Salzburg finally won 4:0 with a very good performance over Hartberg securing their first positive result in five league matches, being impressive after a lot of time. Unfortunately, they have more absences than the game against Hartberg, especially in defence, as they had new injuries in that game.

Key defender Baidoo (11/0) got an injury and will stay out, while also key defender Piątkowski (13/0) got a knock and he is doubtful to play. In the same line, Dedic (10/0) & Terzic (8/0) are both doubtful to play, while Blank (4/0) is in flu and Morgalla (5/0) is still out with an injury. Defensive midfielder Gourna-Douath (10/0) will miss for second game in a row, while winger Konate (9/2) is out again.

Rapid Vienna surprisingly suffered their second Bundesliga defeat against BW Linz at home (0:1), falling to third position and being now six points away from the top.

Winger Burgstaller (13/2) is booked and is the only one absent for Rapid.

Salzburg seems that is back strong as we used to see them, but they have so many problems in their defensive line. Rapid is not at their best lately but they always manage to score away from home. I think that goals should be all over this game.

It will be a luxury Friday night at the Gewiss Stadium in Bergamo, to prepare ourselves let’s take a look at the probable formations Atalanta Milan, the Lombard derby of Serie A that sees Gian Piero Gasperini’s team lurking for the scudetto, who on Monday night won in Rome, taking their eighth consecutive victory in the championship.

By now we are used to it and it is not even news anymore: this is the real feat of Atalanta, now a big name in its own right, which this season seems to have all the credentials to also aim for the maximum objective. They must chase Paulo Fonseca’s Milan, who are coming off a clear victory against Empoli and also a nice success in the Italian Cup against Sassuolo, but now they have a much more difficult test.

The Rossoneri will have to try to overcome it, because for the Devil at this moment it is essential to stay attached to the Champions League zone, otherwise the chase for fourth place could also become complicated. I trust the two offensive departments more than the defensive ones and I also need points from the guests as well as the hosts.

Would be surprised if not at least 4 goals in this one and possible early onslaught from Volendam. Volendam have scored 20 goals in their last 7 home games so averaging almost 3 a game and Jong AZ tend to be less leaky at the back on the road but sides like Excelsior and Den Bosch have blown them away which this Volendam side could easily do with the attacking options they have. Only de Graafschap have a higher goals per game average than these two sides on the Eerste Divisie.

I expect this game to be one extreme or the other either a tight 1-0 1-1 or a 3-3, 4-3 type game. Augsburg II have the highest goals per game average in the league with 3.76 goals per game whilst Bayern II are 4th highest with 3.45 goals per game however that is mainly due to Bayern’s home form where they have scored a whopping 34 goals in 11 games and also conceded 15. Away from home however they are more pragmatic scoring just 13 goals in 9 games and only conceding 7 so no guarantee that this will be a goalfest. Nonetheless, Augsburg II are leaky at the back – nobody has conceded more than their 27 goals in 11 games at home and only 5 sides have scored more than their 20 so if there is ever going to be a game where a Bayern road game is more like their home matches it is this one. Augsburg II have scored 10 and conceded 11 in first half of games at home so like the value here for the Over 1.5 first half .

 Bolivar won last round 5-0 at home with Royal Pari, lost 3-2 at San Jose, 5-3 home win with Nacional Potosi, 2-2 draw at Tomayapo and also a 5-1 win away at Always Ready in their last 5 league games. So all of those games, high scoring fixtures, they conceded plenty of goals but scored even more as they sit top of the league with most goals scored so far this season and an amazing goal difference of +38 goals.