Five goalscorers to watch out for this weekend: Be aware of De Ketelaere
Recommended bets:
- Back Chris Wood to score against Tottenham
- Back Yoane Wissa to score against Brighton
- Back Gabriel Jesus to score against Ipswich
- Back Charles De Ketelaere to score against Lazio
- Back Dusan Vlahovic to score against Fiorentina
The festive season does not mean the football stops and there is action across Europe from Boxing Day and beyond.
We have picked out five goalscorers to watch, with selections from matches on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Chris Wood missed out on a goal in Nottingham Forest's 2-0 win at Brentford but can get back on the scoresheet against a leaky Tottenham defence missing their two first-choice central defenders, Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven.
The Kiwi's 10 for the season is tied with Newcastle's Alexander Isak and Chelsea's Cole Palmer and behind only Liverpool's Mohamed Salah (15) and Manchester City's Erling Haaland (13).
Tottenham's sole clean sheet in eight was against Southampton and they have conceded nine times in their last two games, suggesting Wood should get chances.
Brighton are winless in five and with their European challenge in trouble, anxiety might make them push up. Despite only picking up one point on the road this season, Brentford could expose any gaps in behind.
That offers up Yoane Wissa as a scoring option and it might be a shock to see he only needs one more goal to match Ivan Toney's Bees' Premier League record of 36.
Wissa is yet to score in five Premier League games against Brighton but Friday looks a good chance to break that duck.
Bukayo Saka's injury has been the big news surrounding Arsenal over Christmas and has overshadowed Gabriel Jesus' return to form.
It may still be a bit early in the season to liken it to a career resurrection, but nominative determinism makes it almost inevitable that the Brazilian would impress at this time of year and Saka's absence arguably helps him as it means the Gunners have to be more direct.
The 27-year-old has scored five goals in his last two games — as many as in his previous 45 — and faces an Ipswich team without a clean sheet since September.
Charles De Ketelaere was once linked with Leeds and, after a poor spell at AC Milan, like so many others has come into his own at Atalanta.
The Belgian has scored four times in his team's last two games — a 6-1 Coppa Italia win over Cesena followed by a 3-2 Serie A success against Empoli.
Saturday's opponents Lazio conceded six in their last home game against Inter Milan and De Ketelaere can net again for La Dea.
Dusan Vlahovic has a peculiar relationship with the Juventus fans but he has scored in his team's last three at home in all competitions and will relish facing former club Fiorentina.
The Bianconeri are still unbeaten in Serie A but their unpredictability makes them tough to back.
However, Vlahovic is tough to ignore in his current mood and could add to his seven league goals for the campaign against the Viola on Sunday.
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