Here we take a look at Smart Acca Picks for Sunday’s action, with this one being a decent shot at 38/1 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, La Liga, Bundesliga and Liga NOS.
AFC Bournemouth takes on Nottingham Forest in a battle of 12th and 16th place in the Premier League.
The Cherries managed a 1-1 draw away at West Ham last time out following 5-0 and 3-2 victories over Swansea and QPR in the FA Cup. Their two league games prior to their draw at the London Stadium saw Andoni Iraola’s men lose 4-0 and 3-1 to Liverpool and Tottenham.
Nottingham Forest have one win in their last five outings, with it coming via a 3-2 scoreline at Blackpool in an FA Cup replay following a 2-2 home draw with the Tangerines. Since then, Nuno Espirito Santo’s men have lost 3-2 and 2-1 to Brentford and Arsenal on either side of a 0-0 draw with Bristol City.
Manchester United hosts West Ham United at Old Trafford in a meeting of seventh and sixth in the Premier League.
The Red Devils are on a four-game unbeaten run since losing 2-1 at Nottingham Forest on 30th December, having beaten Wigan Athletic 2-0 and Newport County 4-2 in the FA Cup while drawing 2-2 at home to Tottenham and emerging as 4-3 winners over Wolves at Molineux on Thursday via a 97th-minute winner from Kobbie Mainoo.
West Ham are without a win in their last five matches having drawn 0-0, 2-2 and 1-1 with Brighton, Sheffield United and Bournemouth while being knocked out of the FA Cup via a 1-0 scoreline at Bristol City following a 1-1 home draw with the Robins.
On Sunday, the Madrid derby takes place, as Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid go head-to-head at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Carlo Ancelotti’s side are top of the table, but, they were knocked out of the Copa del Rey via a 4-2 scoreline by Atletico Madrid, having previously beaten Atleti 5-3 in the Spanish Super Cup. Los Blancos’ other results in their last five matches have seen them beat Almeria 3-2, Las Palmas 2-1 and Getafe 2-0.
Atletico’s last five matches have resulted in five straight wins, having beaten their city rivals 4-2 in the Copa del Rey before back-to-back 1-0 victories over Granada and Sevilla in the run-up to further 2-0 and 2-1 wins against Valencia and Rayo Vallecano.
Fifth meets 15th in the Bundesliga, as RB Leipzig goes up against Union Berlin.
Leipzig have had a difficult start to their league campaign since the winter break, having suffered 5-2, 3-2 and 1-0 losses to Stuttgart, Bayer Leverkusen and Eintracht Frankfurt. Prior to these defeats, Marco Rose’s side had drawn 1-1 with Werder Bremen after a 3-1 home win over Hoffenheim.
Union Berlin have won just two of their last five matches, as following their 3-0 loss at Bochum on 16th December, they have beaten Koln 2-0 and Darmstadt 1-0 on either side of a 0-0 draw with Freiburg and a 1-0 loss away to Bayern Munich.
The final game on this Smart Acca comes from Liga NOS, where second in the table Benfica faces 10th place Gil Vicente.
Benfica are in red-hot form of late, having beaten the likes of Famalicao and Arouca by 3-0 scorelines, before beating both Rio Ave and Estrela 4-1 on either side of a 2-0 win against Boavista where Angel Di Maria and Marcos Leonardo got on the scoresheet.
Gil Vicente have won their last two matches heading into this clash, following 1-0 and 2-0 victories over Vitoria Guimaraes and Portimonense. In the run-up to the aforementioned results, the visitors had drawn 1-1 with Estrela and suffered a 1-0 loss at Farense following a 1-0 home win over Boavista.
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