Osasuna beat Celta Vigo on Thursday, and they can see off a Getafe side that has lost consecutive away matches to start the campaign. The visitors were beaten 3-0 at Alaves in their opener, and they lost nine times on their travels last season, including a defeat at Osasuna.

Arsenal have beaten Man City and Coventry 3-0 this season and should be able to win with room to spare against an Aston Villa side in a forced transitional period. A number of big names have left Villa Park over the summer and that resulted in a limp and disjointed performance at Brighton last weekend. The defending champions can take advantage and cover a -1 handicap.

Osasuna beat Celta Vigo on Thursday, and they can see off a Getafe side that has lost consecutive away matches to start the campaign. The visitors were beaten 3-0 at Alaves in their opener, and they lost nine times on their travels last season, including a defeat at Osasuna.

St Etienne have started their Ligue 2 campaign emphatically, winning all three games and scoring ten goals in the process. They have notched at least three in each of these, while Dijon are yet to taste victory this term.

Atalanta’s 2-1 win over Sassuolo didn’t come with an encouraging performance, as they generated just 0.88 xG to Sassuolo’s 2.7 in Sarri’s first league game in charge. Bologna created some good chances in their slender loss to Lazio, and they can take something away from this trip.

Barcelona have generated over 4.0 xG in their first two wins of the season, and they have faced only two shots on target at the other end. The hosts won all 19 home matches last term, averaging three goals per match, and they can clear a -2 handicap against winless Rayo.

Benfica have won five and drawn two of their seven competitive games and have scored 27 goials in the process. They have bagged at least three goals in each of their last three and should get a big win over an Estoril side that have taken one point and scored one goal in their three assignments.

Bahia have taken eight points from their last four away games and are justified favourites against an Internacional side winless in six away games, with four of these ending in defeat.

Independiente Rivadavia have won all three of their domestic home games this season and drew with Fluminense in the Copa Libertadores earlier this month, while Racing Club have taken just one point from their two league away games.

Mirassol are underdogs heading into this tie against the Brazil Serie A leaders, but they have scored in 13 successive home games and have seen both teams score in their last five here. They should give Palmeiras a good game, but the visitors have notched 19 goals in their last seven away fixtures.

Both teams have scored in Inter Bogota’s last four Colombia Primera A games and in each of their last eight away games, while Millonarios have scored in three of their last five and kept just one clean sheet.

Bahia have taken eight points from their last four away games and are justified favourites against an Internacional side winless in six away games, with four of these ending in defeat.

Barcelona have generated over 4.0 xG in their first two wins of the season, and they have faced only two shots on target at the other end. The hosts won all 19 home matches last term, averaging three goals per match, and they can clear a -2 handicap against winless Rayo.

Osasuna beat Celta Vigo on Thursday, and they can see off a Getafe side that has lost consecutive away matches to start the campaign. The visitors were beaten 3-0 at Alaves in their opener, and they lost nine times on their travels last season, including a defeat at Osasuna.

St Etienne have started their Ligue 2 campaign emphatically, winning all three games and scoring ten goals in the process. They have notched at least three in each of these, while Dijon are yet to taste victory this term.

Roma are on a run of three straight successes on their travels and they look a good bet to get another win away at Lecce on Monday. Roma are in form, having won eight of their last ten Serie A matches. They have only tasted defeat once in that run.

Roma are on a run of three straight successes on their travels and they look a good bet to get another win away at Lecce on Monday. Roma are in form, having won eight of their last ten Serie A matches. They have only tasted defeat once in that run.

Osasuna beat Celta Vigo on Thursday, and they can see off a Getafe side that has lost consecutive away matches to start the campaign. The visitors were beaten 3-0 at Alaves in their opener, and they lost nine times on their travels last season, including a defeat at Osasuna.

St Etienne have started their Ligue 2 campaign emphatically, winning all three games and scoring ten goals in the process. They have notched at least three in each of these, while Dijon are yet to taste victory this term.

Arsenal have beaten Man City and Coventry 3-0 this season and should be able to win with room to spare against an Aston Villa side in a forced transitional period. A number of big names have left Villa Park over the summer and that resulted in a limp and disjointed performance at Brighton last weekend.

Benfica have won five and drawn two of their seven competitive games and have scored 27 goials in the process. They have bagged at least three goals in each of their last three and should get a big win over an Estoril side that have taken one point and scored one goal in their three assignments.

Djurgarden have won two of their last three home Allsvenskan games without conceding and beat Malmo 3-0 away last weekend. They face a struggling Mjallby side that have lost five of their last six in all competitions, failing to score in four of those defeats.

Both teams have scored in three of AZ Reserves’ four games this season and in all four of Utrecht Reserves’. There have been at least three goals in seven of these eight combined fixtures, with Utrecht Reserves losing all four of their assignments so far.

Both teams have scored in three of AZ Reserves’ four games this season and in all four of Utrecht Reserves’. There have been at least three goals in seven of these eight combined fixtures, with Utrecht Reserves losing all four of their assignments so far.

Both teams to score has landed in seven of these sides’ eight combined fixtures this season and each of Ajax Reserves’ last three games have gone over 3.5 goals, while two of PSV Reserves’ four outings this term have produced four or more goals.

Both teams have scored in three of AZ Reserves’ four games this season and in all four of Utrecht Reserves’. There have been at least three goals in seven of these eight combined fixtures, with Utrecht Reserves losing all four of their assignments so far.

Both teams to score has landed in seven of these sides’ eight combined fixtures this season and each of Ajax Reserves’ last three games have gone over 3.5 goals, while two of PSV Reserves’ four outings this term have produced four or more goals.

St Etienne have started their Ligue 2 campaign emphatically, winning all three games and scoring ten goals in the process. They have notched at least three in each of these, while Dijon are yet to taste victory this term.

Benfica have won five and drawn two of their seven competitive games and have scored 27 goials in the process. They have bagged at least three goals in each of their last three and should get a big win over an Estoril side that have taken one point and scored one goal in their three assignments.

Sirius’ last four games have produced 16 goals in total and three of these have gone over 2.5 goals. Malmo’s 5-1 win in midweek made it nine goals in their last two games and over 2.5 goals has landed in seven of their last eight ties.

Both of Arsenal’s wins this season have come via 3-0 scorelines and that result looks an obvious pick for Monday’s game. Villa aren’t expected to score as they have lost star forward Ollie Watkins and drew a blank in their opened. Arsenal won by a three-goal margin when these sides last met.

Atalanta drew six of their first nine league games 1-1 last season, and another low-scoring game could be on the cards given the hosts issues creating chances so far. La Dea have scored three times across their first three games under Sarri’s watch.

Arsenal forward Kai Havertz is making up for lost time after an injury-hit campaign last time out. The German has two goals in as many games this season and can keep his scoring streak going at Villa Park.

Raphinha has scored in both of Barcelona’s victories this season, and he’s thriving as their central striker ahead of some impressive creative talent. The Brazilian has generated more xG through two matches (2.8) than Rayo’s entire squad (2.3).

Arsenal have beaten Man City and Coventry 3-0 this season and should be able to win with room to spare against an Aston Villa side in a forced transitional period. A number of big names have left Villa Park over the summer and that resulted in a limp and disjointed performance at Brighton last weekend. The defending champions can take advantage and cover a -1 handicap.

Barcelona have generated over 4.0 xG in their first two wins of the season, and they have faced only two shots on target at the other end. The hosts won all 19 home matches last term, averaging three goals per match, and they can clear a -2 handicap against winless Rayo.

City aren’t quite right yet under Enzo Maresca. They may well come good but Lens away was arguably the worst road trip from Pot 4 while Napoli and Leipzig represent stern tests from Pot 3. And then there’s PSG and Barcelona. Altogether a tough test.

The home game against Bodo/Glimt and trip to Slavia ought to be the bedrock of a campaign in which Dino Toppmoller’s impressive group – who have already beaten PSG in the French Champions Trophy – can emerge successfully.

Barcelona could easily lose in Paris, legitimately drop points at Galatasaray and at home to Man City. One more slip and the top eight could feasibly elude them.

Arsenal were flawless 12 months ago and should have no difficulty getting to the 16 points which are probably required.

BVB came close to the top eight last season and have a great draw this year with Betis, AEK Athens, Sabah and even Inter Milan at home looks winnable.

PSV’s hammerings of Napoli and Liverpool last term were rare highs in an otherwise disappointing campaign. This season’s draw looks far kindlier for Peter Bosz and his Eredivisie big-hitters.

And finally – and this is trusting PSV to get to the last 16 as a bare minimum – how about the Dutch side’s American frontman Ricardo Pepe.

Eindhoven boss Peter Bosz was delighted to see Pepe stay this summer and the 23-year-old is already among the goals in the Eredivisie.

Pepe scored 19 times for PSV last season and in a side who will score plenty of goals in the mood, especially at home, he again could outrun his odds.

Top goalscorer betting in the Champions League invites each-way bets given the number of potential runners with so many teams looking to get 10, 12 maybe even more games under their belts.

Dortmund’s Serhou Guirassy took full advantage of that in the first instalment of the new-look Champions League in 2024/24.

Again, the German powerhouses only reached the quarter-finals but in that time the Guinea international popped in 13 goals, tying top-scorer honours for the competition with Raphinha of Barcelona.

He scored 22 goals for Dortmund last term and is a major threat in this market at a fancy price.

Kylian Mbappe had an explosive World Cup winning the Golden Boot with 10 goals.

That followed a season in which he scored 42 goals for Real Madrid – plus several more for France – and he has started this season with a hat-trick in his second club game, a 4-1 win over Sociedad.

Mbappe fired off 18 shots in his first two games for Real this season and will rack up chances. And if he racks up chances he racks up goals, quite likely enough to win the Golden Boot.

It is desperately hard to make a case for sides outside the top six.

Inter Milan, possibly, at 28-1 or Atletico at 40-1 given Diego Simeone’s men have become such a major player in Europe.

Three-figure runners are clearly easier to ignore but PSV have a puncher’s chance and will be desperate to avenge last season’s flop when they finished 28th in the league phase despite scoring more goals than Man City.

This was a team capable of thrashing Napoli 6-2 and Liverpool (away) 4-1, but a 3-0 loss at Newcastle in between home losses to Atletico and Bayern did for them. This time round, their draw looks far easier and if nine points is the benchmark then it is easy enough to see them getting those from home games against Brugge and Shakhtar with a trip to newcomers Viking a massive plus.

Peter Bosz has held on to last season’s top scorer Ricardo Pepi and added defensive quality in Filip Kostic and Lutsharel Geertruida.

Guus Til, Sergino Dest and Ivan Perisic are big players in a team who should make the top 24 and, with a kindly draw, have a slim chance of outrunning their odds.

The final is in Madrid next spring and a Madrid side may well be there.

Real, 15-time winners, were quarter-finalists last year when they went out in a shooting spree against Bayern Munich and they look better equipped this time.

Jose Mourinho, a two-time winner of the tournament with two different clubs, is back at the helm and whether or not that is a positive will forever be debated.

But just look at the group of players at The Special One’s disposal.

That front three of Jude Bellingham playing in and around Vinicius Junior and the extraordinary Kylian Mbappe, with any of Arda Guler, Endrick, Yan Diomande, Rodrygo and so on and so on, makes mouths water.

Mourinho has also looked to improve them defensively though the likes of full-backs Denzel Dumfries and Marc Cucurella will do far more bombing forward than sitting back in this team.

You’ll never win anything challenging on two fronts, they said. You’ll never win anything playing the way you do, they sniped.

Arsenal proved the doubters wrong with the latter, almost wrong with the former and stronger this season than they were last, expect the Gunners to have a real shot at going one better in Europe.

Mikel Arteta’s men were simply fabulous in the Champions League last year, winning all eight group games – 3-1 wins over Inter Milan and Bayern and a 4-0 drubbing of Atletico the highlights – and gutsily squeezing past Leverkusen, Sporting and Atletico before succumbing to PSG in the final in Budapest.

That game finished 1-1 and went to penalties but we all know it was a mismatch.

Arteta knows, therefore, the gap between his side and PSG needs to close and shrewd summer transfer work might have enabled him to do that.

The arrivals of Ezri Konsa, Bruno Guimaraes and Christos Tzolis add quality and, critically, depth and if Martin Odegaard and Bukayo Saka can stay injury free – something the Norwegian wasn’t often enough – then there is everything to like about this most solid of groups.

You absolutely can challenge on two fronts – Arsenal have proved that and bear a Premier League winner’s rosette as proof.

The next step is conquering Europe and having come so close on May 30 take them to get it right this time.

Jack: Genoa have failed to win their last six meetings with Lazio, most recently losing 3-2 at the Olimpico in January.

Alex: Inter have been the dominant force in this fixture. Inter won 2-0 away and 3-0 at home in their two Serie A meetings with Cagliari last season and, having not conceded in their last three visits to the Unipol Domus, the Nerazzurri are fancied to win to nil again on Sunday.

Dan: Ipswich will have taken great confidence from last Saturday’s well-deserved 2-1 triumph at home to Sunderland and they look overpriced to follow by avoiding defeat at Old Trafford.

James: Luton have made a solid start to the League One season, winning 4-3 at Reading in a thrilling encounter before drawing 2-2 at home to Notts County, and three points can be collected when they head to Mansfield.

Enda: There have been 16 goals in the last four meetings between these sides at the Stade Louis II, including 3-2 wins for each side. Marseille put four past Strasbourg in their season-opener, while Monaco have scored eight times in three games so far.

Lazio made a winning start in Serie A under Gennaro Gattuso and they will expect to follow up against a Genoa side they have beaten in each of their last six meetings.

Monaco are three wins from three under new head coach Filipe Luis and have won their last three home meetings with a Marseille side that were poor travellers last season, losing five of their final seven matches on the road in 2025-26.

Both teams have scored in six of the last seven meetings between the two clubs. There have been goals at both ends in four of Celta’s last five competitive home games and in three of Bilbao’s last four overall.

This is a meeting between two vulnerable defences. the Crew have gone 10 games without a clean sheet, but they have scored in nine of those games themselves.  The Revs have just one clean sheet in six and have scored in five of those games, so goals at both ends looks likely.