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Flamengo scored five across their three latest league home games, despite producing 22 targets. Their fifteen-target win at Bahia shows a much higher ceiling, not a scoring return they have reproduced every time at home.

Bradford kept four consecutive league clean sheets while allowing just seven shots on target in total. Their latest goalless draws at Burton and Oxford show that the defensive resistance has travelled between opponents and venues.

Başakşehir produced just five targets and one goal across their three league away games. Their eleven-target home win over Gençlerbirliği shows attacking ability, but it has not travelled into the same threat.

Osasuna conceded fifteen goals and allowed 27 targets across four league away games. That included five at Alavés, so the defensive problems are not explained only by trips to the strongest attacks.

Mainz produced 22 targets and scored ten across three Bundesliga away games. The five at Hamburg were the largest return, but the wins at Schalke and Gladbach also contained sustained attacking pressure.

Köln produced 24 shots on target across four league home matches. Even the 0–0 against Schalke brought five while allowing just one, so that blank did not remove their attacking advantage.

Trabzonspor have created 38 big chances against Rizespor’s sixteen this league season. Their latest league win over Beşiktaş produced eight targets, showing an attacking advantage beyond simply relying on clean sheets.

Bremen scored seven and produced twenty shots on target across four league away games. Their latest 3–2 win at Mainz brought eight on target, providing a current attacking route beyond the earlier Dortmund draw.

Bagan produced sixteen targets across their first two league matches, including ten in the comeback win at Sporting Delhi. Their ability to sustain pressure is a stronger argument than simply relying on older home wins.

Galatasaray produced 31 targets across their three league home games. Even the narrow win over Kocaelispor brought nine, so their attacking case is stronger than simply relying on home advantage.

PSG produced fourteen targets against Barcelona and ten at Manchester City. Those performances strengthen the attacking case beyond what can be inferred from beating weaker domestic opponents.

Coritiba produced 23 targets across five league home games, scoring nine. Their latest away defeats should not erase that home threat, although their most recent home draw with Botafogo produced only three targets.

Hamburg managed one target at Paderborn, while Frankfurt produced three at Dortmund. Those latest performances matter more than assuming either side arrives with an uninterrupted winning attack.

Essen took sixteen points from six home league games, conceding only three goals. Their latest 1–0 win over Regensburg continued that resistance, though defending against Leipzig is a clear step up from third-division opposition.

Großaspach lost 7–1 at Wiesbaden on Saturday, conceding through set-play execution and repeated combinations around the box. Their earlier 3–2 win and 2–2 draw showed attacking resilience without fixing the defensive openings.

Lazio scored five from five targets across the wins at Juventus and Venezia. Those finishes count, but repeating a goal from every target is not a dependable foundation for another comfortable away result.

Elversberg scored eight and produced fifteen shots on target across three league home games. That gives them a stronger attacking case here than their single effort on target in the defeat at Leipzig suggests.

Gladbach scored seven across three league home matches but conceded ten, allowing 26 shots on target. Their latest 3–2 win at Stuttgart restored attacking momentum without resolving that defensive weakness.

Roma produced nineteen shots on target across three league home games, scoring twice in each. Their 2–0 win over Genoa allowed just one effort on target, showing a more controlled route than the subsequent draw at Napoli.

Como produced 31 shots on target across four league away games. Even the 2–0 defeat at Frosinone brought eight, so their attacking argument is stronger than simply following the latest wins.

Arsenal followed their 2–2 draw at Bayern with a 2–0 win over Everton. Those results support the quality advantage more convincingly than simply relying on the gap between the divisions.