Smart Acca Picks: Europa Conference League Providing Good Value

The first tip on this list comes from the final round of Europa Conference League qualifying as German Bundesliga side FC. Koln hosts Hungarian outfit Fehervar at RheinEnergieStadion.

Following their shock DFB Pokal defeat on penalties to Jahn Regensburg after a 2-2 draw, Koln have since gone on to beat Schalke 04 3-1 and also earned a good point in a 2-2 draw away at RB Leipzig.

On the other hand, Fehervar hammered Moldovan side Petrocub 7-1 on aggregate in the last qualifying round after defeating Qabala 5-3 in the round prior following a 2-1 away loss after thumping the Azerbaijani side 4-1 at home.

Fiorentina goes up against Dutch Eredivisie side FC Twente on Thursday night at the Artemio Franchi Stadium.

The Viola have only played one match this season which saw them earn a dramatic 3-2 home win over Cremonese in Serie A, as Rolando Mandragora scored a 95th-minute winner having initially blown the lead twice in the match as Giacomo Bonaventura and Luka Jovic both got on the scoresheet for Vincenzo Italiano’s side.

FC Twente have already played four matches this season, with three of them seeing the Over 2.5 Goals market land. In the last Europa Conference League qualifying round they beat Cukaricki 3-1 and 4-1, and have won both of their Dutch Eredivisie matches via 1-0 and 3-0 scorelines against NEC and Fortuna Sittard.

Ferencvaros against Shamrock Rovers is the first Europa League match on this list, with the Hungarian outfit coming in as slight favourites.

The home side were initially in Champions League qualifying having hammered Tobol 5-1 on aggregate, before knocking out Slovan Bratislava 5-3 on aggregate, however, the last set of qualifiers was one step too far, as they were beaten by Qarabag 3-1 at home after drawing the away leg 1-1.

Shamrock’s Champions League dream was ended via a 4-2 aggregate loss to Ludogorets after initially beating Hibernians 3-0. However, the Irish outfit will be keen to seal a place in the Europa League after comfortably beating Shkupi 3-1 at home and 2-1 away in the last qualifying round.

Molde against Wolfsberger should be an intriguing match-up in Europa Conference League as the Norwegian Elitserien side enters this match in good goalscoring form, whilst their opponents have made a poor start to their Austrian Bundesliga campaign.

Molde were beaten 2-1 by Kisvarda last time out, however, this did seal an aggregate win following a 3-0 win in the home leg. In the previous round, they had also defeated Elfsborg 6-2 on aggregate. Molde’s last two league matches have seen them beat Kristiansund 3-2 and Stromsgodset 3-0.

Wolfsberger managed to beat Gzira 4-0 away from home to reach this round of the competition, however, this is in stark contrast to their domestic form, as they have been beaten 2-1 by Red Bull Salzburg and 5-1 at home to LASK in their last two Austrian Bundesliga outings.

The final tip on this list sees 2021 Europa League winners go up against Hadjuk Split in Europa Conference League qualifying.

Villarreal managed to start their season off in the best possible way last weekend, as Unai Emery’s men beat Real Valladolid 3-0 thanks to goals from Nicolas Jackson and Alex Baena (2).

On the other hand, Hadjuk were thumped 4-1 at the weekend by Dinamo Zagreb after knocking out Liga NOS side Vitoria Guimaraes 3-2 on aggregate. Prior to their loss to Zagreb, Split had beaten both Istra 1961 and Varazdin by 2-0 scorelines.