Here we take a look at Smart Acca Picks for Thursday’s action, with this one being a long shot at 484/1 chosen by Smart Acca via the Free FA Betting Hub App.
This is a five-fold Match Result and Both Teams to Score accumulator, with fixtures coming from Europa League and Europa Conference League Qualifying.
The first tip on this list comes from the Johan Cruijff Arena where Ajax takes on Ludogorets in Europa League qualifying.
Ajax head into this match with a 4-1 lead from the away leg in Bulgaria and will want to finish off the tie in style in front of their home fans. The Both Teams to Score market has landed in each of Maurice Steijn’s first three matches as manager, having drawn 2-2 with Excelsior and beaten Heracles 4-1.
All of Ludogorets' European qualifiers have seen the Both Teams to Score market happen having drawn 1-1 with Olimpija and lost 2-1 in back-to-back away games at the former opponent as well as Astana; on top of this, Ludogorets managed to thrash Astana 5-1 in Bulgaria.
Besiktas goes head to head with Dynamo Kyiv on Thursday night with both sides vying for a place in the Europa Conference League Group Stages.
The hosts managed to win the first leg of this tie by a 3-2 scoreline thanks to a dramatic 94th-minute winner from Bakhtiyar Zaynutdinov and will be aiming to finish the tie off at Vodafone Park. Prior to this game, Besiktas had beaten Neftci 5-2 in the last round of qualifying, while beating Fatih Karagumruk 1-0 and drawing 1-1 with Pendikspor in the Turkish Super Lig.
Before Dynamo’s 3-2 home loss to Besiktas, they had progressed past Aris 6-5 on penalties after a 2-2 aggregate draw. In terms of domestic form, Kyiv suffered a 3-2 loss away at Chornomorets Odesa last time out after a 4-2 win over Obolon-Brovar.
Club Brugge and Osasuna takes on one another in what should be a fascinating second leg in the Europa Conference League qualifying.
Ronny Deila’s men are in excellent form have won all of their last five matches, beating KA 5-1 in both legs of the previous qualifying round, while managing comfortable 5-0 and 7-1 wins over Eupen and RWDM before their 2-1 away win at Osasuna where Andreas Skov Olsen and Maxim De Cuyper scored for the Belgians on either side of Ezequiel Avila’s 78th-minute equaliser.
In the run-up to the first leg of this tie, Osasuna had beaten Celta Vigo 2-0 before suffering a 2-0 home loss to Athletic Bilbao. However, in their last outing, Los Rojillos managed an impressive 2-1 win away at Valencia thanks to a 95th-minute strike from Ignacio Vidal.
Aberdeen hosts Hacken at Pittodrie in Europa League qualifying, with the Dons looking to reach the group stages of this competition for the first time since 2007/08.
Barry Robson’s men have started the season in slightly suspect form though, as following a 0-0 draw with Livingston, they were beaten 3-1 at home by Celtic before earning a 2-1 win over Stirling Albion in the Scottish League Cup. Since then, Aberdeen have managed back-to-back draws with Hacken and St. Mirren.
Prior to their 2-2 draw with Aberdeen, Hacken had been in good form, beating the likes of Sirius 3-2, Zalgiris 5-0 and Varberg 2-0, but, they have since suffered a 4-2 loss away at Goteborg where they trailed 4-0 after 52 minutes with veteran striker Marcus Berg bagging a brace past them.
Last season’s Europa Conference League finalists Fiorentina will be desperate to overturn their 1-0 aggregate deficit to Rapid Vienna on Thursday night.
La Viola have played two domestic matches on either side of their defeat in Austria, managing a 4-1 win over Genoa as well as a 2-2 draw at home Lecce where they even took a two-goal lead through goals from Nicolas Gonzalez and Alfred Duncan.
Rapid Vienna progressed through to this round via a 5-0 aggregate win over Hungarian outfit Debrecen. The Austrian Bundesliga outfit have been in inconsistent form during their league campaign of late though, having drawn 1-1 with WSG Tirol and lost 1-0 at Hartberg on either side of a thumping 5-0 win away to Blau-Weiss Linz.
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