Here we take a look at Smart Acca Picks for Thursday’s action, with this one being a long shot at around 248/1 chosen by Smart Acca via the Free FA Betting Hub App.
This is a Match Result and Both Teams to Score accumulator and is a four-fold featuring games from the Europa League and Europa Conference League.
West Ham takes on Dutch Eredivisie outfit AZ Alkmaar on Thursday as David Moyes’ men vie for a place in what would be a historic European final for the club.
The Hammers enter this match off the back of superb 1-0 and 4-0 victories over Manchester United and AFC Bournemouth, having lost 3-0, 4-3 and 2-1 to Manchester City, Crystal Palace and Liverpool in between these wins.
On the other hand, AZ are in good form of late, having drawn 0-0 at Ajax following back-to-back 3-0 wins over RKC Waalwijk and Fortuna Sittard. In order to progress to this stage of the competition, the visitors managed to dramatically beat Anderlecht 4-1 on penalties after a 2-2 aggregate draw.
Fiorentina hosts Basel at Stadio Artemio Franchi in the semi-finals of the Europa Conference League in what should be a closely-fought contest.
La Viola are in suspect form of late, having been beaten 1-0 by Napoli and drawn 3-3 with Salernitana following their 5-0 thrashing of Sampdoria after advancing to the Coppa Italia final via a 2-0 aggregate scoreline against Cremonese.
Meanwhile, Basel are fifth in the Swiss Super League and have struggled for consistency all campaign, losing 2-0 to both Zurich and Luzern on either side of 4-2 and 2-0 victories over Winterthur and Sion. In the last round of this competition, Basel managed a shock 4-3 aggregate win over Nice.
AS Roma goes head-to-head with Bayer Leverkusen in the first leg of the Europa League’s semi-finals, with Jose Mourinho looking to win back-to-back European trophies with his side.
Mourinho’s men have struggled since their 4-2 aggregate win over Feyenoord in the quarter-finals, having suffered 3-1 and 2-0 defeats to Atalanta and Inter Milan on either side of 1-1 draws against AC Milan and Monza.
Leverkusen are without a win in their last two though, having fallen to a 2-1 loss to FC Koln last time out after a 0-0 draw away at Union Berlin. In the run-up to these matches, Xabi Alonso’s side had beaten RB Leipzig 2-0 and Union Saint-Gilloise 5-2 on aggregate to reach this stage of the competition.
The final Match Result and Both Teams to Score tips on this list also comes from the Europa League, as Juventus and Sevilla face off in what should be an entertaining first leg of the semi-finals.
Juve have managed 2-0 and 2-1 victories over Atalanta and Lecce to put themselves in firm contention to qualify for next season’s Champions League. This was after drawing 1-1 with Bologna and suffering a 2-1 aggregate loss to Inter Milan in the semi-finals of the Coppa Italia.
Sevilla are in great form of late, as since their 5-2 aggregate win over Manchester United in the quarter-finals, they have beaten Villarreal 2-1, as well as Athletic Bilbao 1-0 and Espanyol 3-2 on either side of a 2-0 defeat to Girona.
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