Here we take a look at Smart Acca Picks for Thursday’s action, with this one being a long shot at 313/1 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 Liga NOS, Greek Super League, Turkish Super Lig, Dutch Eredivisie and Italian Serie A.
The first game of this Smart Acca comes from Liga NOS in Portugal, where two out-of-form sides in the shapes of Estrela and Sporting Braga go up against one another.
Estrela have won just one of their last five matches, beating Estoril 2-1 on 25th August after a 2-0 loss away at Benfica. Since then, the hosts have drawn 1-1 and 2-2 with Portimonense and Chaves on either side of a 1-0 home defeat to FC Porto.
Sporting Braga managed to thrash Boavista 4-1 at home last time out thanks to goals by Ricardo Horta (2), Simon Banza and Al-Musrati, ending a two-game losing streak following defeats to both Napoli 2-1 and Farense 3-1. In the run-up to these matches, they had beaten Moreirense 3-2 after a 1-1 draw with Sporting Lisbon.
AEK Athens takes on Atromitos in a battle between fourth and 13th in the Greek Super League.
The home side are in great form of late, having gone unbeaten in their last four matches since their 2-1 home defeat to Royal Antwerp, having beaten Volos 3-2 before a 1-1 draw with Olympiakos and then going on to beat both Brighton and Panathinaikos by 3-2 and 2-1 scorelines.
Atromitos are without a win so far this season, having lost their first two matches by 4-0 and 2-1 scorelines before drawing 1-1 with both Volos NFC and OFI.
Fenerbahce and Istanbul Basaksehir face off on Thursday night in a meeting of second versus 17th in the Turkish Super Lig.
Ismail Kartal’s men will be hoping to maintain their excellent start to the season, having won all of their last five games, beating FC Twente and Nordsjaelland 1-0 and 3-1 in the Europa Conference League, while beating Ankaragucu and Alanyaspor by 1-0 scorelines as well as Antalyaspor 3-2 in the Turkish Super Lig.
Istanbul Basaksehir’s only win of the current campaign came back on 17th September via a 2-0 away win at Istanbulspor. Prior to this, they had lost 2-0 to both Fatih Karagumruk and Alanyaspor as well as 1-0 at home to Konyaspor. Last time out, the visitors were beaten 2-1 at home by Galatasaray.
In the Dutch Eredivisie, second-place AZ Alkmaar goes head-to-head with ninth in the table Heracles Almelo at AFAS Stadium.
The hosts have been in good form domestically, beating the likes of Vitesse and Sparta Rotterdam by 2-0 scorelines, before easing to a 3-0 victory over PEC Zwolle last time out. As far as the Europa Conference League goes though, they have drawn 3-3 with Brann and suffered a 4-3 loss to Zrinjski.
Heracles suffered a heavy 4-1 loss to Ajax on the opening day, however, since then they have managed to pick-up seven points from their last four matches, beating NEC 2-1 and Excelsior 3-1 before losing 3-1 to Utrecht and drawing 2-2 away at Volendam.
The final game on this Smart Acca sees Frosinone host Fiorentina at Stadio Benito Stirpe in Serie A.
Frosinone are currently eighth in the table and have gone unbeaten since their 3-1 defeat to Napoli on the opening weekend. Since then, they have beaten both Atalanta 2-1 and Sassuolo 4-2 while managing 0-0 and 1-1 draws with Udinese and Salernitana.
The only defeat that Fiorentina have suffered in their last five outings came away at Inter Milan as they were thrashed 4-0 at the San Siro. In the Europa Conference League, they have managed a 2-0 win over Rapid Vienna and a 2-2 draw with Genk, while their last two Serie A outings have seen them earning superb 3-2 and 2-0 victories over Atalanta and Udinese.
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