Smart Acca Picks: Argentina, England & Italy Offering Great Value

Here we take a look at Smart Acca Picks for Thursday's action, with this one being a decent shot at 41/1 chosen by Smart Acca via the Free Betting Hub App.

This is a five-fold match result and over 2.5 goals accumulator, with fixtures coming from the UEFA Nations League and South American World Cup Qualifying.

• Austria vs Kazakhstan: Austria to win & Over 2.5 Goals - 4/7
• England vs Greece: England to win & Over 2.5 Goals - 1/1
• Israel vs France: France to win & Over 2.5 Goals - 13/20
• Italy vs Belgium: Italy to win & Over 2.5 Goals - 9/4
• Venezuela vs Argentina: Argentina to win & Over 2.5 Goals - 13/8

The first game on this Smart Acca sees Austria take on Kazakhstan in a game that Ralf Rangnick’s side will be expected to win comfortably.

Austria have had a slow start to their Nations League campaign as they suffered a 2-1 loss at Norway last time out following a 1-1 draw with Slovenia. The home side managed to make it to the Round of 16 at Euro 2024 having beaten the likes of Poland 3-1 and the Netherlands 3-2 in the group stages before losing 2-1 to Turkey in the knockout stages.

Kazakhstan are in dire form in general, as they were beaten 3-0 by Slovenia last time out after holding Norway to a 0-0 draw. Prior to these results, the visitors had suffered further defeats to Azerbaijan 3-2, while losing to both Armenia and Luxembourg via 2-1 scorelines.

England will be looking to maintain their perfect record under Lee Carsley when they host Greece at Wembley Stadium.

The Three Lions sit behind the Greeks on goal difference in League B Group 2, however, Carsley’s men were very impressive in their 2-0 victories over the Republic of Ireland and Finland. Gareth Southgate was England’s manager at Euro 2024 and oversaw their 2-1 defeat to Spain in the final after earning a narrow 2-1 win over Netherlands in the semi-finals.

Greece have also shown their capabilities in the Nations League though, as they’ve earned 2-0 and 3-0 wins over the Republic of Ireland and Finland. The Greek’s failed to qualify for Euro 2024 as they were beaten by Georgia in the play-offs via a penalty shootout after a 0-0 draw - in-between the aforementioned results, they suffered a 2-1 friendly defeat to Germany before beating Malta 2-0.

France travel to the Bozsik Arena in Budapest to play Israel in the Nations League.

Israel are massive underdogs in League A Group 2 as they’ve suffered 2-1 and 3-1 defeats to Italy and Belgium in their opening two matches. Before this season’s Nations League, Israel had managed a 4-0 friendly win over Belarus after losing 3-0 to Hungary and 4-1 at home to Iceland.

France managed to beat Belgium 2-0 in the Nations League thanks to goals from Randal Kolo Muani and Ousmane Dembélé. Didier Deschamps had came under some pressure after Les Bleus 2-1 semi-final defeat to Spain at Euro 2024 having also see his side lose their opening Nations League game to Italy via a 3-1 scoreline.

Italy and Belgium go head-to-head in what should be an interesting encounter in League A Group 2 of the Nations League.

Luciano Spalletti looks to have turned a corner with Italy as he has overseen 2-1 and 3-1 wins over Israel and France since Euro 2024 where the Azzurri tamely crashed out to Switzerland via a 2-0 scoreline in the Round of 16.

Belgium also had a lacklustre Euro 2024 campaign, as Domenico Tedesco’s side crashed out to France 1-0 in the Round of 16. The Red Devils have since managed to beat Israel 3-1 in the Nations League before losing 2-0 to France last time out where they had just 9 shots to Les Bleus 25.

The final game on this Smart Acca comes from South American World Cup Qualifying as world champions Argentina makes the trip to Venezuela.

Venezuela are winless in their last three matches, as they drew 0-0 with Uruguay last time out after a 4-0 defeat to Bolivia. The home side crashed out of Copa América to Canada via a penalty shootout after a 1-1 draw - they had previously beaten the likes of Jamaica 3-0 and Mexico 1-0 in the group stages of last summer’s competition.

Argentina were beaten 2-1 away at Colombia last time out, however, this did come after a 3-0 home win over Chile in World Cup Qualifying. Lionel Scaloni’s men managed to win Copa América on penalties against Colombia after a 0-0 draw, following a 2-0 win over Canada in the semi-finals and a quarter-final penalty shootout win over Ecuador after drawing 1-1 with La Tricolor.

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