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Under 2.5 Goals
Napoli v Como
Napoli's recent 2-0 win at Genoa showed their ability to control games without high scoring, while Como’s defensive resilience is well-known, boasting 19 clean sheets last season. Their encounters have consistently been tight affairs, with the last three meetings all finishing under 2.5 goals. This profile suggests a cautious, low-scoring match where Como’s solidity could limit Napoli’s attacking threat, making Under 2.5 Goals a sensible angle at around 4/7.
Both Teams To Score
Deportivo La Coruna v Valencia
This La Liga clash looks set to see goals at both ends. Deportivo La Coruna have shown they can find the net early, with Aubameyang often breaking the deadlock, but their defence has struggled to keep clean sheets. Valencia, despite a recent scoring drought, have managed to score in previous meetings and will be eager to break their duck here. The combination of Deportivo’s defensive vulnerabilities and Valencia’s need to end their goal drought makes a Both Teams To Score bet a sensible angle at decent odds.
Lazio to Win
Lazio v Genoa
Lazio's dominance over Genoa is clear, boasting six consecutive wins and a recent away triumph that highlights their control in these encounters. Genoa's struggles to find the net and their poor away form suggest they’ll struggle to challenge effectively. This combination of Lazio's confidence and Genoa's attacking woes makes a home win a solid angle at 2.05, with Lazio likely to dictate the tempo and secure the three points.
Both Teams To Score
Celta Vigo v Athletic Bilbao
Celta Vigo and Athletic Bilbao both head into this clash eager for their first win, with early red cards disrupting their defensive setups. Celta will be without Alonso, forcing a reshuffle that could expose them at the back, while Athletic's attacking trio is poised to exploit any gaps. Despite Athletic's recent goalless match against Barcelona, both teams have shown they can find the net but also concede, suggesting a game where both sides are likely to score. This BTTS selection appeals given the attacking intent and defensive vulnerabilities on display.
Sunday’s four fixtures span Serie A and LaLiga, and the weekend evidence across both competitions is noisier than the raw results suggest. Red cards have distorted outcomes, late equalisers have flattered opening-day returns, and in several cases the gap between a win and a draw was a single substitution or a VAR decision that changed the entire shape of the afternoon.
What emerges from a closer look are four matches with clear angles worth examining, each shaped by specific evidence rather than the wider reputation of the clubs involved. Form trends, head-to-head patterns and the goal statistics that have defined both the opening weekend and — in one case — an entire fixture sequence all point towards particular conclusions. None of them are inevitable. The evidence for each is presented honestly, including the cases that point the other way.
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Sunday’s Four-Fold Accumulator Selections
Napoli vs Como
Como’s fourth-place finish last season was built on a foundation most clubs take years to construct. Cesc Fabregas guided them to 19 Serie A clean sheets — the highest total in the division — and their defensive structure held firm against Napoli on all three occasions the sides met. Every one of those encounters finished level and produced fewer than three goals; two ended goalless. That is not coincidence. It is a pattern produced across an entire season by a specific defensive approach that proved consistently effective against this particular opponent.
That context matters more than Como’s 1-1 opening draw at Udinese, which showed that Fabregas is again able to maintain a compact defensive shape on the road. They have lost only once in their last 12 Serie A away matches, a run that places their travel resilience among the most consistent in the division.
Napoli’s 2-0 opening victory at Genoa was eventually comfortable but required patience. Kevin De Bruyne came from the bench to break the deadlock before Antonio Vergara added a second deep into stoppage time. Massimiliano Allegri’s side do not lack attacking options — Scott McTominay and Rasmus Hojlund carry much of the forward responsibility — but their route to goal at the Maradona this season remains an open question. Two central defenders, Alessandro Buongiorno and Luca Marianucci, are currently unavailable, which gives Como’s attack, through Tasos Douvikas and Nico Paz, more reason for encouragement than the head-to-head record alone might imply.
The case against low scoring rests primarily on De Bruyne’s potential elevation to the starting line-up, which would add another creative threat. Napoli have also won their opening home league fixture in each of the last 10 campaigns. Even so, Como’s defensive record — compiled across a season in which they faced and frustrated these opponents three times — is not the kind of evidence to set aside. A tight contest with few goals is the shape this fixture has repeatedly taken, and nothing about either side’s early evidence changes that picture fundamentally.
Best bet: Under 2.5 Goals @ 4/7
Deportivo La Coruna vs Valencia
Deportivo La Coruna have spent eight years outside LaLiga and returned to the top flight with a clear attacking identity: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scores early, and the team attempts to build from there. He opened the scoring in the 21st minute against Elche and repeated it at Malaga. The problem has arrived after those moments. Marc Aguado equalised for Elche in the 76th minute; Malaga responded only 13 minutes after conceding. Consecutive 1-1 draws are a respectable return for a promoted club, though four points from those two matches was entirely achievable.
That combination — reliable scoring, unreliable defending — is exactly what makes Both Teams to Score worth examining here. Valencia have the opposite concern. A goalless draw with Celta Vigo preceded a home defeat to Real Betis, leaving Carlos Corberan’s side without a league goal from their first two matches. Sunday is their first away fixture, and their record on the road last season offered little encouragement: 19 points from five wins and 10 defeats across 19 away trips. They also travel with a lengthy list of absent players, including Sergi Canos and Diego Lopez from their attacking options.
The complicating factor is historical precedent. Five of the last six meetings between these clubs produced goals at both ends. Valencia have consistently found ways to score against Deportivo across those encounters, and Antonio Hidalgo’s side have now demonstrated in two consecutive league matches that their defence does not hold clean sheets. Whether Valencia’s current drought survives contact with that pattern is the critical question. The absence of senior attacking personnel makes this the least comfortable leg in the accumulator, but a Deportivo backline that has conceded in every match since returning to the top flight gives the visitors their clearest opportunity yet to break their duck.
Best bet: Both Teams To Score YES @ 20/23
Lazio vs Genoa
Six consecutive victories over the same opponent is a striking record. The aggregate of 13-2 across those six meetings places Lazio’s dominance in this fixture beyond the ambiguous territory of minor statistical advantages. More revealing still: Lazio have kept clean sheets in five of those six encounters, which means Genoa’s problems in this specific matchup have a history that long predates their current difficulties.
Those current difficulties are severe. Genoa have scored only once across their last six Serie A matches — a run that spans the end of last season and their 2-0 defeat at home to Napoli on the opening weekend of this one. Gennaro Gattuso’s side responded to an early Coppa Italia setback against Mantova by winning at Bologna on the first day, Davide Frattesi scoring on his Serie A debut for the club before Lazio held out through the final half-hour. That performance demonstrated an ability to manage a result under pressure, which will be relevant against visitors who have occasionally made matches closer than Lazio’s dominance suggests.
Lazio’s own home record requires an honest mention. They won only eight of 19 league fixtures at the Olimpico last season, finishing ninth. The close February meeting — which Lazio won 3-2 only after a Cataldi penalty in the 100th minute — proves Genoa can stay competitive when opportunities arrive, and De Rossi has added Milutin Osmajic from Preston North End as another attacking option.
The balance of the evidence still falls clearly in one direction. Genoa’s scoring shortage of one goal in six league matches combines with a head-to-head sequence in which Lazio have outscored them 13-2. Away form also needs consideration: Genoa managed only four victories on their travels last season, so arriving at opponents with this degree of dominance in the fixture is not the straightforward opportunity the early-season context might occasionally suggest.
Best bet: Lazio to Win @ 21/20
Celta Vigo vs Athletic Bilbao
Neither side has won a LaLiga match this season, and neither start is as straightforward as the results suggest. Celta led Osasuna in the 14th minute before Marcos Alonso’s dismissal in the 51st changed the nature of the contest entirely — Osasuna equalised within three minutes and Ante Budimir’s penalty completed the turnaround before the hour. Athletic’s opening defeat to Sevilla was immediately complicated by Yuri Berchiche’s red card after just 11 minutes of the match. Strip away those interventions and the first-week picture looks rather different from the standings, though it does not disappear.
Athletic’s second match provides cleaner evidence and a clearer concern. Against Barcelona, Edin Terzic’s side managed zero shots on target across 90 minutes. Two defeats against Sevilla and the reigning champions need not define a season, but the attacking blank in the second outing carries no obvious mitigation. Their away record last season adds further context: four victories from 19 trips, and a 12th-place finish overall.
That makes Sunday a specific test — can Athletic produce anything with the ball that they did not at the Camp Nou? Their answer is expected to involve Nico Williams, Inaki Williams and Guruzeta, and they face a Celta side forced to reorganise after Alonso’s suspension leaves a defensive gap. Celta’s own record at Balaidos was the second worst in the division last season, with only six home victories from 19 matches, so neither side can use venue as a reason for confidence.
The most recent meeting, in May, finished 1-1, with Inaki Williams equalising after Celta had led. Across the last five encounters, the sides have won twice each with one draw. History does not separate them, and the current evidence — Celta’s attacking output against a reshuffled defence, Athletic’s forwards against a side that has conceded in both league games — points towards goals at both ends rather than a clean sheet for either. The genuine risk is Athletic producing another afternoon without a shot of note. Facing a Celta defence missing its suspended full-back, however, the visitors at least have the conditions to show something different.
Best bet: Both Teams To Score YES @ 5/6
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