Here we take a look at Smart Acca Picks for Saturday’s action, with this one being a decent shot at 35/1 chosen by Smart Acca via the Free FA Betting Hub App.
This is a five-fold Match Result and Both Teams to Score accumulator, with fixtures coming from the Championship and League One.
On Saturday, 21st-placed Rotherham United host top-of-the-table Preston North End at the AESSEAL New York Stadium.
Matt Taylor’s men have won just one of their last five, having beaten Norwich City 2-1 at home at the start of this month, however, they have lost their other four fixtures, following 2-1, 6-1, 2-0 and 3-0 defeats to Leicester, Stoke, Huddersfield and Millwall.
Ryan Lowe’s men have won all of their last five outings having beaten Birmingham, Plymouth and Swansea by 2-1 scorelines, as well as Stoke 2-0 and Sheffield Wednesday 1-0.
Pre-season Championship title favourites Leicester City takes on Bristol City at the King Power Stadium, with Enzo Maresca’s men expected to take all three points.
The Foxes have won four of their last five matches, with the only blot of their copybook being a 1-0 defeat to Hull. In the run-up to that match, Leicester managed 2-1 and 2-0 wins over Rotherham and Tranmere, while since then, they have thrashed Southampton 4-1 and comfortably beaten Norwich 2-0 at Carrow Road.
Bristol City have been in inconsistent form as Nigel Pearson’s men could only draw 1-1 with Hull in late August before being knocked out of the EFL Cup by a 1-0 scoreline at home to Norwich. Since then, the Robins have beaten Swansea City 2-1 and Plymouth Argyle 4-1 on either side of a 0-0 draw with West Bromwich Albion.
The first League One game on this accumulator sees Portsmouth go head to head with Lincoln City at Fratton Park in a meeting of first versus 10th in the standings.
Pompey are unbeaten in their last four league matches, having drawn 0-0 away at Stevenage before beating Peterborough 3-1 and Barnsley 3-2 on either side of a solid 1-1 away draw with Derby County.
Lincoln are winless in their last three matches following a 2-0 loss to Derby County in the EFL Trophy and back-to-back 1-1 draws with Carlisle United and Bristol Rovers in League One. Prior to the aforementioned results, the Imps had beaten Sheffield United at Bramall Lane on penalties in the League Cup after a 0-0 draw and had managed a superb 3-0 home win over Blackpool.
Carlisle United faces off against Derby County in what looks like a potential mismatch in League One between 18th and 12th place.
The Cumbrians have managed just one win in their last five, beating Shrewsbury Town 2-0 on 2nd September in between 1-0 losses to Port Vale and Accrington Stanley. Since then, Paul Simpson’s men have drawn back-to-back games against Stevenage and Lincoln City by 2-2 and 1-1 scorelines.
Derby managed to beat Lincoln City 2-0 in the EFL Trophy last time out having drawn 1-1 with Portsmouth after a 2-1 defeat away at Bolton. In the run-up to the previously mentioned matches, the Rams had managed important 4-2 and 1-0 wins over Peterborough and Fleetwood Town.
Sixth travels to 19th in League One on Saturday as Northampton Town faces Barnsley at Sixfields.
Northampton have lost all of their last three games, doing so by 1-0 scorelines to both Port Vale and Wycombe Wanderers on either side of a 3-1 EFL Trophy loss to Oxford United.
Meanwhile, Barnsley were on a four-game winning run prior to their 3-2 home loss to league leaders, Portsmouth. The Tykes had managed four consecutive 2-0 wins over Burton Albion, Grimsby Town, Cheltenham Town and Wigan Athletic.
This Saturday’s Bundesliga fixture sees third-placed Stuttgart square off against second-placed Bayern Munich in a match that encapsulates the contrasting narratives of both teams'...
