Smart Acca Picks: Borussia Dortmund vs Schalke Could Provide Plenty of Goals

The first tip on this list comes from the Revier derby between Borussia Dortmund and Schalke 04 at the Signal Iduna Park.

Heading into this match, all of Borussia Dortmund’s last three matches have seen Over 2.5 Goals scored, having lost 2-1 and 3-0 to Manchester City and RB Leipzig after a 3-0 home win at FC Copenhagen thanks to goals by Marco Reus, Raphael Guerrero and Jude Bellingham.

Schalke managed their first league win of the weekend via a 3-1 scoreline over VFL Bochum. Prior to this, the Royal Blues had drawn 1-1 with Stuttgart after a heavy 6-1 home loss to Union Berlin. Their other two results in their last five saw them draw 0-0 and 2-2 with Wolfsburg and Borussia Monchengladbach.

The second tip on this list also comes from the German Bundesliga, as 17th place Bayer Leverkusen goes up against ninth in the table Werder Bremen.

Leverkusen may come into this game full of confidence after a 2-0 home win over Atletico Madrid in midweek after drawing 2-2 away at Hertha Berlin. Prior to these results, Bayer had lost 1-0 and 3-2 to Club Brugge and Freiburg after a 3-0 away win at Mainz.

Bremen enters this match off the back of a 1-0 loss to Augsburg after beating Bochum 2-0. The visitor's form has been inconsistent, as proven by their three matches before the aforementioned games, having lost 4-3 to Eintracht Frankfurt after beating Borussia Dortmund 3-2 and drawing 2-2 at home to Stuttgart.

Lille and Toulouse face off in Ligue 1 in what is a mid-table clash at present, with the hosts sitting in eight, whilst the away side are 11th.

Paulo Fonseca’s men’s form has been very inconsistent, as after their humiliating 7-1 loss to PSG, they beat Ajaccio 3-1, before losing 2-1 to both Nice and Marseille on either side of a 3-1 victory over Montpellier.

Toulouse have won just one of their last five, which came via a 1-0 scoreline against Reims. They had lost three matches in a row to Clermont 2-0, PSG 3-0 and Nantes 3-1 after drawing 2-2 with Lorient.

Rangers and Dundee United go head to head on Saturday at Ibrox in a clash between two out-of-form sides.

Giovanni van Bronckhorst may be feeling the pressure after seeing his side lose 3-0 to Napoli after back-to-back 4-0 defeats against Ajax and Celtic. Before this, Gers had hammered Ross County 4-0 and beat PSV 3-2 on aggregate in Champions League qualifying.

Dundee United’s form is even worse than their opponents, with their 0-0 away draw at Motherwell being by far their best result in their last five. United have lost four of their last five matches by 9-0, 3-0, 4-1 and 7-0 scorelines to Celtic, St Mirren, Hearts and AZ Alkmaar, culminating in the sacking of Jack Ross as manager after just seven matches.

The final game on this list sees Barcelona host Elche at the Nou Camp.

This is a battle of second against 19th in the La Liga table, notably, the Over 2.5 Goals market has landed in all of the last three meetings between these two.

Apart from Barca’s 2-0 loss to Bayern Munich in midweek, Xavi’s men had seen the Over 2.5 Goals market land in their previous four matches, as they had hammered the likes of Cadiz 4-0, Viktoria Plzen 5-1, Sevilla 3-0 and Real Valladolid 4-0.

Elche have conceded four in back-to-back matches, seeing them lose 4-1 and 4-0 to Athletic Club and Villarreal. They have also been defeated 1-0 and 3-0 by both Real Sociedad and Real Betis on either side of a 1-1 draw with Almeria.