Both Teams to Score Picks: Sunday's Best BTTS Predictions (EPL, November 8, 2026)

Sunday, November 8 brings us five Premier League fixtures, and before we get into the picks I want to take a second for anyone who is new to this market. Both Teams to Score means you are betting on whether each team will score at least one goal in the match. If only one side scores, the bet loses. If both teams get on the board, it wins. Simple concept, but the analysis underneath it runs deep. Clean sheet rates, pressing intensity, attacking injury news, set-piece threat. That is what this page is about.

What jumps out immediately on today's card is how lopsided the attacking injury picture is across three of these five matches. When a team's best goal-scorer is suspended, their second option is hurt, and their xGA has been strong for a month, the No becomes the percentage play. We have three of those today. We also have two matches where defensive vulnerability is too glaring to ignore. Let me walk you through all five.

Brentford vs Brighton & Hove Albion — BTTS No

Brighton & Hove Albion at the Amex have been a defensive fortress this season and I say that as someone who has watched enough of this side to know it is not a fluke. Four clean sheets in five home league matches is backed by a genuine system: elite pressing metrics, quick transitions, and a defensive shape that rarely gives up cheap chances. When Brighton are organized and playing in front of their own crowd, breaking them down requires sustained quality in possession.

Brentford simply do not have that quality available today. Rico Henry is out. Fabio Carvalho is out. Milambo is out. These are not squad fillers. These are the players who make Brentford dangerous going forward, the ones who create the combinations and the moments of individual quality that unlock a defence. Without them, Brentford arrive at a ground where they have never won, with four away draws from four trips this season, playing a gameplan built entirely around not losing.

Brighton's attack has taken its own hits. Mitoma is out, Ferguson is out, Tzimas is a long-term absentee. Pascal Groß carries the creative burden at 35 years old. As Brighton head coach Fabian Hürzeler noted ahead of the match, he is "hopeful that Chema Andrés will return to the squad," which tells you how thin the attacking depth is. But this pick lives on Brighton's defensive record, not their attacking output. BTTS No at +160 implies roughly a 38.5% market probability. A Poisson model at 1.1 Brentford expected goals gives you closer to 33% probability that Brentford even score. That gap is genuine value. Take the No.

Liverpool vs Crystal Palace — BTTS No

Crystal Palace are in a full-blown scoring crisis and I do not think enough people are treating it as seriously as they should. Four matches in their last five in the Premier League where they failed to find the net. Bottom three in the table. And now their two most reliable goal threats are unavailable: Mateta is serving a three-match ban, and Sarr is injured. What Palace put out against Liverpool is a side averaging 3.4 shots on target per game, the worst among teams not in the relegation zone.

Liverpool are carrying psychological baggage of their own. Back-to-back defeats to Arsenal and Fenerbahce have rattled the camp, and manager Andoni Iraola did not hide the tension when he said: "I think that is the challenge, especially in a club like Liverpool. One week ago we were on a run, everything was in a good place and we were in a better mood. Now, after two defeats it changes and it has to be like this in clubs like ours." A Liverpool side under that kind of pressure may well play conservative and controlled rather than free-flowing and attacking.

Even in a cautious Liverpool performance, keeping Palace scoreless feels very achievable. Van Dijk and Araujo at centre-back is a genuinely elite defensive pairing, and they are going up against an attack that has nothing left in it. Strand Larsen is available for around 60 to 75 minutes but arrives into a structure that has struggled to create chances all month. BTTS No at +136. I am comfortable here.

AFC Bournemouth vs Ipswich Town — BTTS No

Seven consecutive wins across all competitions. One goal conceded during that entire run. That is not a hot streak. That is a defensive system performing at its absolute peak. Bournemouth arrive at Portman Road having turned themselves into one of the most difficult sides to score against in the division, and Ipswich walk into this fixture with a striker who has not scored in five straight league games.

Emersonn's drought is a real structural problem for Ipswich. The goals have dried up and there is no reliable backup striker available. Lukic is only just returning from injury. Gary O'Neil, who managed Ipswich before his departure and knows this club better than most, summed up the challenge honestly ahead of the match: "It sounds like a difficult challenge. I think they've obviously found a good way at the moment. They have excellent players." He is right. This Bournemouth side is quietly excellent right now and the numbers back it up completely.

BTTS No at +138 implies a 42% market probability that this bet wins. I think the true probability of Bournemouth keeping a clean sheet here is higher than that. A cold striker, a depleted midfield, and a defensive machine on the other side of the pitch. Take the No.

Chelsea vs Sunderland — BTTS Yes

This is the pick that cuts against the surface-level narrative. Sunderland sit bottom of the table. They have scored once in four home league matches. They have never led at half-time all season. Chelsea are fourth in the table, playing with real attacking purpose under Xabi Alonso's system. On paper, this looks like a clean sheet waiting to happen for the visitors.

But here is what makes me hesitant to lay the No: Sunderland have won the most penalties in the Premier League this season. Brobbey and Angulo retain genuine threat in the final third even when the structure around them is broken. Chelsea arrive with their own defensive concerns, multiple players facing late fitness tests at the back. Nine of Chelsea's 19 season goals have come in the first five minutes of a half, which tells you they attack with real urgency early. Cole Palmer's creativity generates those moments. And when Chelsea push high and fast to open a game, they leave space. Sunderland's attackers are good enough to exploit that kind of space.

Yes, Emi Martinez has been cleared to return in goal for Chelsea, which helps their back line. But the penalty angle alone gives me enough reason to stay off the No. A side that wins spot kicks at Sunderland's rate will find its way to the spot in a high-intensity match like this. BTTS Yes at -133 as a medium confidence play.

Aston Villa vs Manchester United — BTTS Yes

This is the clearest bet on the entire card and it is not particularly close. Manchester United sit in the relegation zone and are fielding the most injury-ravaged defence they have put out at Old Trafford in years. Martinez is serving a one-match suspension. Shaw is out. Baleba is out for weeks with a hamstring injury. Sesko is out until January. The centre-back pairing that takes the pitch on Sunday is untested at this level, against a team playing the best football of anyone in the Premier League over the last five games.

Aston Villa have beaten Tottenham, Newcastle, and Manchester City in their current five-game unbeaten run, averaging 1.8 goals per match across those fixtures. Their press is relentless and it is specifically designed to exploit defensive uncertainty. When United's back line hesitates or steps out of shape, Villa punish it. I have watched Villa dismantle more organised defences than the one United will put out today. This is exactly the kind of match their system was built for.

The key question on BTTS is whether United can score. I think they can. Old Trafford still generates genuine pressure and crowd energy that affects matches. United have drawn three of their last five, which tells you there is fight in this squad even when it is depleted. Villa's defensive record has been solid but not impenetrable, and United have enough individual quality to threaten on the break. The market's 64.5% implied probability on BTTS Yes feels conservative given the cumulative injury picture United are carrying at the back. This is my best pick of the day at HIGH confidence.