Smart Acca Picks: Aston Villa & Newcastle Offering Good Value

Here we take a look at Smart Acca Picks for Monday's action, with this one being a decent shot at 15/1 chosen by Smart Acca via the Free Betting Hub App.

This is a five-fold match result accumulator, with fixtures coming from the Premier League, League Two and Serie A.

• Aston Villa vs Brighton: Aston Villa to win - 11/10
• Ipswich Town vs Chelsea: Chelsea to win - 2/5
• Manchester United vs Newcastle: Newcastle to win - 42/25
• AFC Wimbledon vs Gillingham: Wimbledon to win - 4/5
• Bologna vs Hellas Verona: Bologna to win - 1/2

The first game on this Smart Acca comes from Villa Park as Aston Villa takes on Brighton in a meeting of ninth against 10th.

Unai Emery’s men have won three of their last five matches, having beaten Southampton (1-0), RB Leipzig (3-2) and Manchester City (2-1) while losing to Nottingham Forest (2-1) and Newcastle United (3-0).

Brighton enters this game without a win across their last five outings, as Fabian Hürzeler’s side have drawn with Brentford (0-0), West Ham United (1-1) and Leicester City (2-2) while losing to both Crystal Palace and Fulham via 3-1 scorelines.

19th-place Ipswich Town faces off against fourth-place Chelsea at Portman Road.

The Tractor Boys have won just one of their last five matches, which came via a 2-1 score at Wolverhampton Wanderers. However, Kieran McKenna’s side have suffered defeats to Crystal Palace (1-0), AFC Bournemouth (2-1), Newcastle United (4-0) and Arsenal (1-0).

Chelsea’s last two matches have somewhat slowed down their progress, as Enzo Maresca’s men suffered a shock 2-1 home loss to Fulham after a 0-0 draw with Everton. The Blues had managed to beat Shamrock Rovers (5-1), Brentford (2-1) and Astana (3-1) prior to the aforementioned results.

Manchester United hosts Newcastle United in a battle between 14th and seventh in the Premier League standings.

Ruben Amorim’s men have suffered three defeats on the spin against Wolves (2-0), Bournemouth (3-0) and Tottenham Hotspur (4-3) after consecutive 2-1 victories over Manchester City and Viktoria Plzen.

Newcastle have won all of their last four matches since losing 4-2 at Brentford on 7th December, as Eddie Howe’s men have beaten Leicester City (4-0), Brentford (3-1), Ipswich (4-0) and Aston Villa (3-0).

In League Two, eighth-place AFC Wimbledon goes up against 13th-place Gillingham.

Wimbledon were held to a 1-1 home draw with Swindon Town last time out after suffering a narrow 1-0 away loss at Chesterfield. Prior to these matches, the home side had beaten Doncaster Rovers (1-0) and Harrogate Town (3-0) on either side of a 2-0 EFL Trophy loss at Colchester United.

Gillingham are also without a win in their last two matches, having suffered a 2-0 loss at Colchester after a 2-2 home draw with Cheltenham Town. Prior to the aforementioned matches, the Gills had earned wins over MK Dons and Salford City via 1-0 scorelines in the aftermath of a 2-1 loss at Bromley.

The final game on this Smart Acca comes from Serie A as seventh-place Bologna go head-to-head with 17th-place Hellas Verona.

Bologna are on a solid run of form, as they thrashed Monza 4-0 in the Coppa Italia before drawing 0-0 with Benfica. In Serie A, Vincenzo Italiano’s side have drawn 2-2 at Juventus and beaten both Fiorentina 1-0 and Torino 2-0.

Hellas Verona have won just one of their last five games, with their sole victory coming at Parma (3-2) on 15th December. The visitors other four matches have resulted in four defeats though, as they suffered losses at the hands of AC Milan (1-0), Empoli (4-1), Cagliari (1-0) and Inter Milan (5-0).

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