Here we take a look at Smart Acca Picks for Wednesday, with this one being a decent shot at 47/1 chosen by Smart Acca via the Free FA Betting Hub App.
This is a five-fold Match Result and Over 2.5 Goals accumulator, with fixtures coming from the Europa League and Europa Conference League.
The first game on this Smart Acca sees Rangers host Benfica at Ibrox in the second leg of their Europa League Round of 16 tie.
Philippe Clement’s side are in solid form, as following their 2-2 draw away at Benfica, they managed to beat Hibernian 2-0 in the Scottish Cup thanks to goals by John Lundstram and Fabio Silva. Prior to these results, the Gers had lost 2-1 to Motherwell after 2-1 and 5-0 victories over Kilmarnock and Hearts.
Benfica have been inconsistent this campaign, as despite beating Estoril 3-1 last time out, they had previously drawn 2-2 with Rangers after a humiliating 5-0 defeat to Porto. Before the aforementioned matches, Roger Schmidt’s side had beaten Portimonense 4-0 and drew 0-0 away at Toulouse.
Bayer Leverkusen and Qarabag go head-to-head at the Bay Arena on Thursday in what is expected to be a one-sided match-up in the Europa League.
Leverkusen salvaged a 2-2 draw away in Azerbaijan having rotated their team for that match. Xabi Alonso’s men have won all of their last four Bundesliga matches, defeating the likes of Wolfsburg 2-0, Koln 2-0, Mainz 2-1 and Heidenheim 2-1.
Qarabag managed to beat Sporting Braga 6-5 on aggregate in the Round of 32 following a shock 4-2 away win in Portugal before losing 3-2 at home while still managing to progress to face Leverkusen. On either side of their draw with Leverkusen, Qarabag have beaten Neftci 4-1 and Zira 3-1.
Brighton & Hove Albion face the unenviable task of overturning a 4-0 deficit when they face AS Roma at the Amex Stadium on Thursday.
Roberto De Zerbi’s side will have to go for the win and actually had good spells at the Stadio Olimpico despite their 4-0 defeat, as the Seagulls had 60% possession and 11 shots, just three fewer than their opponents. As far as domestic form goes, Brighton entered the first leg off the back of a 1-1 draw with Everton on top of 1-0 and 3-0 defeats to Wolves and Fulham. Since then, the Seagulls have beaten Nottingham Forest 1-0.
Roma are unbeaten in their last five matches under Daniele De Rossi, as they’ve drawn 1-1 with Feyenoord (beating them on penalties after a 2-2 aggregate draw), while also drawing 2-2 away at Fiorentina on either side of 3-2, 4-1 and 4-0 victories over Torino, Monza and Brighton.
Fiorentina and Maccabi Haifa face off in the second-leg of the Europa Conference League’s Round of 32.
La Viola have won two and drawn three of their last five matches, drawing 1-1, 0-0 and 2-2 with Empoli, Torino and AS Roma while beating Lazio 2-1 and Maccabi Haifa 4-3.
Haifa scraped past Gent 2-1 on aggregate in the Round of 32 before their dramatic 4-3 home loss to Fiorentina. The visitors are currently five points behind league leaders Maccabi Tel-Aviv in their domestic league following their 2-1 loss at Maccabi Bnei Reineh.
The final game on this Smart Acca sees Aston Villa and Ajax go head-to-head at Villa Park in the Europa Conference League.
Villa will be aiming to recapture their form after a dismal 4-0 home loss to Tottenham in the aftermath of their 0-0 draw away at Ajax. In the run-up to these games, Unai Emery’s men managed to beat Fulham 2-1, Nottingham Forest 4-2 and Luton Town 3-2.
Ajax have won just two of their last five fixtures, with these coming over Bodo Glimt 2-1 and Utrecht 2-0 on either side of a disappointing 2-0 loss at AZ Alkmaar. Since then, the Amsterdam club have drawn 0-0 with Aston Villa and 2-2 at home to Fortuna Sittard.
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