Here we take a look at Smart Acca Picks for Saturday’s action, with this one being a long shot at 588/1 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 the Premier League, Championship, Dutch Eredivisie and La Liga.
Rotherham against Blackburn Rovers is the first game to feature on this list, with the visitors looking to maintain their perfect start to the 2023/24 season.
The Millers managed to scrape past Morecambe on penalties after a 1-1 draw following the 4-1 drubbing that they received on the opening day of the season by Stoke City at the Bet365 Stadium.
Jon Dahl Tomasson’s men have started their season in good goalscoring form, having earned a hard-fought 2-1 win over West Bromwich Albion at Ewood Park, before going on to beat Walsall 4-3 in the Carabao Cup.
Southampton goes head-to-head with Norwich City at St Mary’s on Saturday in what will be an intriguing encounter.
So far, Russell Martin’s men have managed an impressive 2-1 win away at Sheffield Wednesday where Adam Armstrong and Che Adams both got on the scoresheet before suffering a 3-1 defeat to Gillingham in the League Cup.
Norwich City’s only game of the new season has seen them scrape past Hull City at Carrow Road by a 2-1 scoreline thanks to a 96th-minute winner from Adam Idah. The Canaries didn’t feature in the League Cup’s midweek action and will instead face QPR on 16th August.
Arsenal will be looking to kick off their 2023/24 season in good style when they face Nottingham Forest at the Emirates Stadium.
The Gunners managed to beat Manchester City in the Community Shield despite falling behind in the 77th minute to a superb strike from Cole Palmer - thankfully for Mikel Arteta’s men, Leandro Trossard’s 101st-minute strike took a wicked deflection to take the match to penalties, which Arsenal emerged victorious on by a 4-1 scoreline.
Nottingham Forest will be hoping to avoid the 5-0 thrashing they faced at the Emirates Stadium last October and instead look to take inspiration from the crucial 1-0 victory over Arsenal that they managed at the City Ground in late May where Taiwo Awoniyi bagged the only goal of the game in the 19th minute.
PSV goes up against Utrecht on the opening weekend of the Dutch Eredivisie, with the hosts looking to improve on their second-place finish last time out.
The home side have had a strong start to the new season, having managed to beat Feyenoord 1-0 in the Johan Cruijff Shield before thrashing Sturm Graz 4-1 in Champions League qualifying as Isaac Babadi, Luuk de Jong (2) and Ibrahim Sangare all got on the scoresheet.
Utrecht are yet to play a game this season following their seventh-place league finish during the 2022/23 season. The visitors managed a reputable 202 draw with PSV in February, however, they will want to forget their meeting at the Philips Stadium last October, as they suffered a heavy 6-1 defeat.
Athletic Club versus Real Madrid is the last match to feature on this list which is a repeat fixture from the final day of the 2022/23 season.
When these two sides met at the Santiago Bernabeu on 4th June, the match resulted in a 1-1 draw with Karim Benzema levelling the score in the 71st minute, Follow Carlo Ancelotti’s side initially falling behind to a Oihan Sancet strike early on in the second half.
However, when they faced off at San Mames last January, Real ran out as 2-0 victors as both Benzema and Toni Kroos got on the scoresheet.
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