Here we take a look at Smart Acca Picks for Saturday’s action, with this one being a decent shot at 110/1 chosen by Smart Acca via the Free FA Betting Hub App.
This is a six-fold Match Result accumulator, with fixtures coming from the Premier League, Ligue 1, Championship, League One, League Two and the National League.
The first game on this Boosted Smart Acca comes from the Premier League as Nottingham Forests hosts Newcastle United at the City Ground in a meeting of 16th and ninth in the table.
Forest managed to progress through to the Fifth Round of the FA Cup in midweek following a 5-3 penalty shootout win over Bristol City after a 1-1 draw; in the initial tie with the Robins, the City Ground club could only draw 0-0 at Ashton Gate. In terms of Premier League form, Nuno Espirito Santo’s men earned a 1-1 draw at Bournemouth following 2-1 and 3-2 defeats to Arsenal and Brentford.
Newcastle have somewhat refound their form of late, as prior to their dramatic 4-4 draw with Luton Town last weekend, the Magpies earned 3-1 and 2-0 victories away to Aston Villa and Fulham after a narrow 3-2 home defeat to Manchester City and a memorable 3-0 FA Cup win at Sunderland.
Top of the table PSG go head-to-head with Lille in a battle between first and fourth in Ligue 1.
PSG are unbeaten in their last five matches, following 2-0 and 4-1 wins over Lens and Orleans before drawing 2-2 at home to Brest in late January. Since then, the Parisians have beaten Strasbourg 2-1 and Brest 3-1 with the latter-mentioned victory coming in the Coupe de France as Kylian Mbappe, Danilo Pereira and Goncalo Ramos all got on the scoresheet.
Lille were knocked out of the Coupe de France following a 2-1 loss away to a rejuvenated Lyon side after riding their luck in the previous round with a 1-0 win at Racing. In terms of league form, Lille have managed seven points from their last three games, having beaten Lorient 3-0 and Clermont Foot 4-0 on either side of a 0-0 draw with Montpellier.
Runaway Championship leaders travel to Vicarage Road where they’ll face 11th-place Watford.
The Hornets are without a win in five following their 3-0 FA Cup exit to Southampton at St Mary’s after the two sides drew 1-1 at Vicarage Road. Watford’s last three Championship results have seen them lose 1-0 at home to Cardiff City on top of 0-0 and 1-1 draws at Sheffield Wednesday and Bristol City.
Leicester are on a three-game winning streak since losing 3-1 at Coventry and drawing 1-1 against Ipswich Town. The Foxes’ victories have come at the expense of Birmingham City 3-0, Swansea City 3-1 and Stoke City 5-0.
An in-form Wigan Athletic side faces off against Exeter City at the DW Stadium on Saturday.
The Latics have won three of their last four league matches having beaten both Reading and Wycombe Wanderers by 1-0 scorelines before losing 3-2 at home to Stevenage and earning an impressive 3-2 victory over Peterborough United at London Road.
Exeter City also have similar form, having won three of their last four matches since drawing 0-0 with Cambridge United. The Grecians have managed to beat Bristol Rovers 1-0, as well as Barnsley and Peterborough by 2-1 scorelines on either side of a 1-0 loss to Bristol Rovers in the return fixture.
15th place Walsall goes up against 13th in the table Newport County at the BESCOT Stadium on Saturday.
Walsall are without a win since thrashing Grimsby Town 6-1 on New Year’s Day, having suffered 4-0 and 3-1 defeats to Southampton and Stockport County while drawing 1-1 with both Sutton United and Gillingham.
Newport’s only defeat in their last five games come against Manchester United in the FA Cup where despite losing 4-2, Graham Coughlan’s men sensationally levelled up the scores at 2-2 having been 2-0 down after just 13 minutes following strikes from Bruno Fernandes and Kobbie Mainoo. The Exiles have managed to beat Doncaster 1-0, Eastleigh 3-1, Wrexham 1-0 and Swindon 2-1 of late.
The final game on this Smart Acca comes from the National League as an in-form AFC Fylde side makes a lengthy trip to Eastleigh.
Ahead of this game, The Spitfires are 13th in the table and are without a win in their last five games, having been dumped out of the FA Cup by Newport County via a 3-1 scoreline before drawing 4-4 and 1-1 with Boreham Wood and Gateshead on either side of 4-0 and 3-1 losses to Altrincham and Chesterfield.
Fylde are on an excellent five-game unbeaten run, having beaten Rochdale 2-0 and Hartlepool United 2-1 in the run-up to a 2-2 draw at home to Halifax Town. Since then, The Coasters have earned 1-0 and 3-1 wins over Bromley and Dorking Wanderers.
This will be a tricky fixture for Arsenal, but we are backing them to leave with all three points in a narrow win. The Gunners have a magnificent away record in 2024, having lost j...
