Here we take a look at Smart Acca Picks for Wednesday’s action, with this one being a decent shot at 25/1 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 Premier League and La Liga.
The first game on this Smart Acca comes from the Etihad Stadium as title-chasing Manchester City hosts 19th-place Burnley.
City are in superb form, having won all of their last five matches, beating the likes of Everton 3-1, Sheffield United 2-0 and Newcastle United 3-2 while progressing to the Fifth Round of the FA Cup via 5-0 and 1-0 victories over Huddersfield Town and Tottenham Hotspur.
Burnley are winless in their last four games, as following a 2-0 away defeat to Fulham, the Clarets suffered 2-0, 3-2 and 1-0 defeats to Liverpool, Aston Villa and Tottenham Hotspur before drawing 1-1 at home with Luton Town.
Fifth-placed Tottenham takes on 15th in the table Brentford at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium tonight.
Ange Postecoglou’s men have been in slightly suspect form, having suffered 1-0 and 4-2 defeats to Manchester City and Brighton on either side of 3-1 and 1-0 victories over AFC Bournemouth and Burnley prior to a 2-2 draw with Manchester United at Old Trafford.
Brentford managed to end their poor run of form via a 3-2 home win over Nottingham Forest last time out as Ivan Toney, Ben Mee and Neal Maupay all got on the scoresheet. In the run-up to that game, the Bees had suffered a 3-2 FA Cup replay defeat to Wolves after a 1-1 draw in the initial match. Thomas Frank’s men had also been beaten 3-1 and 4-1 by Crystal Palace and Wolves in the Premier League.
10th place Chelsea travels to Anfield where they’ll face top-of-the-table Liverpool.
Jurgen Klopp’s men have won four and drawn one of their last five outings, with their 1-1 draw against Fulham sealing a 3-2 aggregate win in the League Cup semi-final. Liverpool’s only league match in this run saw them thrash Bournemouth 4-0 at the Vitality Stadium, while in the FA Cup, the Reds managed to progress past Arsenal 2-0 and Norwich City 5-2.
Chelsea could only draw 0-0 at home with Aston Villa on Friday night, however, in the run-up to this game, they had beaten Middlesbrough 6-2 on aggregate in the League Cup semi-finals via a 6-1 home win after a narrow 1-0 away loss. Mauricio Pochettino’s side have also earned 1-0 and 4-0 victories over Fulham and Preston North End in their last five matches.
Fourth-place Barcelona faces off against 12th-place Osasuna in what will be the home side’s first match since Xavi announced that he will step down at the end of the season.
Barca suffered a 5-3 loss to Villarreal last time out after being dumped out of the Copa del Rey via a 4-2 scoreline away at Athletic Club. Prior to these results, the Catalan club had beaten Real Betis 4-2, Unionistas de Salamanca 3-1 and Barbastro 3-2.
Osasuna are also out of the Copa del Rey, as following a 1-0 win over Castellon, they suffered a 2-0 loss at home to Real Sociedad. In terms of league matches, the visitors have managed 1-0 and 3-2 victories over Almeria and Getafe while drawing 1-1 away with Sevilla.
Atletico Madrid go head-to-head with Rayo Vallecano in a battle between third and 13th in La Liga.
Diego Simeone’s men have won all of their last five matches, having beaten Lugo 3-1 in the Copa del Rey before dumping Real Madrid out via a 4-2 scoreline. Since then, they have also progressed past Sevilla 1-0 while earning 1-0 and 2-0 league victories over Granada and Valencia.
Vallecano are on a three-game winless run, as following back-to-back 2-0 wins over Getafe and Huesca in the Copa del Rey, they were dumped out of the Spanish Cup by Girona 3-1. Since then, Rayo have been beaten 2-0 by Las Palmas in La Liga while drawing 0-0 away at Real Sociedad.
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