Smart Acca Picks: AEK Athens, Ajax & Athletic Club Providing Great Value

Here we take a look at Smart Acca Picks for Thursday with this one being a 40/1 shot chosen by Smart Acca via the Free FA Betting Hub App.

This is a five-fold Match Result & Over 2.5 Goals accumulator, with fixtures coming from La Liga, Europa League and Europa Conference League qualifying.

• Athletic Club vs Getafe: Athletic Club to win & Over 2.5 Goals - 6/4
• Ajax vs Panathinaikos: Ajax to win & Over 2.5 Goals - 15/8
• Banik Ostrava vs Kobenhavn: Kobenhavn to win & Over 2.5 Goals - 6/4
• Brann vs St. Mirren: Brann to win & Over 2.5 Goals - 8/11
• AEK Athens vs Noah: AEK Athens to win & Over 2.5 Goals - 1/2

The first game on this Smart Acca comes from La Liga as Athletic Bilbao meets Getafe on matchday one of the 2024/25 season.

Athletic Club will be hoping to start the season as strong as they ended it, when they won three of their last five matches, beating Getafe 2-0 away from home, as well as Sevilla 2-0 and Rayo Vallecano.

Getafe were in dismal form, as they lost all of their last five matches at the end of the 2023/24 campaign, suffering defeats to Athletic Club 2-0, Cadiz 1-0, Atletico Madrid 3-0, Deportivo Alaves 1-0 and Mallorca 2-1.

Ajax hosts Panathinaikos at the Johan Cruijff Arena in the Third Qualifying Round of the Europa League.

The home side have won all of their four matches under the management of Francesco Farioli as they’ve managed to beat Heerenveen and Panathinaikos by 1-0 scorelines after defeating Vojvodina 4-1 on aggregate in the Second Qualifying Round.

Panathinaikos suffered a 1-0 loss to Ajax last time out after beating Botev Plovdiv 4-0 and 2-1 to earn a 6-1 aggregate win in the Second Qualifying Round.

Banik Ostrava go head-to-head with Kobenhavn in what could be an entertaining game in Europa Conference League qualifying.

The Czech First League side have won four of their last five matches, with the only exception being their 1-0 defeat to Kobenhavn in the first leg. Banik Ostrava have recently managed to beat Hradec Kralove and Jablonec 1-0, while thrashing Urartu 7-1 on aggregate.

Kobenhavn are in solid form, as they’ve also won four of their last five matches, as they managed to defeat AGF 3-2 and Magpies before drawing 1-1 at home to Randers prior to 1-0 and 2-0 victories over both Banik Ostrava and Sonderjyske.

Norwegian Eliteserien outfit Brann takes on Scottish Premiership side St. Mirren.

Brann were held to a 1-1 draw in the first leg after beating Stromsgodset 3-2 and Go Ahead Eagles 2-1 on aggregate.

St. Mirren were beaten 3-1 at Aberdeen at the weekend following their 1-1 draw with Brann and impressive 3-0 home victory over Hibernian. The visitors beat Valur 4-1 in the last qualifying round of the Europa Conference League.

The final game on this Smart Acca is AEK Athens versus Noah in Europa Conference League qualifying.

AEK suffered a shock 3-1 loss to Noah in the first leg, meaning that there will be a focus on them to attack and win the second leg to stand any chance of progressing. In the Second Qualifying Round, the Greek Super League outfit beat Inter Club d’Escaldes 8-3 on aggregate.

Noah will know that they are in the driving seat in this tie after their stunning 3-1 home victory. The Armenian side managed to brush aside Sliema Wanderers 7-0 on aggregate in the Second Qualifying Round after beating Shkendija 4-1 in the First Round.

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