Smart Acca Picks: Denmark vs France Could be One to Watch

Netherlands hosts Belgium on Sunday, with Louis van Gaal’s men in the driving seat of League A Group 4, as they lead the Red Devils by three points.

Four of the Netherlands’ last five matches have seen the Over 2.5 Goals market land, with the anomaly being their 2-0 away win at Poland last time out where Cody Gakpo and Steven Bergwijn both got on the scoresheet. Prior to this, the Dutch has beaten Wales 3-2 after a 2-2 draw with Poland and had also defeated Wales 2-1 and Belgium 4-1.

Belgium have bounced back well from their 4-1 humiliation against the Netherlands, as they have since beaten Poland 6-1, before drawing 1-1 and beating Wales 2-1 on either side of a 1-0 away win in Poland.

Wales and Poland meet at the Cardiff City Stadium on Sunday, with Rob Page’s men needing a win to avoid relegation from League A Group 4.

Since their 1-0 win over Ukraine in World Cup qualifying, Wales have failed to win any of their last four matches, having lost 2-1 and 3-2 against the Netherlands, as well as drawing 1-1 and losing 2-1 to Belgium.

Poland’s last win came at the expense of Wales back in early June, as goals by Jakub Kaminski and Karol Swiderski gave them a 2-1 victory. Since then, the Poles have lost 6-1 and 1-0 to Belgium, as well as drawing 2-2 and losing 2-0 to the Dutch.

Denmark against France should be an entertaining affair, as Denmark need a win to try and qualify for the Nations League finals, whilst a loss for France could see Didier Deschamps's men relegated from League A Group 1.

The Danes lost top spot in the group following a 2-1 and 1-0 losses to Croatia on either side of a 2-0 home win against Austria. Prior to these results, Kasper Hjuilmand’s men had defeated Austria and France by 2-1 scorelines, with Andreas Cornelius scoring a brace against the latter.

France earned their first win of this season’s Nations League by a 2-0 scoreline against Austria, thanks to goals from Kylian Mbappe and Olivier Giroud. Les Bleus had lost 1-0 and drawn 1-1 with Croatia prior to this and could only draw by the same scoreline against Austria following their loss to the Danes.

The Faroe Islands goes up against Turkey in League C Group 1, with the visitors already promoted to League B.

The home side were hammered 4-0 in their last meeting with Turkey, as Cengiz Under, Halil Dervisoglu, Serdar Dursun and Merih Demiral all got on the scoresheet. Since then, they have lost 1-0 and drawn 2-2 against Luxembourg, before beating Lithuania 2-1 and drawing with them 1-1.

Turkey could only draw 3-3 with Luxembourg last time out, ending their perfect record. Prior to this, the Turks had beaten Lithuania 2-0 and 6-0 on either side of a 2-0 win over Luxembourg. Their other result in this group was their 4-0 hammering of the Faroe Islands.

Austria and Croatia meet in League A Group 1’s other match, with the home side looking to enhance their chances of avoiding relegation, whilst the Croats are aiming to win the group.

Ralf Rangnick has won just one of his first five matches in charge of Austria, which was in a 3-0 win over Croatia as Marko Arnautovic, Michael Gregoritsch and Marcel Sabitzer all got on the scoresheet. Since then, Austria have lost 2-1 and 2-0 to Denmark, as well as drawing 1-1 and losing 2-0 to France.

Croatia failed to win either of their first two group matches, after losing to Austria 3-0 and drawing 1-1 with France. However, since then, Zlatko Dalic’s men have beaten Denmark 1-0 and 2-1 on either side of a 1-0 win against France where Luke Modric scored the only goal of the game after just five minutes.