Smart Acca Picks: Rangers vs Napoli Providing Good Value

The first tip on this list comes from Real Madrid against RB Leipzig at the Santiago Bernabeu.

Real enters this match off the back of a 4-1 win over Mallorca at the weekend, after winning 3-0 on matchday one at Celtic Park thanks to goals by Vinicius Junior, Luka Modric and Eden Hazard. Prior to this, Carlo Ancelotti’s men had also beaten Real Betis 2-1, Espanyol 3-1 and Celta Vigo 4-1.

On the other hand, Leipzig managed a thumping 3-0 win over Borussia Dortmund at the weekend after suffering heavy 4-1 and 4-0 defeats to both Shakhtar Donetsk and Eintracht Frankfurt. Before this sequence of results, they had thrashed Teutonia Ottensen 8-0 in the DFB Pokal and beaten Wolfsburg 2-0.

Shakhtar Donetsk and Celtic face off in a must-win match for Ange Postecoglou’s side.

The home side managed a 2-1 home win against Chornomorets after their thumping 4-1 away win at RB Leipzig. Prior to this, they had beaten Rukh Vynnyky and Kryvbas by 1-0 scorelines after a 0-0 stalemate with Metalist 1925.

Celtic’s last match was their 3-0 loss to Real Madrid, but, they had been in tremendous form in the fixtures running up to their clash with Los Blancos, having beaten Kilmarnock 5-0, Hearts 2-0, Dundee United 9-0 and Rangers 4-0.

Manchester City and Borussia Dortmund meet in the Champions League for the third time since the start of the 2020/21 season on Wednesday night.

Pep Guardiola’s men beat Dortmund 2-1 in both meetings during the 2020/21 campaign and will be looking for more of the same.

The Sky Blues kicked off their Champions League campaign in a good manner last week, as they thumped Sevilla 4-0, bouncing back from a disappointing 1-1 draw with Aston Villa. City’s other three matches in their last five had also seen Over 2.5 Goals scored, as they beat Nottingham Forest 6-0 and Crystal Palace 4-2 after a 3-3 draw with Newcastle.

Dortmund were comfortably beaten 3-0 away at Leipzig last time out, following their 3-0 win over FC Copenhagen on matchday one. Their Bundesliga performances have been inconsistent this season, as they beat both Hoffenheim and Hertha Berlin by 1-0 scorelines after losing 3-2 to newly promoted Werder Bremen.

Next up sees Maccabi Haifa have the unenviable task of going head to head with PSG on matchday two of Group H.

Maccabi’s last match was their 2-0 away loss at Benfica, but, prior to this they had earned a crucial 2-1 away win at Hapoel Be’er Sheva. They had also beaten the likes of Sakhnin 1-0 and Netanya 4-1 after sealing a 5-4 aggregate win over Crvena Zvezda to qualify for the group stages.

PSG scraped a 1-0 win over Brest at the weekend after their 2-1 win over Juventus in their first Champions League match of the season. Prior to this, Christophe Galtier’s men had beaten both Nantes and Toulouse 3-0 after a 1-1 draw at home to AS Monaco.

The final tip on this list sees Rangers host Napoli at Ibrox on matchday two of Group A.

Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s men come into this game under huge pressure having been thrashed 4-0 in back-to-back matches by Ajax and Celtic. Before these poor results, Rangers had beaten Ross County 4-0 and PSV 1-0 after a 2-2 draw away at Hibernian.

Napoli will be full of confidence after three wins in a row, having beaten Spezia 1-0 and Lazio 2-1 on either side of their 4-1 thrashing of Liverpool. Before this, they had drawn 1-1 with Lecce and 0-0 away at Fiorentina.