Smart Acca Picks: Manchester United vs Arsenal Providing Good Value

On Sunday, Manchester United and Arsenal go head to head at Old Trafford in what is a heated rivalry.

Erik ten Hag’s men are currently fifth following three wins in a row, whilst Arsenal are top of the league after five wins from five matches.

United’s last two games have seen them navigate their way past Leicester and Southampton by 1-0 scorelines in what have previously been tricky fixtures for the Red Devils. Prior to this, they sensationally kickstarted their season with a 2-1 win over Liverpool thanks to goals by Jadon Sancho and Marcus Rashford after suffering appalling 4-0 and 2-1 defeats to Brentford and Brighton.

Arsenal have been superb since the opening day of the season, having beaten Crystal Palace 2-0, Leicester City 4-2, Bournemouth 3-0 and earned back-to-back 2-1 victories over both Fulham and Aston Villa, of which Brazilian duo Gabriel Jesus and Gabriel Martinelli both bagged against the Villains.

The last time these two sides faced off at Old Trafford, United emerged as 3-2 victors under Michael Carrick, whilst Arsenal beat Sunday’s opponents 3-1 at the Emirates Stadium last April.

Borussia Monchengladbach faces off against Mainz at the weekend in a battle of sixth versus seventh in the German Bundesliga.

The home side have had a good start to the season having faced some tough opponents, they thrashed Oberachern 9-1 in the DFB Pokal, before winning 3-1 at Hoffenheim, drawing 2-2 with Schalke, and even beat Hertha Berlin 1-0 prior to their 1-1 draw away at Bayern Munich last time out.

Mainz will be looking to recover from their 3-0 home loss to Bayer Leverkusen. Before their heavy defeat, they hadn’t lost a match, having beaten Augsburg and Bochum 2-1 on either side of a 0-0 draw with Union Berlin after a comfortable 3-0 DFB Pokal victory against Erzgebirge Aue.

Cremonese takes on Sassuolo on Sunday with the hosts still searching for their first point in Serie A.

Cremonese’s only victory of the season remains as there 3-2 Coppa Italia win against Ternana. Since then, they have lost 3-2 to Fiorentina, 1-0 against Roma, 2-1 at home to Torino and were defeated by a 3-1 scoreline last time out at the hands of Inter Milan.

Sassuolo managed to get a point in a 0-0 draw with AC Milan in their last match. Before this, they had drawn 2-2 with Spezia and beaten Lecce 1-0 after 3-0 and 3-2 defeats to Juventus and Modena.

Montpellier and Lille go up against one another in what could be an intriguing Ligue clash this weekend.

The hosts have been in good goalscoring form this season, as shown by their 2-0, 7-0 and 3-2 victories over Ajaccio, Brest and Troyes. Although they have also suffered 2-1 and 5-2 defeats at the hands of Auxerre and PSG.

Lille have lost two of their last three matches, having been beaten 2-1 and 7-1 by Nice and PSG on either side of a 3-1 away win at Ajaccio. Prior to this sequence of results, they drew 1-1 with Nantes and thrashed Auxerre 4-1.

Hull City against Sheffield United could provide plenty of goals at the weekend.

The Tigers are 11th in the table, whilst the Blades enter the weekend in top spot.

Four of Hull’s last five matches have seen the Over 2.5 Goals market land, having lost 3-1 and 5-2 to QPR and West Brom on either side of a 3-2 win against Coventry City. Prior to the aforementioned results, they had drawn 1-1 with Burnley and beaten Norwich City 2-1.

Sheffield United have been in excellent form of late, following 4-0, 3-0 and 2-1 victories over Reading, Blackburn Rovers and Sunderland, as well as drawing 1-1 and 2-2 with Luton Town and Middlesbrough.