Smart Acca Picks: Wales vs Netherlands Could Be One to Look Out For

On Wednesday, Belgium and Poland go head to head in Group 4 in a battle of bottom against second-place.

Belgium were humiliated by the Netherlands in their opening Nations League game last time out as they were hammered 4-1 last time out. This defeat means that four of the Red Devils' last five games have seen Over 2.5 Goals in them, following 3-0 and 3-1 victories over Burkina Faso and Estonia on either side of 2-2 and 1-1 draws with the Republic of Ireland and Wales.

Three of Poland’s last five outings have seen Over 2.5 Goals scored, having defeated Wales 2-1 last time out, and Andorra 4-1 back in November, before going on to lose 2-1 at home to Hungary. Since losing to the Magyars, Poland drew 1-1 with Scotland in an international friendly and beat Sweden 2-0 to confirm their place at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

According to the Betting Hub App, these sides average a combined average of 3.3 goals per game over their last five fixtures.

Wales hosts the Netherlands on Wednesday in what should be an entertaining contest in the Nations League.

According to the Betting Hub App, these two sides have a combined average of three goals per game in their last five matches.

Just two of Wales’ last five games have seen Over 2.5 Goals scored in them, having scraped a 1-0 win over Ukraine last weekend to confirm their place at the World Cup. Before that victory, Rob Page’s men had lost 2-1 to Poland in their Nations League opener. Before this international break, the Dragons had also drawn 1-1 with the Czech Republic and Belgium on either side of a 2-1 home win over Austria.

Meanwhile, the Netherlands have seen three of their last five games land in the Over 2.5 Goals market, following thumping 4-1 and 4-2 victories over Belgium and Denmark on either side of a 1-1 draw with Germany in an international friendly. Louis van Gaal’s men also drew 2-2 with Montenegro and beat Norway 2-0 in their final two World Cup qualifiers.

Scotland hosts Armenia at Hampden Park with Steve Clarke’s men looking to bounce back from their 3-1 loss to Ukraine.

Before this, Scotland had drawn 2-2 and 1-1 with Austria and Poland after earning back to back 2-0 victories over Denmark and Moldova.

Armenia managed to stun the Republic of Ireland by beating them 1-0 last time out, off the back of a heavy 9-0 loss away at Norway. Before this, they had beaten Montenegro 1-0, as well as being hammered 4-1 and 5-0 by Germany and North Macedonia.

Next up on this list is the Republic of Ireland against the Ukraine in League 2 Group 1 of the Nations League, with both sides looking to bounce back from narrow defeats.

Stephen Kenny’s men were beaten 1-0 last time out by Armenia off the back of defeating Lithuania 1-0. Before this, they had drawn 2-2 and 0-0 with Belgium and Portugal on either side of a 3-0 victory over Luxembourg where Shane Duffy, Chiedozie Ogbene and Callum Robinson.

Before their 1-0 loss to Wales in World Cup qualifying, Ukraine beat Scotland 3-1 at Hampden Park thanks to goals by Andriy Yarmolenko, Roman Yaremchuk and Artem Dovbyk. Oleksandr Petrakov’s men had previously managed a 2-0 win and 1-1 draw with Bosnia-Herzegovina on either side of a 1-1 draw at home to Bulgaria.

On matchday two of the Chinese Super League, Dalian Pro takes on Guangzhou City in a meeting of eighth and 16th in the standings.

Dalian drew 2-2 with Henan last time out as Lin Liangming scored a brace on either side of a Zhao Yuhao goal before Fernando Karanga bagged a stoppage-time equaliser for Henan.

Meanwhile, Guangzhou were thumped 4-1 away at Changchun Yatai on the opening day as Tan Long scored a hat-trick whilst Junior Negrao added to the scoreline. Wu Chengru fired in a 90th-minute consolation goal for the visitors.

The last time these two sides faced off was all the way back in November 2020, with Guangzhou ending up as 3-0 winners thanks to a Davi brace and Jiang Ning strike.