The Most Statistically-Backed Match Result-BTTS Tips - 30/4/22

On Saturday, Gateshead hosts Southport in the National League North in a battle of first against 12th, with Mike Williamson’s side looking to edge closer to the National League.

Gateshead are two points ahead of Brackley with three games remaining, meaning that this is a must-win match. They come into this game off the back of 10 points in their last four fixtures, following 4-3, 6-0 and 4-2 victories over Chester, Guiseley and Darlington before drawing 1-1 away at Kettering last time out.

On the other hand, Southport are winless in their last five games, having been hammered 6-0 by Kidderminster, before drawing 1-1 against both Leamington and Spennymoor Town on either side of a 0-0 stalemate with Fylde and a 2-0 loss to Farsley Celtic.

Bottom of the Dutch Eredivisie Sparta Rotterdam takes on fifth-place AZ Alkmaar, with the visitors trying to chase the European qualification places.

Since their 1-1 home draw with Heerenveen in early April, Sparta have won just one of their last four games, following 2-0 and 3-0 losses to Ajax and Fortuna Sittard, before managing a shock 1-0 win away at Vitesse and losing 2-0 to FC Twente last time out.

The Both Teams to Score Market has landed in each of AZ’s last five matches, following a 2-1 win at 90 minutes against Bodo/Glimt, as well as in a 2-2 draw away at Willem II, before beating Vitesse and Heerenveen 3-1 and 2-1 on either side of a 2-1 away defeat to PEC Zwolle.

When these two sides last met in early December, AZ ran out as 3-1 victors as Jesper Karlsson scored a brace, whilst Vangelis Pavlidis also got on the scoresheet.

On Saturday, Real can wrap up the La Liga title if they get at least a point against Espanyol at the Santiago Bernabeu.

The Both Teams to Score market has come off in each of Real’s last four matches since their 2-0 win over Getafe, following a 3-2 loss at home to Chelsea in the Champions League that saw them progress to the semi-finals where they lost the first leg 4–3 to Manchester City. In La Liga, Los Blancos have won their last two matches 3-2 and 3-1 against Sevilla and Osasuna.

Espanyol are in poor form, having lost three of their last four matches since their 1-0 win over Mallorca, as in the aftermath of that victory, they lost 1-0 to Real Sociedad, before defeating Celta Vigo 1-0, as well as being beaten 2-1 and 1-0 in back to back matches against Atletico Madrid and Rayo Vallecano.

In the MLS, fifth place Toronto hosts 14th in the Eastern Conference Cincinnati on Friday night.

Prior to their dramatic 5-4 loss to New York City FC last time out, Toronto had been in good form, following three 2-1 victories against DC United, New York City and Philadelphia Union, with their other result being a 2-2 draw away at Real Salt Lake.

Cincinnati’s form demonstrates why they are bottom of the Eastern Conference, as since their 3-1 home win over Inter Miami, they have picked up just one point in their last four matches, having been defeated 2-0 and 4-3 by Charlotte and Montreal, before drawing 0-0 with Atlanta United and losing 2-1 to LAFC.

The final tip on this list comes from the German Bundesliga, where 10th place Mainz goes head to head with reigning champions Bayern Munich.

Mainz are winless in their last five matches, following 1-1 and 0-0 draws with Borussia Monchengladbach and Stuttgart on either side of 2-1 and 3-2 losses with Augsburg and Koln, before being thumped 5-0 away at Wolfsburg last time out.

Meanwhile, Bayern have won all three of their Bundesliga matches in and around their shock 2-1 Champions League exit to Villarreal. Julian Nagelsmann’s men have beaten Augsburg 1-0, Arminia Bielefeld 3-0 and Borussia Dortmund 3-1.

The last meeting between these two sides saw the Both Teams to Score market land, as typically, Bayern won 2-1 back in early December thanks to second-half goals by Kingsley Coman and Jamal Musiala after a 22nd-minute strike from Karim Onisiwo had given Mainz a shock 1-0 lead at the Allianz Arena.