Smart Acca Picks: Borussia Dortmund vs Hoffenheim Should Provide Plenty of Goals

On Friday night, Borussia Dortmund hosts Hoffenheim at the Signal Iduna park in what should be an exciting contest.

The last two meetings between these two have seen Dortmund edge two five-goal thrillers by 3-2 scorelines.

Dortmund enters this match off the back of a 1-0 win away at Hertha Berlin after suffering a dramatic 3-2 loss to Werder Bremen. Before this, Edin Terzic’s men had beaten Freiburg 3-1, Bayern Leverkusen 1-0 and 1860 Munich 3-0.

On the other hand, Hoffenheim have won all of their last three matches, defeating the likes of Augsburg 1-0, Bayer Leverkusen 3-0 and VFL Bochum 3-2. Before this, they had lost 3-1 to Borussia Monchengladbach.

Benfica will be looking to keep their perfect record in Liga Nos when they face Vizela on Friday night.

The home side have beaten the likes of Casa Pia 1-0, Boavista 3-0 and Pacos de Ferreira 3-2 in their first three matches, whilst also defeating Dynamo Kyiv 5-0 on aggregate in Champions League qualifying.

Vizela enter this match in 11th place, as since their 1-0 away win at Rio Ave, they have been beaten 1-0 by FC Porto and drew 1-1 and 2-2 with Chaves and Gil Vicente.

In the Belgian Pro League, Club Brugge and Cercle Brugge go head to head in the Bruges Derby.

Club Brugge will enter this match with confidence having beaten Sporting Charleroi 3-1, Kortrijk 2-1 and OH Leuven 3-0 in their last three outings, recovering from a 2-1 loss to Eupen and a 1-1 draw against Zulte Waregem.

Cercle could also only manage a 1-1 draw with Zulte Waregem off the back of a 2-1 defeat to Genk. Prior to these results, they had drawn 0-0 with Mechelen, lost 2-0 to Standard Liege and beaten Anderlecht 1-0.

Celta Vigo goes up against Cadiz in a battle of 12th against 20th in La Liga.

The last time these two sides met at Estadio de Balaidos, Cadiz won the match 2-1 thanks to goals by Anthony Lozano and Alfonso Espino, with Santi Mina’s second-half strike being a mere consolation goal for the hosts.

Celta drew 2-2 with Espanyol on the opening weekend, before being hammered 4-1 at home by Real Madrid, but, they did manage a narrow 1-0 victory over Girona last time out as Iago Aspas scored the only goal of the game.

Cadiz are yet to score a point this season, having lost all three of their matches to Real Sociedad 1-0, Osasuna 2-0 and Athletic Club 4-0.

West Brom and Burnley is the final fixture on this list, with the away side looking to keep up their superb goalscoring form.

Steve Bruce’s men have drawn both of their last two matches 1-1 and 2-2 with Wigan Athletic and Huddersfield Town since their thumping 5-2 victory over Hull City at The Hawthorns where Callum Elder (own goal), John Swift, Darnell Furlong, Karlan Grant and Dara O’Shea all got on the scoresheet.

Following entertaining 1-1 and 3-3 draws with Hull and Blackpool, Vincent Kompany’s Burnley side have gone on to beat Shrewsbury 1-0 in the League Cup, before thrashing Wigan Athletic 5-1 away from home. Last time out the Clarets beat Millwall 2-0 at Turf Moor via goals from Vitinho and Jay Rodriguez.