@FootyAccums Acca Boost: Middlesbrough & Birmingham Providing Good Value

Here we take a look at Smart Acca Picks for Saturday with this one being a 50/1 shot chosen by Smart Acca via the Free FA Betting Hub App.

This is a six-fold Match Result & Over 2.5 Goals accumulator, with fixtures coming from the Championship, League One, League Two and the National League.

• Middlesbrough vs Swansea City: Middlesbrough to win - 10/11
• Birmingham City vs Reading: Birmingham City to win - 4/7
• Exeter City vs Rotherham United: Rotherham to win - 11/8
• Fleetwood Town vs Grimsby Town: Fleetwood Town to win - 1/1
• Cheltenham Town vs Newport County: Cheltenham Town to win - 4/5
• Gateshead vs Ebbsfleet United: Gateshead to win - 19/20
  

The first game on this Acca Boost comes from the Championship as Middlesbrough hosts Swansea City at the Riverside.

Middlesbrough have won all of the last four meetings between these two sides, stretching all the way back to August 2022 under the management of Chris Wilder. Michael Carrick has overseen 3-1, 2-1 and 2-0 victories over the Swans.

Birmingham City takes on Reading at St Andrew’s in League One.

The Blues are the bookmakers' firm favourites to win England’s third-tier as they’ve made a plethora of astute additions to their squad, having acquired the likes of Christoph Klarer, Willum Thor Willumsson, Emil Hansson, Alex Cochrane, Ryan Allsop, Alfie May, Marc Leonard, Bailey Peacock-Farrell and more.

Rotherham United travel to Exeter City on matchday one of the new League One season.

The Millers are expected to be in contention to fight for automatic promotion as they’ve earned promotion in each of their last three League One campaigns (2017/18, 2019/20 and 2021/22).

Steve Evans also has a good track record as a manager, as he has oversaw eight promotions during his managerial career, including back-to-back promotions with Rotherham from League Two to the Championship between 2012 and 2014.

Recently relegated Fleetwood Town will be keen to start their League Two campaign off well when they go head-to-head with Grimsby Town at Highbury.

Charlie Adam’s men finished off last season in League One in good style, as they won three of their last four matches against Northampton Town, Leyton Orient and Burton Albion - the Scot will be hoping for more of the same at the start of this campaign.

The Cod Army have made some interesting transfers too, as they’ve acquired the likes of James Bolton (St. Mirren), Elliot Bonds (Cheltenham), Mark Helm (Burton Albion), Luke Hewitson (Liverpool), MacKenzie Hunt (Everton), Matty Virtue (Blackpool) and Zech Medley (Oostende).

Cheltenham Town versus Newport County could be an interesting match-up on the opening weekend of League Two.

The Robins were recently relegated to League Two, however, they have made some good signings, such as Ryan Bowman of Shrewsbury Town as well as Luke Young (Wrexham), Joe Day (Newport County), Harry Pell (AFC Wimbledon) and more.

Cheltenham will be hoping that the addition of former Newport manager Michael Flynn will increase their chances of promotion this season.

The final game on this Smart Acca comes from Gateshead against Ebbsfleet United in the National League.

Gateshead finished the 2023/24 campaign in sixth-place last time out while Ebbsfleet United were a lowly 19th-place.

When these two sides last met at Gateshead International Stadium, Gateshead ran out as comfortable 4-1 victors as Kenton Richardson gave the home side an early lead before Stephen Wearne scored a hat-trick.

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