Smart Acca Picks: The Manchester Derby Should Provide Plenty of Entertainment

The first tip on this list sees Lorient and Lille face off in a meeting of third against seventh in the standings.

Lorient trail league leaders by just three points after seven games and have won all f their last four matches since losing 5-2 to Lens, having beaten the likes of Ajaccio 1-0, Olympique Lyon 3-1, Nantes 3-2 and Auxerre 3-1.

On the other hand, Lille’s form has been inconsistent, as they have beaten the likes of Ajaccio and Montpellier 3-1 on either side of a 2-1 loss to Nice. Before going on to lose 2-1 to Marseille and beat Toulouse 2-1.

Celta Vigo goes up against Real Betis in a clash of 13th against third in La Liga, with Manuel Pellegrini’s men just three points behind European champions, Real Madrid.

The home side will be hoping to bounce back from the heavy 3-0 and 4-1 losses that they suffered to Valencia and Atletico Madrid before the international break. Before these losses, Celta had managed 3-0 and 1-0 victories over Cadiz and Girona after a 4-1 loss to Real Madrid.

Meanwhile, Betis have won all of their last four matches since their 2-1 defeat to Real Madrid, having beaten both Helsinki and Ludogorets 2-0 and 3-2 in the Europa League, as well as Villarreal 1-0 and Girona 2-1 in La Liga.

Kaiserslautern and Eintracht Braunschweig meet at the Fritz Walter Stadium on Sunday in Bundesliga 2.

Kaiserslautern are seventh in the table, but, are somewhat draw specialists, having drawn 0-0 against Sandhausn, 2-2 away at Heidenheim, as well as 3-3 and 4-4 with both Darmstadt and Magdeburg after a 3-1 victory over Greuther Furth.

Eintracht’s form doesn’t look like that of a side that sits 16th, having won 2-1 and 4-2 against Karlsruher and Nurnberg on either side of a 1-1 draw with Hannover 96. Prior to these results, Braunschweig had lost 4-1 to Arminia Bielefeld and draw 2-2 with Fortuna Dusseldorf.

On Sunday afternoon, the Manchester derby takes place in what could be a tense affair at the Etihad Stadium.

City enters this match having won four of their last five matches, having thumped Nottingham Forest 6-0, before drawing 1-1 with Aston Villa and beating Sevilla 4-0, Borussia Dortmund 2-1 and Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-0.

On the other hand, United, who are still adjusting to Erik ten Hag’s system are in good form themselves, having beaten Southampton and Leicester via 1-0 scorelines, as well as Arsenal 3-1. Their last two fixtures have both come in the Europa League, where they lost 1-0 to Real Sociedad but beat Sheriff 2-0 in Moldova.

The final tip on this list comes from Serie A, where Lazio hosts Spezia at the Stadio Olimpico in a battle of fourth against 12th.

Four of the home side’s last five matches have seen Over 2.5 Goals scored, following a 2-1 defeat to Napoli, before beating Feyenoord 4-2 and Hellas Verona 2-0 prior to their 5-1 humiliation at the hands of Midtjylland in the Europa League. Last time out Maurizio Sarri’s men bounced back with a 4-0 hammering of Cremonese where Ciro Immobile scored a brace.

Meanwhile, Spezia come into this game with just one win in their last five, which was in their last match against Sampdoria by a 2-1 scoreline. Prior to this, they had lost 1-0 to Napoli and 2-0 to Juventus, whilst managing 2-2 draws with both Bologna and Sassuolo.

All of the last four meetings between these two have seen Over 2.5 Goals, with Lazio scoring ten times in their last two matches against Spezia - doing so in 4-3 and 6-1 victories.