Smart Acca Picks: Brighton, Genk & Lorient Offering Great Value

Here we take a look at Smart Acca Picks for Friday's action, with this one being a decent shot at 33/1 chosen by Smart Acca via the Free Betting Hub App.

This is a five-fold match result accumulator, with fixtures coming from the Premier League, Serie A, Belgian Pro League, Ligue 1 and Ligue 2.

• Brighton vs Chelsea: Brighton to win - 21/10
• Bologna vs Torino: Bologna to win - 83/100
• Standard Liege vs Genk: Genk to win - 7/10
• Brest vs Auxerre: Brest to win - 11/10
• Troyes vs Lorient: Lorient to win - 6/5

Brighton vs Chelsea: Brighton to win - 21/10

Brighton & Hove Albion hosts Chelsea at the Amex Stadium for the second time in six days on Friday night.

The Seagulls knocked Chelsea out of the FA Cup via a 2-1 scoreline last time out as Georginio Rutter and Kaoru Mitoma both got on the scoresheet in what was a dominant Seagulls performance. Prior to that game, Brighton had suffered defeats to Nottingham Forest (7-0) and Everton (1-0) after wins over Manchester United (3-1) and Ipswich Town (2-0).

Prior to Chelsea’s disappointing 2-1 defeat at Brighton last weekend, Enzo Maresca’s men had managed wins over West Ham (2-1) and Wolverhampton Wanderers (3-1) on either side of a 3-1 loss at Manchester City. At the start of this sequence of results, the Blues scraped a 2-2 home draw with Bournemouth.

Bologna vs Torino: Bologna to win - 83/100

Eighth-place Bologna goes up against 11th-place Torino in Friday night’s Serie A action.

Bologna are unbeaten in their last five matches, having beaten Atalanta (1-0) and Como (2-0) while drawing with Lecce (0-0), Sporting Lisbon (1-1) and Empoli (1-1).

Torino have been draw specialists of late, as apart from their 2-0 win over Cagliari on 24th January, they have drawn with the likes of Juventus, Fiorentina, Atalanta and Genoa via 1-1 scorelines.

Standard Liege vs Genk: Genk to win - 7/10

In the Belgian Pro League, top of the table Genk travels to seventh-place Standard Liege.

Standard suffered a 4-2 loss at Westerlo after a 1-1 draw with Cercle Brugge. Prior to those matches, the hosts had earned wins over Dender (1-0), Sint-Truiden (2-1) and Kortrijk (1-0).

Genk have won four and drawn one of their last five matches, following victories over Cercle Brugge (2-1), Beerschot (1-0), Westerlo (2-1) and Mechelen (2-1) while drawing 1-1 at home with Club Brugge.

Brest vs Auxerre: Brest to win - 11/10

Eighth-place Brest goes head-to-head with 11th-place Auxerre at Stade Francis Le Blé.

Brest have won two and lost three of their last five matches, with their two victories coming against Troyes (2-1) and Nantes (2-0). They have suffered 3-0 and 5-2 defeats to PSG as well as a 3-0 home loss to Real Madrid during this sequence of matches.

Auxerre enter this game without a win in their last five games, following draws against Toulouse (2-2), Saint-Étienne (1-1) and Lille (0-0) while losing to AS Monaco (4-2) and Angers (2-0).

Troyes vs Lorient: Lorient to win - 6/5

The final game on this Smart Acca sees Ligue 2 leaders Lorient make the journey to 12th-place Troyes.

Troyes have recently managed wins over Martigues (2-1) and Caen (3-0) on either side of a 2-1 home defeat to Brest after further losses at the hands of Laval (1-0) and Annecy (1-0).

Lorient have won all of their last five matches since suffering a 2-1 Coupe de France loss at Cannes. The visitors have managed to beat Dunkerque (1-0), Clermont Foot (3-2), Red Star (2-1) and Amiens (3-1).

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