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

The first tip on this list comes from the Swiss Super League where third-place Basel hosts sixth in the table St. Gallen at St. Jakob Park.

All of Basel’s last five matches have seen the over 2.5 goals market land, following 3-0 victories over Luzern and Lausanne Sport, with a 3-3 draw with Sion and 3-1 defeat to Young Boys in between. In their last outing, Patrick Rahmen’s men were beaten 4-2 away at Zurich.

On the other hand, prior to St. Gallen’s last two matches which both resulted in 2-0 victories over Grasshopper and Lugano, their last three matches had seen over 2.5 goals be scored in them following two 5-1 victories against Servette and Lausanne Sport on either side of a 3-3 draw with Young Boys.

Next up is the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey where Real Betis and Rayo Vallecano go head to head in the second leg.

Manuel Pellegrini’s side holds a 2-1 lead thanks to goals by Borja Iglesias and William Carvalho after initially falling behind after just five minutes to an Alvaro Garcia Rivera strike.

Four of Betis’ last five matches have seen over 2.5 goals in them following their recent 2-1 derby defeat to Sevilla. Prior to this, they had drawn 0-0 with Zenit having won the first leg 3-2, as well as defeating Mallorca 2-1 and Levante 4-2 in La Liga.

Vallecano come into this match in poor form having lost all of their last five games, with three of their last four seeing the over 2.5 goals market land, as prior to their 1-0 defeat to Real Madrid, Rayo had been defeated 2-1 by Elche and Betis on either side of a heavy 3-0 home loss to Osasuna.

The third tip on this list is another from the Swiss Super League, as Grasshopper and Lugano face off in a battle of seventh against fourth in the standings.

The home side have seen two of their last five fixtures have over 2.5 goals, following a 3-1 defeat to Zurich back in early February, as well as in a 2-2 draw with Young Boys on either side of a 2-0 victory against Lausanne Sport. On either side of these three results, Grasshopper had been beaten 2-0 by both Sion and St. Gallen.

Lugano have also had two matches from their last five seeing over 2.5 goals scored, as following a 1-0 loss to Young Boys back in late January, they went on to beat Luzern 2-1 at home, as well as being thumped 3-0 by top of the table Zurich. In their last match, Mattia Croci-Torti’s side managed a 2-0 victory at home to Servette as Zan Celar and Ignacio Aliseda both got on the scoresheet.

In the FA Cup fifth round, Everton takes on National League outfit Boreham Wood at Goodison Park with Frank Lampard’s men coming in as firm favourites.

Three of Everton’s last five matches have had over 2.5 goals scored in them, as prior to their recent 1-0 and 2-0 losses to Manchester City and Southampton, the Toffees had beaten Leeds United 3-0, lost 3-1 away at Newcastle and hammered Brentford 4-1 in the last round of the cup as Yerry Mina, Richarlison, Mason Holgate and Andros Townsend all scored.

Luke Garrard’s side pulled off a shock 1-0 victory over Bournemouth in the last round at the Vitality Stadium and since then, have beaten Altrincham 2-0, lost 2-0 against Maidenhead, on top of drawing 0-0 with Torquay and beating Eastleigh 1-0.

The final tip on this list of most statistically backed Over 2.5 Goals tips comes from Romania, as second-place Steaua Bucharest travels to seventh in the table Arges looking to close their 11 points gap to Cluj.

Arges comes into this fixture in decent form, following three 1-0 victories against Academica Cinceni, Mioveni and FCV Farul Constanta, as well as a 1-1 draw with Chindia Targoviste. Last time out, Arges drew 0-0 at home to Voluntari.

Prior to their shock 2-0 loss at home to FCV Farul Constanta, Steaua had drawn 1-1 with Mioveni as well as earning a 3-2 win against Chindia after hammering Academica 3-0 off the back of a 2-2 draw against U Craiova 1948.