 Goals barrier. Eintracht themselves have plundered multiple strikes in eight of those nine outings, even notching 3+ goals on six occasions.
Meanwhile, Leverkusen’s 10 tussles this term have produced 38 strikes – Bayer have scored at least twice in seven of those contests, yet also conceded two goals or more in five of those fixtures. Looking purely at the Bundesliga, the duo have delivered successful Over 2.5 Goals and Both Teams To Score winners in nine of 12 combined encounters.
Goals look well worth opposing in Belgium on Sunday considering Both Teams To Score ‘No’ is trading as the outsider at 1.95 when Standard Liege host Sporting Charleroi. The hosts have been a turgid team to follow this term, scoring just five goals across their opening 10 league matches, however, Les Rouches’ have conceded just eight of their own.
Unsurprisingly, arch-pragmatist Ivan Leko is overseeing the worst attack in the Belgium top-flight, alongside the second-best defence. In eight of those tussles, Under 2.5 Goals has proven a profitable play, yet BTTS No backers have collected on nine occasions and that has to be the angle here with Charleroi following suit in seven of their first 10 games.
Both Teams To Score ‘No’ has therefore been the right selection in 16 of the duos combined 20 Pro League matches this season, and at 1.95, I’m more than keep to back a repeat this weekend with 12 of those collective contests featuring a maximum of just one goal.
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