The Most Statistically-Backed Match Result-BTTS Tips - 13/1/22

The first match on this list of tips comes from AFCON, where leaders of Group A, Cameroon take on Ethiopia.

Home nation Cameroon beat Burkina Faso in the opening match of this year’s AFCON, following a brace by former Besiktas and FC Porto striker Vincent Aboubakar, sealing a 2-1 win for the Indomitable Lions.

Prior to this, Cameroon had progressed from World Cup Group D ahead of the likes of the Ivory Coast, having managed 15 points from six matches. Toni Conceicao’s side won all of their last four qualifiers having been beaten by Ivory Coast on matchday two, defeating the likes of Mozambique 3-1 and 1-0, as well as Malawi 4-0 and winning a crucial game on matchday six against the Ivory Coast 1-0.

Ethiopia were narrowly defeated by Cape Verde Islands on matchday one and will need to get a positive result here to stay in contention to qualify for the knockout stages, in the runup to AFCON, both teams scored in four of their last five matches, having lost 3-1 to South Africa, but, drawn 1-1 with both Ghana and Zimbabwe, as well as defeating Sudan 3-2 in a friendly in December in preparation for this tournament.

The next match on this list of tips comes from Italy, where Napoli host Fiorentina in the Round of 16 in the Coppa Italia.

Luciano Spaletti’s men come into this match in mixed form, having beat the likes of Sampdoria and AC Milan 1-0, as well as managing a 1-1 draw away at Juventus, despite taking the lead in the later mentioned match through Dries Mertens in the 23rd minute. What will worry Napoli, is some of their recent shock home losses to the likes of Spezia and Empoli 1-0, meaning that they will have to up their game against Fiorentina if they are to get a result.

On the other hand, Fiorentina beat Benevento 2-1 to progress from the Round of 32, of the back of a comfortable 4-0 victory against bottom of the table Salernitana in Serie A. But, since their cup win, Vincenzo Italiano’s men haven’t won any of their last three, drawing with Sassuolo and Hellas Verona 2-2 and 1-1, as well as being thumped 4-0 away at Torino last time out.

This tip also comes from the Coppa Italia, where AC Milan takes on Genoa at the San Siro.

Stefano Pioli’s side will be full of confidence coming into this fixture, as having shrugged off a 1-0 loss to Napoli and a 1-1 draw at Udinese, the Rossoneri have seemingly got back on track by defeating the likes of Empoli 4-2, AS Roma 3-1 and Venezia 3-0. Something notable about their last win against the Winged Lions is that Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic equalled Cristiano Ronaldo’s record of scoring against 80 different clubs.

Genoa, who are managed by an AC legend in Andriy Shevchenko will be coming into this match looking for an improvement in form, as they are currently 19th in Serie A and need to find inspiration from somewhere. Genoa are without a win since they beat Salernitana 1-0 in the last round of the Coppa Italia, since then, they have suffered 3-1 and 1-0 defeats to Lazio and Spezia, as well as managing 0-0 and 1-1 draw against Atalanta and Sassuolo.

On Thursday, the Carabao Cup semi-final first leg between Liverpool and Arsenal will take place at Anfield, with the Gunners looking for just their second win at the home of the Reds since the end of the 2012/13 season.

Liverpool come into this match off the back of a thumping 4-1 win over Shrewsbury Town and have been involved in some entertaining games of late, drawing 2-2 against Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur, as well as managing a victory on penalties against Leicester City in the quarter-finals following a 3-3 draw.

Arsenal will be looking to bounce back from a humiliating FA Cup third-round defeat to Nottingham Forest where Lewis Grabban scored the only goal of the match with just seven minutes to go. Prior to this, the Gunners had suffered a 2-1 loss to Manchester City off the back of 4-1, 5-1 and 5-0 victories against Leeds United, Sunderland and Norwich City.

The final tip to be included on this list is AFCON’s other match from Group A, where Cape Verde go head to head with Burkina Faso.

Cape Verde come into this match with three points to their name following a 1-0 victory over Ethiopia on matchday one, whilst Burkina Faso are coming into this match on the back foot, having been defeated 2-1 by Cameroon.

In their last four games in the run-up to AFCON, Cape Verde drew 1-1 against Nigeria in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, as well as beating Liberia 2-1 and 1-0 and even managed a 2-1 victory over the Central African Republic thanks to goals by Julio Tavares and Stopira.

Burkina Faso narrowly missed out on qualification for the 2022 World Cup having finished second in Group A, just two points behind Algeria. They did have some impressive displays on their way, having hammered Gabon 3-0, drawn with Algeria 2-2 and defeated Djibouti 2-0.