Smart Acca Picks: Wales vs Belgium Offers Good Value

On Saturday, Luxembourg and Turkey go head to head in League C Group 1 clash with both sides looking to maintain their perfect records in the Nations League.

Luxembourg enters this match off the back of 1-0 and 2-0 wins over the Faroe Islands and Lithuania, but, before this they had lot their last three matches, doing so by 1-0, 3-1 and 3-0 scorelines against the likes of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

All of Turkey’s last five matches have seen the Over 2.5 Goals market land, as since beating Montenegro 2-1 back in November, they then suffered 3-1 and 3-2 defeats to Portugal and Italy before thumping the Faroe Islands 4-0 and Lithuania 6-0 where Dogukan Sinik and Serdar Dursun scored braces, whilst Yunus Akgun and Halil Dervisoglu added to the scoresheet.

According to the Betting Hub app, these sides see a combined average of 3.3 goals scored in each of their last five games.

Netherlands and Poland meet in what could be an entertaining game at De Kuip.

This is the first meeting between these two since the Dutch beat the Poles 2-1 back in November 2020, when Memphis Depay and Gini Wijnaldum scored late goals following Kamil Jozwiak’s early opener.

Louis van Gaal’s men are flying coming into this game, having beaten both Wales 2-1 and Belgium 4-1 since their 1-1 draw with Germany in March. Prior to these results, the Netherlands had also beaten Denmark 4-2 and Norway 2-0.

Poland were thrashed 6-1 by Belgium last time out after earning a narrow 2-1 home win over Wales. Before this, they had beaten Sweden 2-0 after drawing 1-1 with Scotland and losing 2-1 at home to Hungary.

According to the Betting Hub app, these two sides have a combined average of 3.5 goals being scored in each of their last five games across all competitions.

Wales and Belgium face off in League A Group 4’s other match on Saturday in what could be an entertaining encounter at the Cardiff City Stadium.

Rob Page’s men have lost both of their Nations League matches by 2-1 scorelines to both the Netherlands and Poland, with a vital 1-0 victory over Ukraine in between. Prior to the aforementioned results, they drew 1-1 with the Czech Republic in an international friendly and beat Austria 2-1 in the World Cup qualifying play-off semi-final.

Belgium will be full of confidence entering this match, as after suffering a humiliating 4-1 loss to the Netherlands, they thrashed Poland 6-1 as Axel Witsel, Kevin De Bruyne, Leandro Trossard (2), Leander Dendoncker and Lois Openda all scored. Before the Nations league started, the Red Devils beat Burkina Faso 3-0 and drew 2-2 and 1-1 with the Republic of Ireland and Wales.

The Betting Hub app states that these two sides have a combined average of 3.3 goals per game in each of their last five matches.

Hungary and Germany go up against one another on Saturday with the home side currently sitting ahead of Hansi Flick’s men in League A Group 3.

Hungary were defeated 2-1 by Italy last time out after earning a shock 1-0 victory against England in their Nations League opener. In March, the Magyars had beaten Northern Ireland 1-0 and lost 1-0 to Serbia in international friendlies. Their last World Cup qualifier resulted in a 2-1 victory over Poland last November.

Germany have drawn all of their last three matches 1-1 against England, Italy and the Netherlands, with their previous two matches before this sequence being 2-0 and 4-1 victories against Israel and Armenia.

These two sides famously met in the Group Stages of Euro 2020 when the match finished as a 2-2 draw as Hungary surrendered 1-0 and 2-1 leads as Kai Havertz and Leon Goretzka scored equalisers for Die Mannschaft.

England hosts Italy in League A Group 3’s other fixture, with this being a rematch of the Euro 2020 final, with the venue also being Wembley Stadium.

The Three Lions have had a poor start to their Nations League group, however, if they were to earn a win here then they would go level on points with their opponents who currently lead the group.

England drew 1-1 with Germany last time out after losing 1-0 to Hungary and will be looking to recapture the form that saw them beat the Ivory Coast 3-0, Switzerland 2-1 and San Marino 10-0.

Since failing to qualify for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar after their humiliating 1-0 loss to North Macedonia back in March, Italy have beaten both Turkey 3-2 and Hungary 2-1 on either side of a 1-1 draw with Germany.