Here we take a look at Smart Acca Picks for Friday’s action, with this one being a long shot at 394/1 chosen by Smart Acca via the Free FA Betting Hub App.
This is a five-fold Match Result and Both Teams to Score accumulator, with fixtures coming from 2. Bundesliga, the Saudi Pro League, the Championship and the Turkish Super Lig.
The first game on this Smart Acca comes from 2. Bundesliga where top-of-the-table St. Pauli takes on third-place Hannover 96.
St. Pauli are unbeaten in their last five matches, having thrashed Nurnberg 5-1 before their 2-2 draw with Paderborn while going on to beat Karlsruher and Schalke by 2-1 scorelines in back-to-back matches prior to their 2-0 win at Elversberg last time out.
Hannover have managed three wins in their last five matches, having beaten Wehen Wiesbaden 2-0, Magdeburg 2-1 and Eintracht Braunschweig 2-0, however, they have also suffered two defeats in their last five outings, suffering 3-1 and 3-2 away losses to Kaiserslautern and Schalke.
First meets third in the Saudi Pro League as Al Hilal goes up against Al Taawon on Friday afternoon.
Al Hilal have managed to win all of their last five matches, following 2-0 wins over Al Shabab and Al Fateh on either side of 3-0, 1-0 and 3-1 victories against Al Akhdoud, Al Khaleej and Al Ahli.
Al Taawon are winless in their last three matches, as following 3-1 and 3-0 victories over Al Hazm and Al Tai, they have gone on to draw their last three fixtures, doing so by 1-1 scorelines with Al Ittihad and Al Khaleej prior to a goalless draw with Damak.
Blackburn Rovers and Preston North End face off in a Lancashire derby at Ewood Park on Friday night.
Jon Dahl Tomasson’s men are 10th in the standings, just three points behind their opponents who are in sixth, however, the hosts come into this game in better form, having won three of their last five games, beating Cardiff City 1-0 and Millwall 2-1 before 1-0 and 2-0 losses against Swansea and Chelsea prior to their 3-1 away win at Norwich City last time out.
Preston ended their four-game winless run at the weekend with a 3-2 home win over Coventry City. Ryan Lowe’s men had suffered 4-2 and 1-0 losses against Ipswich Town and Hull City on either side of 1-1 and 2-2 draws with Millwall and Southampton prior to their victory over the Sky Blues.
Schalke hosts Elversberg at the VELTINS Arena on Friday, with Karel Geraerts looking to continue his bright start to life as manager of the Royal Blues following his recent move from Union Saint-Gilloise.
The home side suffered a 3-0 loss at Karlsruher in Geraert's first game in charge, however, since then, they have beaten Hannover 96 3-2 and Nurnberg 2-1 on either side of a narrow 2-1 loss to St. Pauli in the DFB Pokal after extra time.
Elversberg suffered a 2-0 home loss to St. Pauli last time out, however, before their latest defeat, the visitors had managed to beat both Magdeburg 2-1 and Eintracht Braunschweig 3-0 after back-to-back 1-1 draws with Holstein Kiel and Greuther Furth.
Trabzonspor versus Konyaspor is the final game on this Smart Acca, with this being a battle of fourth against 16th in the Turkish Super Lig.
The Burgundy Blues have lost just one of their last five matches, doing so by a 1-0 scoreline to Adana Demirspor, away from that defeat, they have managed a 2-1 win over Pendikspor, before beating Alanyaspor 1-0 and Fenerbahce 3-2 on either side of a 0-0 draw at Fatih Karagumruk.
Konyaspor are winless in their last five matches, having drawn 1-1 with Fatih Karagumruk while suffering 3-0, 2-1, 3-1 and 2-0 defeats to Adana Demirspor, Pendikspor, Hatayspor and Besiktas.
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