Smart Acca Picks: AC Milan vs Chelsea Offering Good Value

The first tip on this list comes from FC Copenhagen against Manchester City, with the visitors coming in as firm favourites.

Copenhagen have done well to make it to the group stages of this season’s competition, having beaten Trabzonspor 2-1 on aggregate in qualifying. Since then, they have lost 3-0 to Borussia Dortmund and 5-0 to City on either side of a 0-0 draw with Sevilla.

Pep Guardiola’s men are in sensational form, having won all of their last five matches, following 2-1 and 3-0 victories over Borussia Dortmund and Wolves before the international break. Their last three matches have seen them score 15 goals, as they thrashed the likes of Manchester United 6-3, Copenhagen 5-0 and Southampton 4-0.

Shakhtar Donetsk and Real Madrid meet in the Champions League group stages for the sixth time in the last three seasons.

Four of their last five meetings have seen Over 2.5 Goals scored in them, including last time out at the Santiago Bernabeu where Rodrygo and Vinicius Junior both scored, before Oleksandr Zubkov halved the deficit.

The home side’s Champions League campaign has been interesting so far, as they drew 1-1 at home to Celtic and earned a memorable 4-1 win away at RB Leipzig.

Meanwhile, the holders beat Getafe 1-0 at the weekend thanks to an Eder Militao goal. Prior to their win over Shakhtar, Los Blancos drew 1-1 with Osasuna and beat Atletico Madrid and Leipzig by 2-1 and 2-0 scorelines.

AC Milan against Chelsea is another Champions League fixture that could provide plenty of entertainment, especially with the Rossoneri looking to avenge their 3-0 loss in the reverse fixture.

The home side managed a solid 2-0 home victory over Juventus at the weekend thanks to goals by Fikayo Tomori and Brahim Diaz. Prior to their loss at Stamford Bridge, AC had beaten Empoli and Dinamo Zagreb by 3-1 scorelines on either side of a 2-1 loss to Napoli.

All of Chelsea’s last three matches have seen the win with Over 2.5 Goals scored, following back-to-back 3-0 victories over Wolves and Milan after their last-gasp 2-1 win at Crystal Palace via a Conor Gallagher goal. Before the aforementioned matches, the Blues had drawn 1-1 with Red Bull Salzburg and lost 1-0 to Dinamo Zagreb in Thomas Tuchel’s final game as manager.

Peterborough United and Forest Green Rovers face off in a clash between seventh and 21st in League One.

Posh could only manage a 1-1 home draw with Burton Albion at the weekend, but, their previous three matches had amassed Over 2.5 Goals in 3-2 and 3-0 league wins over MK Dons and Port Vale, as well as in a 3-2 victory against Tottenham Hotspur’s’ Under 21s in the EFL Trophy.

Meanwhile, Forest Green beat Bolton Wanderers 1-0 last time out as Connor Wickham scored the only goal of the game. Before this, they had lost 3-2 and 4-0 to Burton Albion and Exeter City, as well as 2-1 to Morecambe. Rovers only other win in their last five matches came via a 2-1 scoreline over Newport County in the EFL Trophy.

MK Dons and Bristol Rovers go head to head in a clash between 22nd and 19th in League One on Tuesday.

Three of MK’s last four matches have seen Over 2.5 Goals scored in them, as since their 2-1 win against Oxford United back on 17th September, they have gone on to lose 3-2 and 2-1 to both Peterborough United and Shrewsbury Town on either side of a 2-0 win against West Ham’s Under 21s in the EFL Trophy.

Bristol Rovers have been involved in some entertaining matches of late, as since their 6-3 loss to Lincoln City, they have been beaten 1-0 by Accrington Stanley, before recently picking up some good form, via drawing 2-2 with Exeter City and beating Crystal Palace’s Under 21s 2-0, as well as Cambridge United 2-1 at the weekend.