The Most Statistically-Backed Over 2.5 Goals Tips - 10/3/22

On Thursday night in the Europa Conference League, PSV hosts Danish Superliga side Kobenhavn at Philips Stadium.

The over 2.5 goals market has landed in three of PSV’s last four matches as they look to chase down Erik ten Hag’s Ajax in the Dutch Eredivisie, having beaten the likes of Heerenveen and Heracles by 3-1 scorelines, as well as drawing 1-1 with Maccabi Tel Aviv and beating Sparta Rotterdam.

Kobenhavn have seen over 2.5 goals be scored in four of their last five Europa Conference League fixtures, having hammered Lincoln Red Imps 3-1 and 4-0 in the group stages, as well as beating PAOK 2-1 just over two weeks after they were defeated by the same scoreline against the Greek outfit. Last time out in this competition, they beat Slovan Bratislava 2-0 but may have their work cut out here.

Atalanta against Bayer Leverkusen is set to be one of the ties of the round in the Europa League.

In league context, this is a meeting of fifth in Serie A against third in the German Bundesliga.
Three of Gian Piero Gasperini’s sides' last five matches have yielded over 2.5 goals in them, having thumped Sampdoria 4-0 prior to their recent 1-0 loss to AS Roma, as Mario Pasalic, Teun Koopmeiners (2) and Aleksei Miranchuk all got on the scoresheet.

Atalanta’s other two matches that had over 2.5 goals in them both came in the Round of 32 in this competition, as they defeated Greek Super League side Olympiakos 2-1 and 3-0.

On the other hand, four of Leverkusen’s last five fixtures have seen the over 2.5 goals market land in them, as prior to their 1-1 draw away at Bayern Munich on the weekend, they beat Arminia Bielefeld 3-0, lost 3-2 away at Mainz, as well as managing superb 4-2 and 5-2 victories over Stuttgart and Borussia Dortmund.

Vitesse and AS Roma face one another in the Europa Conference League on Thursday night, with Jose Mourinho looking to try and win the inaugural competition.

The Dutch Eredivisie side are in patchy form coming into this match, as they have managed 4-1 and 2-0 victories in their last two matches against NEC and Rapid Vienna, with the after result sealing a 3-2 aggregate win after losing 2-1 in Austria in the first-leg. Vitesse also suffered a heavy 5-0 defeat at home to PSV on 12th February.

Roma have won both of their last two matches by 1-0 scorelines against Atalanta and Spezia, but, prior to these narrow victories, they had drawn 2-2 with both Hellas Verona and Sassuolo.

One of the Europa Conference League’s surprise packages in Bodo/Glimt takes on Dutch Eredivisie outfit AZ Alkmaar.

Kjetil Knutsen’s men made all the headlines when the Norwegians thrashed Roma 6-1 in the group stages and will be looking to add to their list of high profile scalps, having knocked out Celtic 5-1 on aggregate having recorded a 3-1 win at Celtic Park. Prior to their tie with ​​Ange Postecoglou’s men, they had beaten Mjondalen 3-0 and drew 2-2 with Brann in the Norwegian Elitserien.

AZ are in sensational form heading into this tie, as they have won all of their last five matches, beating the likes of PSV, Heracles and Feyenoord by 2-1 scorelines, as well as thrashing Go Ahead Eagles 4-1 and winning 3-1 away at NEC last time out.

The final tip on this list sees Leicester City and Rennes face off at the King Power Stadium, as the Foxes look to use this competition to requalify for European football next season.

Prior to Brendan Rodgers’ side earning crucial 1-0 and 2-0 victories over Leeds United and Burnley in the Premier League, their last three games had yielded over 2.5 goals, having beaten Randers 3-1 and 4-1 on either side of a 2-1 away loss to Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Meanwhile, Rennes have won their last three matches in Ligue 1 since their 1-0 loss to PSG in early February, hammering Troyes 4-1, as well as beating both Montpellier 4-2 and Angers 2-0.