Smart Acca Picks: Leicester City vs Manchester United Offering Good Value

The first tip on this list comes from the King Power Stadium where Leicester City hosts Manchester United.

Brendan Rodgers will be hoping for a much-improved performance from his side as they sit bottom of the table, having drawn 2-2 with Brentford, as well as suffering a 4-2 loss to Arsenal which was followed up by back-to-back 2-1 defeats against Southampton and Chelsea.

Manchester United are on a two-game winning run under Erik ten Hag, having earned 1-0 and 2-1 victories over Southampton and Liverpool. These were much-needed results for the Red Devils after being thrashed 4-0 by Brentford off the back of a 2-1 home defeat to Brighton.

AZ Alkmaar goes up against NEC in a meeting of fourth against ninth in the Dutch Eredivisie.

AZ have had some very impressive results of late, as after beating Dundee United 7-0, they then went on to win 3-2 away at Sparta Rotterdam and hammer Gil Vicente 4-0 and 2-1 as they won 6-1 on aggregate in Europa Conference League qualifying. Their last match resulted in a narrow 1-0 away win at Cambuur.

NEC have played just three matches this campaign, seeing them lose 1-0 to FC Twente before hammering Volendam 4-1. Last time out, they drew 1-1 at home to Groningen.

The last time these two sides met was back in March where AZ ran out as 3-1 winners thanks to goals by Jesper Karlsson (2) and Hakon Evjen.

A heavyweight clash in Belgium takes place on Thursday as Anderlecht faces Gent in a battle between sixth and ninth in the Belgian Pro League.

The home side enters this match off the back of a 2-1 defeat to Union Saint-Gilloise after beating Young Boys 3-1 on penalties in Europa Conference League qualifying following a 1-1 aggregate draw. Prior to these results, they had beaten both Sint-Truiden and Paide 3-0.

Meanwhile, Gent were defeated 2-1 by Royal Antwerp last time out, after suffering back-to-back 2-0 losses to Omonia Nicosia in Europa League qualifying. They were in decent form heading into their European tie, as they had beaten Westerlo 2-1 and KV Oostende 3-1.

Atalanta and Torino go head to head on Thursday for the first time since their dramatic 4-4 draw back in April.

Each of the last five matches between these two have seen Over 2.5 Goals scored in them, with 30 goals scored across these five meetings.

Atalanta have started the season in decent fashion following 2-0 and 1-0 wins over Sampdoria and Hellas Verona on either side of a 1-1 home draw with AC Milan.

Both of Torino’s away matches have seen Over 2.5 Goals scored in them following 2-1 victories over both Monza and Cremonese, with a 0-0 draw against Lazio sandwiched in between these two wins.

The final tip on this list is another from Serie A where Bologna takes on Salernitana with the home side searching for their first league win of the season.

Bologna’s only win so far came against Cosenza in the Coppa Italia by a 1-0 scoreline. Their last three Serie A matches have seen them suffer 2-1 and 2-0 away defeats to Lazio and AC Milan. Their only point came in a 1-1 home draw against Hellas Verona thanks to a Marko Arnautovic goal.

Salernitana were knocked out of the Coppa Italia by Parma 2-0 and also lost 1-0 on the opening weekend to AS Roma. However, they have since picked up form, as they drew 0-0 with Udinese and beat Sampdoria 4-0 thanks to goals by Boulaye Dia, Federico Bonazzoli, Tonny Vilhena and Erik Botheim.