Smart Acca Picks: Lazio vs AC Milan Providing Good Value

On Tuesday, Lazio and AC Milan go head to head at the Stadio Olimpico in a battle between sixth and second in the standings.

Maurizio Sarri’s men have won both of their last two matches by 1-0 and 2-0 scorelines against Bologna and Sassuolo having previously drawn 2-2 with Empoli after 2-1 and 3-0 losses to Lecce and Juventus.

AC Milan exited the Coppa Italia after a shock 1-0 loss at home to Torino, while drawing 2-2 with Lecce and Roma on either side of that defeat. Prior to these three results, Stefano Pioli’s men had beaten both Salernitana and Fiorentina by 2-1 scorelines.

16th place Emmen meets third in the table PSV on Tuesday night in the Dutch Eredivisie, with Ruud van Nistelrooy’s men coming in as favourites.

PSV thrashed Emmen 4-1 in the reverse fixture back in August, as Johan Bakayoko, Maikel Kieftenbeld and Cody Gakpo (2) all got on the scoresheet.

Emmen have only won one of their last five games, doing so 1-0 away at Fortuna Sittard in early November. Since then, Emmen have drawn 3-3 and 0-0 with Ajax and Cambuur, while suffering 2-0 and 3-1 losses to FC Twente and NEC.

PSV have two wins in their last five, defeating Ajax 2-1 in early November and Vitesse 1-0 last time out as Guus Til scored the only goal of the game. In between these victories, PSV had been beaten 1-0 by high-flying AZ Alkmaar, while only managing draws with Sparta Rotterdam and Fortuna Sittard.

Relegation battling Hertha Berlin faces a Wolfsburg side that are just four points off the Champions League places in the Bundesliga.

Hertha’s only win in their last five outings came at home to FC Koln in mid-November, having ost 3-1 away at Bochum on the weekend. Before these results, they had lost 2-1, 3-2 and 1-0 to Stuttgart, Bayern Munich and Werder Bremen.

Wolfsburg are in superb form, having won all of their last five matches, defeating Bochum 4-0, Mainz 05 3-0, Borussia Dortmund 2-0, as well as Hoffenheim 2-1 and Freiburg 6-0 last time out as Patrick Wimmer, Jonas Wind (2), Yannick Gerhardt, Ridle Baku and Luca Waldschmidt all got on the scoresheet.

Port Vale take on Derby County in what is a local fixture in League One, with Vale sitting 13th, while the Rams are fourth.

Vale have won just two of their last five fixtures, having beaten Morecambe and Forest Green Rovers by 1-0 and 3-1 scorelines, but, they have also suffered two 2-0 defeats to Peterborough and Sheffield Wednesday in the league, as well as a 1-0 loss to Salford City in the EFL Trophy.

Derby are in superb form of late under Paul Warne, with some even tipping them for a push towards the automatic promotion places. The Rams hav won all of their last five matches, following 2-1 and 3-2 victories over Bolton and Cheltenham after a superb 3-0 FA Cup win over Barnsley. On top of this, County have also beaten Accrington 4-0 and Cambridge United 1-0.

The final game on this list is another from the Bundesliga, as Schalke faces RB Leipzig at the VELTINS Arena.

Schalke are bottom of the table with just nine points to their name from 16 matches and have won just one of their last five, doing so against Mainz in November by a 1-0 scoreline, thanks to a goal from Simon Terodde. Since then, they have lost 2-0 and 3-0 to Bayern Munich and Eintracht Frankfurt. Prior to this, the Royal Blues had also been beaten 2-1 and 2-0 by Werder Bremen and Freiburg.

Leipzig drew 1-1 at home to Bayern Munich last time out as Marcel Halstenberg scored a second-half equaliser. This draw ended a four-game winning streak, having beaten Werder Bremen 2-1, Freiburg 3-1, Hoffenheim 3-1 and Shakhtar Donetsk 4-0.

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