Smart Acca Picks: Europa Conference League Could Provide Plenty of Goals

The first tip on this list comes from Fehervar against Koln in Europa Conference League qualifying, with the Hungarian outfit holding a shock 2-1 lead from the first leg in Germany.

Fehervar managed to beat Qabala 5-3, before hammering Petrocub in the last qualifying round via a 7-1 aggregate scoreline.

Meanwhile, Koln Suffered a shock penalty shootout defeat after a 2-2 draw in the DFB Pokal against Jahn Regensburg. In the Bundesliga, they beat Schalke 3-1 on the opening weekend of the season and have drawn two tricky away games 2-2 and 1-1 with RB Leipzig and Eintracht Frankfurt.

Shamrock Rovers faces a mammoth task to overturn a 4-0 deficit to Hungarian side Ferencvaros in Europa League qualifying.

The Irish side were initially in Champions League qualifying, but, could only beat Ludogorets 2-1 at home following a 3-0 away loss. They made it through the last round of this competition against Shkupi via a 5-2 aggregate scoreline.

Prior to the first leg, Ferencvaros were also in Champions League qualifying, but were beaten 4-2 on aggregate by Qarabag in the last round, prior to this they had beaten Slovakian outfit Slovan Bratislava 4-1 after a narrow 2-1 defeat.

FC Twente against Fiorentina is the next game on this list, with Twente looking to overturn a 2-1 deficit from the first leg in Italy.

Twente were in good form prior to their loss to Fiorentina, as they had beaten Fortuna Sittard 3-0 and NEC 1-0, whilst advancing from the last qualifying round via a 7-2 aggregate win over Cukaricki.

Fiorentina drew 0-0 away at Empoli last time out, but, before their won over Twente, they had managed a dramatic 3-2 home win against Cremonese where Rolando Mandragora scored a 95th-minute winner.

Hadjuk Split against Villarreal could provide another goal fest if the first leg is anything to go off.

Hadjuk trail the Spaniards by a 4-2 score from the first leg following four first-half goals by Jose Morales (2), Marko Livaja (O.G) and Gerard Moreno for Unai Emery’s side.

At the weekend, the home side beat Lokomotiva Zagreb 2-1, but, before the first leg, they had been thumped 4-1 away at Dinamo Zagreb following a 3-2 aggregate victory over Vitoria Guimaraes.

Villarreal have had a superb start to the season, as they have managed 3-0 and 2-0 victories over Real Valladolid and Atletico Madrid on either side of their 4-2 win against Split.

The final tip on this list sees Nice host Maccabi Tel Aviv at the Allianz Riviera with the Ligue 1 outfit needing to overturn a shock 1-0 defeat from the first leg in Israel.

Nice suffered a narrow 1-0 loss to Clermont Foot t the weekend and are yet to win a match this season, following 1-1 draws against Strasbourg and Toulouse at the start of the season.

Maccabi made it to this stage of Europa Conference League qualifying via a 3-2 aggregate win against Aris in the last round, as well as a 3-0 win against Zira.