Smart Acca Picks: Lens vs PSG Could Provide Plenty of Goals

In Ligue 1, Lens goes up against PSG in a top-of-the-table clash, with seven points separating the pair after 16 matches.

Lens enters this match off the back of a 0-0 draw with Nice, however, before this, Lens had beaten the likes of Clermon and Angers by 2-1 scorelines, as well as Toulouse 3-0 and Marseille 1-0.

The Both Teams to Score market has landed in four of PSG’s last five matches, having beaten the likes of Troyes 4-3, as well as Juventus, Lorient and Strasbourg by 2-1 scorelines. In this sequence of matches, PSG thrashed Auxerre 5-0 on 13th November as Kylian Mbappe, Carlos Soler, Achraf Hakimi, Renato Sanches and Hugo Ekitiké all got on the scoresheet.

Chesterfield and Scunthorpe meet on Sunday in a battle of third against 24th in the National League.

The Spireites managed to beat Scunny 2-1 on Boxing Day as Joe Quigley completed a brace on either side of half time after Caolan Lavery had given Scunthorpe a 35th-minute lead. Prior to this, Chesterfield had beaten Dorking Wanderers 3-1 after a 1-0 loss to Halifax Town. Their loss at Halifax was a slight shock having earned back-to-back 2-0 wins over AFC Wimbledon and Solihull Moors.

Scunthorpe are winless in their last five having also drawn 0-0 with Yeovil before their loss to Chesterfield. The Both Teams to Score market has landed in four of their last five matches, having also lost 4-1, 3-1 and 2-1 to Notts County, Wealdstone and Dagenham & Redbridge.

Lyon hosts an out-of-form Clermon Foot side at the Groupama Stadium on Sunday, with Laurent Blanc’s men sitting eighth in the table, while Clermont are 11th.

When these two last met back in May, Lyon managed a 2-1 away win as Moussa Dembele and Houssem Aouar both got on the scoresheet.

The home side managed a 4-2 win away at Brest on Boxing Day thanks to goals by Maxence Caqueret, Rayan Cherki, Alexandre Lacazette and Tete. Prior to the World Cup, they had drawn 1-1 with Nice, lost 1-0 to Marseille and beaten both Lille and Montpellier 1-0 and 2-1.

Clermont haven’t won any of their last five matches, following 2-0 and 2-1 losses to Lille and Lens before back-to-back 1-1 draws against Montpellier and Nantes in the aftermath of a 3-1 home loss to Brest.

Tottenham against Aston Villa could be an entertaining contest on Sunday, with both sides looking to return to winning ways in the Premier League.

Spurs were held to a 2-2 draw away at Brentford last time out as Harry Kane and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg's goals rescued Antonio Conte’s men after going 2-0 down. Before the World Cup break, they had beaten Leeds 4-3 after losing 2-0 and 2-1 to Nottingham Forest and Liverpool.

On the other hand, the Both Teams to Score market has landed in each of Villa’s last four games, following 3-1 and 4-2 losses to Liverpool and Manchester United, as well as 3-1 and 2-1 league wins over the Red Devils and Brighton.

The final tip on this list is another fixture from the National League, as 22nd in the table Oldham Athletic goes up against league leaders Notts County at Boundary Park.

These two sides met on Boxing Day where the Magpies thrashed the Latics 4-1 as Cedwyn Scott (2), Kyle Cameron and Ruben Rodrigues all scored in the first half.

Before this match, Oldham had beaten Torquay United 3-2 after suffering back-to-back 2-1 away losses at Boreham Wood and Solihull Moors.

Meanwhile, County are on a four-game winning run following 2-0, 4-3 and 4-1 victories over Gateshead, Maidenhead United and Scunthorpe United before Boxing Day’s clash.

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