European Football: Five Betting Pointers from September 27/28

World Cup hero Gotze's in the goals again

Another clean sheet for Juventus plus Schalke's Ruhr derby victory were among Louis Massarella's successful tips last week. For the next round of games, European football's smart money lies with two teams from the French Riviera...

Madrid guarantee a goal rush

With Real Madrid's games this season averaging nearly five goals, 3.259/4 for over 4.5 goals against struggling Athletic Bilbao looks tempting. With Athletic having found the net just once on the road so far this season, except most of those goals to come from Ronaldo and co.

Monaco to stun champions in Paris

Last year's runners up Monaco may have struggled somewhat this season, but champions PSG have hardly been at their rampant best, so the southerners are worth a punt at 6.05/1 to come away from Paris with a 1-0 win, a scoreline they've managed twice away already this season.

Marseille could go all the way

Marseille have roared to the top of the table in some style this season, with a goal difference of 14 and irresistible away form in particular. So get your money on them winning the title at 6.411/2 while you can. You never know...

Roma to win at Juventus

It's first versus second in Turin next weekend, and while champions Juve are understandably favourites to retain their title, Roma look cracking value at 4.47/2 to snatch three points and make it six wins out of six.

The other SuperMario to finish top of the Bundesliga scoring charts

While Robert Lewandowski was expected to carry Bayern Munich's main goal threat this season, Mario Gotze is the Bavarians' top scorer so far with four, just one off the top of the Bundesliga charts. Often deployed as a false nine by Pep Guardiola, the World Cup final hero is outstanding value to finish top goalscorer at 29.028/1, while the Pole likely to take time to settle, even in a dominant team.