Smart Acca Picks: Belgium vs Netherlands Could be One to Watch

In Group A4 of the Nations League, Belgium and the Netherlands go head to head in what looks like an intriguing encounter.

Roberto Martinez’s side enters this match have seen Over 2.5 Goals in four of their last five encounters. The Red Devils beat Burkina Faso and drew 2-2 with the Republic of Ireland in the last international break, following a 1-1 draw with Wales, a 3-1 victory over Estonia and a 2-1 defeat to Italy.

Meanwhile, Louis van Gaal’s men drew 1-1 with Germany and beat Denmark 4-2 at home in two international friendlies back in March. Before this, Holland had beat Norway 2-0 to qualify for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar following a 2-2 and draw away at Montenegro after a 6-0 hammering of Gibraltar where Virgil van Dijk, Memphis Depay (2), Denzel Dumfries, Danjuma and Donyell Malen all got on the scoresheet.

Croatia and Austria face off in Group A1 in what will be Ralf Rangnick’s first match in charge of the latter.

The home side comes into this game having seen the Over 2.5 Goals market land in three of their last seven games, having beaten Bulgaria 2-1 after a 1-1 draw with Slovenia and a 1-0 win over Russia. Before the aforementioned fixtures, Croatia had thrashed Malta 7-1 and drew 2-2 at home to Slovakia.

Austria’s last four games have seen more than 2.5 Goals scored in them, having drawn 2-2 with Scotland and lost 2-1 in the World Cup qualifier play-off semi-finals to Wales 2-1. Prior to their defeat to the Dragons, Austria had earned convincing 4-1 and 4-2 victories over both Moldova and Israel.

Liechtenstein and Moldova go up against one another in League D Group 1 of the Nations League with both sides having torrid records heading into this fixture.

Liechtenstein have lost all of their last five encounters, losing 1-0 to the Faroe Islands after suffering humiliating 6-0 and 9-0 thrashings from Cape Verde and Germany on either side of a 2-0 defeat to Romania and as well as a 4-0 loss to Iceland.

Moldova’s record is much more respectable, as they beat Kazakhstan 1-0 away from home last time out after suffering a narrow 2-1 loss to the same opponents. Before this, they had been beaten 4-0 by South Korea, 3-2 at home to Uganda and 4-1 away at Austria.

Kazakhstan hosts Azerbaijan at Astana Arena Stadium on Friday in Group 3 of League 3 in the Nations League.

The home side comes into this game off the back of a 1-0 loss to Moldova after a 2-1 win away at the same opponents on top of a 1-0 friendly win against Tajikistan. Their last World Cup qualifier saw them hammered 8-0 away at France after a 2-0 loss to Finland.

Prior to Azerbaijan’s back to back 1-0 friendly defeats to Latvia and Malta in March, their last three matches had seen Over 2.5 Goals in them, having drawn 2-2 at home to Qatar after back to back 3-1 losses against both Luxembourg and Serbia.

The final tip on this list comes from Latvia against Andorra in Group 1 of League D.

The last time these two sides faced off, Latvia won 5-0 away in Andorra back in November 2020 and we will be hoping for a similar outcome here.

Latvia are in decent form heading into this game, as they are unbeaten in their last four outings since their 2-1 loss to Turkey, having drawn 0-0 with Norway, before going on to beat Gibraltar 3-1 and Azerbaijan 1-0 on either side of a 1-1 draw with Kuwait.

Andorra enters this match with three wins in their last five matches which is tremendous form by their standards, having defeated Grenada and St. Kitts and Nevis 1-0 in back to back matches, as well as San Marino 3-0. Their other results in this sequence saw them defeated 4-1 by Poland and 1-0 away at Albania.