Here we take a look at Smart Acca Picks for Friday’s action, with this one being a decent shot at 28/1 chosen by Smart Acca via the Free FA Betting Hub App.
This is a six-fold Over 2.5 Goals accumulator, with fixtures coming from International Friendlies and Euro 2024 qualifying.
The first Over 2.5 Goals tip on this Smart Acca comes from Euro 2024 qualifying, as a heavyweight clash between the Netherlands and France takes place in Group B.
All of the Netherlands’ last five matches have seen Over 2.5 Goals in them, having beaten Gibraltar 3-0, before losing 4-2 and 3-2 to Croatia and Italy prior to back-to-back 3-0 and 2-1 victories over Greece and the Republic of Ireland.
France were beaten 2-1 by Germany last time out in an international friendly, but, Didier Deschamps’ men have won all of their last five competitive internationals, having thrashed the Dutch 4-0 last March, while also beating the Republic of Ireland 1-0 and 2-0, while managing further 3-0 and 1-0 wins over Gibraltar and Greece.
Liechtenstein faces off against Bosnia-Herzegovina in what is a must-win game for the visitors in Group J.
The home side are in dire form, having lost all of their last five matches to Slovakia 3-0 and 1-0, Bosnia 2-1 and to Luxembourg 2-0 after a humiliating 7-0 home defeat against Iceland.
Bosnia have won just one of their last five matches and have since gone under new management in the shape of ex-Aston Villa man Savo Milosevic. Prior to his arrival, Bosnia had beaten Liechtenstein 2-1, but, suffered 1-0, 2-0, 3-0 and 2-0 losses to Iceland, Luxembourg, Portugal and Slovakia.
Iceland versus Luxembourg is another meeting from Group J, with the home side being in the last chance saloon if they are to rescue their chances of qualifying for the Euros, while the visitors will be looking to close their three-point deficit to second-place Slovakia.
The hosts have won two of their last five matches, beating Liechtenstein 7-0 and Bosnia 1-0 on either side of 2-1, 1-0 and 3-1 defeats to Slovakia, Portugal and Luxembourg.
On the other hand, Luxembourg suffered a humiliating 9-0 defeat to Portugal in qualifying last time out after managing three victories in a row over Iceland 3-1, Bosnia 2-0 and Liechtenstein 1-0 following a 1-0 international friendly defeat to Malta.
England will face Australia at Wembley Stadium in what will be these two sides' first meeting since the Three Lions' 2-1 win over the Socceroos in May 2016.
Gareth Southgate’s men are unbeaten across their last five international matches, having earned 3-1 and 7-0 wins over Scotland and North Macedonia on either side of a 1-1 draw with Ukraine, while also beating Malta 4-0 and Ukraine 2-0.
Australia have played a series of international friendlies since losing 2-1 to Argentina in the Round of 16 at the 2022 FIFA World Cup, with Graham Arnold’s men beating Ecuador 3-1 before losing to them 2-1 just four days later, while in June, they suffered a 2-0 loss to Argentina before drawing 2-2 with Mexico.
A top-of-the-table clash takes place in Group J, with Portugal and Slovakia facing off at Estadio do Dragao.
Roberto Martinez’s men enter this match off the back of a 9-0 thrashing of Luxembourg after back-to-back 1-0 victories over Slovakia and Iceland, as well as further 3-0 and 6-0 wins against Bosnia and Luxembourg.
Slovakia’s form is strong entering this match, with their only defeat being a 1-0 home loss to Portugal in early September as Bruno Fernandes scored the only goal of the game. Apart from this, they have managed four wins from their other matches, having beaten Liechtenstein 3-0 and 1-0, as well as Iceland 2-1 and Bosnia 2-0.
The final game on this Smart Acca sees Austria host Belgium at Ernst Happel Stadion in Group F, with Ralf Rangnick’s men having the opportunity to go top of the group after six matches.
Austria have won three of their last five matches, having beaten Estonia 2-1, as well as Sweden 2-0 and 3-1. Rangick’s side managed an important 1-1 draw away in Belgium in what was an evenly-fought contest while drawing 1-1 with Moldova in an international friendly match.
Belgium, who are managed by Domenico Tedesco have shown some promise in their last five matches, having beaten Germany 3-2 in an international friendly, before drawing 1-1 with Austria and winning three matches in a row against Estonia 3-0, Azerbaijan 1-0 and Estonia 5-0.
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