Smart Acca Picks: Portugal vs Spain Could Provide Plenty of Entertainment

Ukraine and Scotland go head to head on Tuesday in a game that will decide the top spot of League B Group 1.

The home side managed to hammer Armenia 5-0 after their 3-0 loss to Scotland. Prior to this, Ukraine had drawn 1-1 with the Republic of Ireland after beating Armenia 3-0 and the Republic of Ireland 1-0.

On the other hand, Scotland’s last four games have seen the Over 2.5 Goals market land since their 2-0 win over Armenia at home, having lost 3-0 to the Republic of Ireland, before hammering Armenia and Ukraine 4-1 and 3-0 before defeating the Boys in Green 2-1 last time out as Jack Hendry and Ryan Christie both got on the scoresheet.

Norway and Serbia meet in a promotion decider in League B Group 4 of the Nations League, with Norway ahead via their superior head-to-head record.

The home side suffered a costly 2-1 loss to Slovenia last time out, having drawn 0-0 with them on either side of a 3-2 win over Sweden. Prior to this, they had also beaten the Swedes 2-1, as well as Serbia 1-0 where Erling Haaland scored the only goal of the game.

Serbia have had some entertaining affairs since their loss to Norway, having beaten Slovenia 4-1 at home and drawn with them 2-2 away. The Serbs managed six points against Sweden via 1-0 and 4-1 scorelines - Fulham’s Aleksandar Mitrovic bagged a hat-trick last time out.

Switzerland against the Czech Republic is a decider over which side will be relegated from League A Group 2, with the Czechs trailing the hosts by two points.

The visitors won the previous meeting between these two via a 2-1 scoreline on 2nd June, as goals by Jan Kutcha and Djibril Sow (own goal) on either side of a Noah Okafor strike gave Jaroslav Silhavy’s men all three points.

Since then, Switzerland have lost 4-0 and 1-0 to Portugal and Spain, before winning the return fixtures 1-0 and 2-1.

The Czech Republic have managed just one point since, which was in a 2-2 draw with Spain. Since then, they have lost 2-0 to Spain and Portugal in back-to-back games, as well as being thumped 4-0 by the latter.

Next up sees Sweden go up against Slovenia in League B Group 4, with both sides looking to avoid relegation.

Sweden’s only points came in a 2-0 away win at Slovenia as Emil Forsberg and Dejan Kulusevski both got on the scoresheet. Since then, they have lost 2-1 and 3-2 to Norway, as well as 1-0 and 4-1 against Serbia.

Following their loss to Sweden, Slovenia were then beaten 4-1 by Serbia, although they did bounce back well, as they drew 0-0 with Norway, before drawing 2-2 with Serbia and defeating Norway in the return fixture 2-1 thanks to a late winner from Benjamin Sesko.

The final game on this list comes from Portugal against Spain in a decider for top spot in League A Group 2.

Portugal managed a 4-0 win over the Czech Republic thanks to goals from Diogo Dalot (2), Bruno Fernandes and Diogo Jota, after suffering a 1-0 loss to Switzerland. Before this, they had beaten the Czech’s 2-0 and the Swiss 4-0 after a 1-1 away draw with Spain where Ricardo Horta scored a late equaliser after Alvaro Morata had given Luis Enrique’s men an early lead.

Spain blew their chance to start this match in top spot as they were beaten 2-1 by Switzerland following goals by Manuel Akanji and Breel Embolo. Before this, Enrique’s side had beaten the Czech Republic 2-0 after drawing 2-2 with them earlier on in the group. Spain had also narrowly beaten Switzerland 1-0 in League A Group 2.