Football Accumulator Tips: Barcelona vs Real Sociedad Could be One to Watch

The first tip on this Match Result and Over 2.5 Goals accumulator sees Barcelona face Real Sociedad in the Copa del Rey.

When these two sides met in August, Barca thrashed Sociedad 4-1 at Reale Arena, as Robert Lewandowski (2), Ousmane Dembele and Ansu Fati all got on the scoresheet, while Alexander Isak bagged for Imanol Alguacil’s men.

Xavi’s side managed to scrape 1-0 victories over Getafe and Atletico Madrid on either side of a 5-0 win against Cueta. Prior to this, the Catalonians had beaten Intercity 4-3 in the Copa del Rey after a 1-1 draw with Espanyol.

Real Sociedad are in good form entering this match, having won all of their last five games, defeating the likes of Rayo Vallecano 2-0, Mallorca 1-0, Athletic Bilbao 3-1, Almeria 2-0 and UD Logrones 1-0.

Nottingham Forest and Manchester United meet in the first leg of their League Cup semi-final on Wednesday, with United hoping for a repeat of the 3-0 league win they managed over Forest in late December.

Forest’s form has been good of late, having picked up seven points in their last three Premier League matches, beating Southampton 1-0, and Leicester City 2-0 before drawing 1-1 away at Bournemouth last time out. On top of this, Steve Cooper’s men beat Wolves on penalties after a 1-1 draw in the previous round of the League Cup, however, in the FA Cup they were thrashed 4-1 at Bloomfield Road by Blackpool.

Erik ten Hag’s men lost 3-2 last time out to Arsenal after drawing 1-1 with Crystal Palace. Prior to this, they had won nine matches in a row, following a superb 2-1 win over Manchester City at Old Trafford thanks to goals by Bruno Fernandes and Marcus Rashford, following up from 3-0 and 3-1 victories over Charlton and Everton.

In the Dutch Eredivisie, top-of-the-table Feyenoord hosts ninth-place NEC at De Kuip.

Feyenoord will be determined to stretch their two-point gap to AZ Alkmaar at the top of the table, having drawn 1-1 with Ajax and Utrecht on either side of a 3-0 away win at Groningen. On top of this, Arne Slot’s men have also defeated Excelsior 5-1 and Cambuur 1-0 in their last five matches.

NEC will be delighted with their form of late, having beaten Emmen 3-1 after 0-0 and 1-1 draws with Vitesse and Ajax, following further 6-1 and 1-0 victories over RKC Waalwijk and Cambuur.

Mainz against Borussia Dortmund sees 12th take on sixth in the German Bundesliga, with Edin Terzic hoping that his side can build up some good form heading into the second half of the season.

Mainz are winless in their last five, having drawn 1-1 with both Stuttgart and Eintracht Frankfurt after suffering 1-0, 3-0 and 6-2 defeats to Schalke, Wolfsburg and Bayern Munich.

Meanwhile, Dortmund’s recent 4-3 win over Augsburg was a major relief to fans of the Black and Yellow, having seen their side lose 4-2 and 2-0 to Borussia Monchengladbach and Wolfsburg after beating Bochum 3-0.

The final tip on this list is another game from the Bundesliga, as Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen side looks to make it five wins in a row when they go up against Bochum.

Heading into this game, Leverkusen have beaten the likes of Monchengladbach 3-2, Stuttgart 2-0, FC Koln 2-1 and Union Berlin 5-0 in their last four matches, taking them up to ninth in the table and in with a shout of qualifying for next season’s Europa League.

Bochum are also in decent form hedging into this fixture, as following heavy 4-0 and 3-0 losses to Wolfsburg and Dortmund, they managed to beat Monchengladbach 2-1, Augsburg 1-0 and Hertha Berlin 3-1.

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