Thursday’s Football Bet of the Day sees me focus on the Conference League, and I've highlighted a goals-based selection in one of the fixtures.
⚽️ Ajax vs Atalanta
🇪🇺 Conference League
⏰ Thursday 22 October, 20:00
A high-scoring encounter looks likely in Amsterdam on Thursday night as Ajax host Atalanta in the Conference League.
Michel’s hosts have scored an impressive 50 goals across their opening 16 Eredivisie and Conference League fixtures this season, with 27 (54%) of them coming across their eight road trips.
The Amsterdam giants have found the back of the net in all 16 (100%) of those matches – scoring 2+ goals in 13 (81%) of them – and will look to add to their impressive goal tally against an Atalanta defence that is without a clean sheet in each of their last six matches, shipping multiple goals in four (67%) of them.
Maurizio Sarri’s visitors have scored 14 goals across their opening 10 matches in all competitions this term, with eight (57%) of them coming across their last three clashes.
La Dea have failed to score in just one of their previous nine contests – scoring on multiple occasions in each of their last three – and will look to continue their recent improvement in front of goal against an Ajax backline that has kept just two clean sheets this season, with neither of them coming in Europe.
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Bet of the Day
I successfully backed Both Teams to Score & Over 2.5 Goals in Ajax’s clash away at Hajduk Split last Thursday, and I see no reason to change my approach as they welcome Atalanta to the Dutch capital this Thursday.
Ajax’s matches have been entertaining this season, with their 16 clashes averaging a whopping 4.63 goals per game, with Both Teams to Score banking in 14 (88%) of them – including in 11 of their past 12 – whilst 14 (88%) have also gone Over 2.5 Goals.
Those numbers rise even further in Europe, with their seven Conference League clashes averaging a staggering 5.00 goals per game, with Both Teams to Score & Over 2.5 Goals landing on each occasion.
Furthermore, La Dea’s last six matches in all competitions have averaged 3.50 goals per game, with Both Teams to Score & Over 2.5 Goals banking in five (83%) of them.
- Both Teams to Score & Over 2.5 Goals
- Pays 5/6 (bet365)
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