Here we take a look at Smart Acca Picks for Thursday’s action, with this one being a long shot at around 526/1 chosen by Smart Acca via the Free FA Betting Hub App.
This is a Match Result & BTTS accumulator and is a five-fold featuring games from the Belgian Pro League, Turkish Super Lig, Ligue 1, Serie A and the German Bundesliga.
The first tip on this list comes from the Belgian Pro League as Cercle Brugge and Genk go head to head in a battle between eighth and first in the table.
The home side were beaten 2-0 by Anderlecht last time out, but, their last three games prior to this had seen the Both Teams to Score market land three times, following a 3-1 win over RFC Seraing as well as back-to-back 2-2 draws with AS Eupen and Club Brugge.
Genk are in slightly suspect form, having lost 2-1 to Union Saint-Gilloise last time out by a 2-1 scoreline after 2-2 draws with Sint Truiden and Mechelen on either side of a 3-0 home win over KV Oostende.
In the Turkish Super Lig, eighth-placed Konyaspor faces runaway leaders Galatasaray.
Konyaspor are without a win in their last five matches, with their best result being a 0-0 draw with Giresunspor after a 4-0 loss to Fenerbahce after two 1-0 defeats to Istanbulspor and Ankaragucu on either side of a 2-0 loss to Istanbul Basaksehir.
Galatasaray have won all of their last five matches in the Turkish Super Lig, most recently doing so by a 1-0 scoreline over Kasimpasa - prior to this win, three of Galatasaray’s last four matches had seen the Both Teams to Score market land, in two 2-1 wins over Trabzonspor and Antalyaspor as well as in a 3-2 victory at home to Umraniyespor. Their other match in the sequence mentioned above saw Galatasaray beat Giresunspor 4-0.
Lyon and Nantes meet on Friday night in Ligue 1, with both sides desperate to improve their standings in France’s top flight, as they are 10th and 14th.
The home side have drawn their last two matches 3-3 and 0-0 with Lille and Lorient, however, Laurent Blanc’s men had earned back-to-back 2-1 and 3-1 victories over Grenoble Foot and Angers prior to this and will be looking to get back to winning ways.
Nantes' only win in their last five outings was by a 2-1 scoreline at home to Lens in the Coupe de France. Before this match, they had lost 3-0 and 1-0 to Juventus and Rennes, while since their French cup win, Nantes have been defeated 4-2 by PSG and drew 2-2 with Nice last time out.
Sixth-place Atalanta hosts 14th-place Empoli at the Gewiss Stadium on Friday night in Serie A.
Atalanta will be looking to put their recent bad run of form behind them, as since their 2-0 away win at Lazio on 11th February, they haven’t won a match, losing 2-1 to Lecce, as well as 2-0 to both AC Milan and Napoli on either side of a 0-0 draw with Udinese
Empoli are winless in their last five, as following 2-2 and 1-1 draws with Spezia and Fiorentina, they have gone on to lose 2-0, 2-1 and 1-0 to Napoli, Monza and Udinese.
The final Match Result and Both Teams to Score tip on this list comes from the Bundesliga as Borussia Monchengladbach faces Werder Bremen.
Gladbach are out of form, as since their superb 3-2 win over Bayern Munich where Lars Stindl, Jonas Hofmann and Marcus Thuram all got on the scoresheet, they have suffered 4-0 and 3-0 defeats to Mainz and RB Leipzig on either side of a 0-0 home draw with Freiburg.
Werder Bremen’s only points in their last five outings came in a 3-0 home win over bottom-of-the-table Bochum, as before that fixture, they had been beaten 2-0 by both Eintracht Frankfurt and Borussia Dortmund. Since then, Bremen have lost 2-1 and 3-2 to Augsburg and Bayer Leverkusen.
