Smart Acca Picks: Falkirk, Lens & Metz Offering Great Value

Here we take a look at Smart Acca Picks for Friday's action, with this one being a long shot at 93/1 chosen by Smart Acca via the Free Betting Hub App.

This is a five-fold match result accumulator, with fixtures coming from the Championship, Spanish Segunda, Ligue 1, Scottish Championship and Ligue 2.

• Blackburn Rovers vs Preston North End: Preston to win - 57/20
• Leganes vs Rayo Vallecano: Leganes to win - 21/10
• Montpellier vs Lens: Lens to win - 7/8
• Falkirk vs Livingston: Falkirk to win - 10/11
• Bastia vs Metz: Metz to win - 49/25

Blackburn Rovers vs Preston North End: Preston to win - 57/20

Seventh-place Blackburn Rovers hosts 15th-place Preston North End at Ewood Park on Friday night.

Despite their superior league position, Rovers are in poor form as they’ve suffered defeats to Bristol City (2-1), Coventry City (2-0) and Oxford United (1-0) after a 3-0 home win against Portsmouth and an impressive 1-0 FA Cup victory away at Middlesbrough.

Preston are unbeaten in their last five matches, as Paul Heckingbottom’s side have managed victories over Middlesbrough (2-1), Watford (2-1) and Charlton Athletic (2-1), while drawing with Luton Town (0-0) and Oxford United (1-1).

Leganes vs Rayo Vallecano: Leganes to win - 21/10

16th-place Leganes takes on seventh-place Rayo Vallecano in La Liga.

Leganes are just six points behind their opponents in the standings and are unbeaten in their last five games across all competitions, following victories over FC Cartagena (2-1), Almeria (3-2) and Atlético Madrid (1-0) while drawing with Espanyol (1-1) and Athletic Club (0-0).

Rayo Vallecano managed a 2-1 win at Girona last time out, however, that came after a 1-1 draw at Osasuna and a 3-1 Copa del Rey defeat to Real Sociedad. Prior to the aforementioned matches, Vallecano earned victories against Celta Vigo (2-1) and Racing Ferrol (3-1).

Montpellier vs Lens: Lens to win - 7/8

In Ligue 1, seventh-place Lens travels to 17th-place Montpellier.

The home side have actually picked up two wins in a row despite their lowly league position, having beaten Toulouse (2-1) and AS Monaco (2-1) after suffering defeats to Angers (3-1), Olympique Lyon (1-0) and Le Puy Foot (4-0).

Meanwhile, Lens have won two of their last three matches against Angers (1-0) and Le Havre (2-1) on either side of a narrow 2-1 home defeat to PSG. In the run-up to those matches, the visitors had also suffered a 1-0 loss at Toulouse after a Coupe de France loss at the hands of PSG (on penalties after a 1-1 draw).

Falkirk vs Livingston: Falkirk to win - 10/11

Top of the table Falkirk faces off against third-place Livingston in the Scottish Championship.

Falkirk have won two of their last five matches, following wins over Raith Rovers (2-0) and Hamilton Academical (1-0) on either side of a cup loss to Raith Rovers (2-1) and draws against Queen’s Park (0-0) and Dunfermline Athletic (3-3).

Livingston are on a three game winning streak, having earned impressive wins over Hamilton (3-0), Ross County (3-2) and Airdrieonians (2-1) after defeats to Queen’s Park (2-0) and Raith Rovers (2-1).

Bastia vs Metz: Metz to win - 49/25

The final game on this Smart Acca sees second-place Metz make the journey to 10th-place Bastia in Ligue 2.

Bastia have won just one of their last five matches, doing so against Ajaccio via a 4-0 scoreline on 11th January, despite suffering defeats to Grenoble (3-2) and Nice (1-0) on either side of that game. Since then, they have suffered a further 1-0 loss at Amiens and drawn with Pau (1-1).

Metz have won both of their last two games, following victories over Grenoble (3-0) and Paris FC (3-1). In the run-up to those matches, they were held to 0-0 draws by both Lorient and Pau after suffering a heavy 3-0 loss at Troyes.

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