Smart Acca Picks: Norwegian Eliteserien Offers Plenty of Value

On Wednesday night, Roma and Feyenoord go head to head at the Air Albania Stadium in Tirana in the Europa Conference League Final.

Roma come into this match off the back of a good 3-0 away win at Torino at the weekend as Tammy Abraham scored a brace whilst Lorenzo Pellegrini also got on the scoresheet. Before this, Jose Mourinho’s men had drawn 1-1 and 0-0 with Venezia and Bologna on either side of a 2-0 loss to Fiorentina in Serie A, having previously beaten Leicester City 2-1 on aggregate in the semi-finals of this competition.

Feyenoord suffered a 2-1 defeat at the hands of FC Twente as they finished a distant third place in the Dutch Eredivisie. Prior to this, Arne Slot’s men had beaten Go Ahead Eagles 1-0 and Fortuna Sittard 3-1 on either side of a 2-2 draw with PSV, having beaten Marseille 3-2 on aggregate to get to this historic final for the De Kuip club.

Norwegian Eliteserien champions Bodo/Glimt faces Stromgodset in a battle of fifth against fourth, with the home side having a game in hand on their opponents.

The last time these two sides met at the home of Bodo/Glimt, the hosts hammered their opponents 7-2 last June.

Bodo/Glimt hammered Haugesund 4-1 last time out off the back of 1-1 draws with both Tromso and Lillestrom. Their other win in their last five matches also saw Both Teams Score as they hammered Valerenga 5-1, but, they followed this up with a 2-0 away loss at Viking.

Stromgodset have won three of their last four matches since they were thumped 5-0 by Sandefjord 5-0, having soundly beaten both Rosenborg and Kristiansund by 3-0 scorelines on either side of a 0-0 draw with Viking. Their last match saw them beat Valerenga 3-2 at home having scored three times in the first half through Johan Hove, Lars-Jorgen Salvesen and Lars-Christopher Vilsvik.

Next up sees sixth in the Norwegian top-flight Aalesund go up against 13th places Jerv.

Aalesund have two wins in their last five matches, doing so by 3-2 and 2-1 scorelines against Odd and Sarpsborg 08 on either side of 2-0 defeats to Lillestom and Molde, as well as a 0-0 draw with HamKam.

Jerv enters this game in poor form, having failed to win any of their last four, following 1-0 and 3-0 losses to both Odd and Viking, before going on to draw 1-1 with Tromso and being defeated 1-0 by Valerenga. Their last victory came before the sequence of results previously mentioned as they beat Kristiansund 1-0 in late April thanks to a first-half Aral Simsir strike.

Norwegian Eliteserien league leaders Lillestrom face off against 10th place Valerenga on Wednesday.

Lillestrom’s league form is superb, having won four of their last five matches, following 1-0 and 2-0 victories over both Haugesund and Aalesund, before drawing 1-1 with Bodo/Glimt, beating Sarpsborg 1-0 and thrashing Sandefjord 4-1 last time out.

Valerenga are without a win in their last three outings, following 3-2 and 1-0 defeats to both Stromgodset and Tromso on either side of a 1-1 draw with HamKam. Prior to these results, they had beaten Sandefjord 3-1 and Jerv 1-0.

The final tip on this list comes from the Copa Libertadores where River Plate hosts Peruvian outfit Allianza Lima at El Monumental.

River Plate currently tops Group F of their group with 13 points from five matches, whilst Allianza Lima are bottom with just one point to their name.

The home side come into this match in great form, having beaten Wednesday’s opponents 1-0 last time out, on top of earning a win over 2-0 Fortaleza. Their last three matches have seen them beat Colo-Colo 2-1 and 4-0 on either side of a 1-1 draw with Fortaleza.

Allianza Lima are in woeful form, as since their 1-0 loss to River Plate, they have been beaten 2-1 and drawn 1-1 with Colo-Colo, as well as suffering 2-1 and 2-0 defeats to Fortaleza.