Here we take a look at Smart Acca Picks for Tuesday’s action, with this one being a decent shot at 41/1 chosen by Smart Acca via the Free FA Betting Hub App.
This is a five-fold Match Result and Over 2.5 Goals accumulator, with fixtures coming from the League Cup, League One, League Two and AFCON.
Chelsea hosts Middlesbrough in the second leg of the League Cup semi-final in what should be an entertaining encounter.
The Blues trail The Boro 1-0 going into the second leg, meaning that Mauricio Pochettino’s men will have to go for the victory. Away from their shock defeat at the Riverside, Chelsea have won four of their last five matches, beating the likes of Crystal Palace 2-1, Luton Town 3-2, Preston North End 4-0 and Fulham 1-0.
Middlesbrough entered the first leg off the back of a 3-1 league loss to Coventry City and a narrow 1-0 FA Cup defeat to Aston Villa following a deflected Matty Cash strike. Since beating Chelsea 1-0, Michael Carrick’s side have earned a 3-1 away win at Millwall before drawing 1-1 with Rotherham United.
Fourth-placed Bolton Wanderers takes on 22nd-place Cheltenham Town, with Ian Evatt’s men expected to emerge victorious.
The Trotters have lost their last two matches to Leyton Orient 1-0 and Luton Town 2-1 after initially holding the Hatters to a 0-0 draw at Kenilworth Road before forcing a replay. Prior to this, Bolton had beaten Accrington Stanley 3-1 and Burton Albion 1-0.
Cheltenham have managed to accumulate 10 points from their last five matches, following superb 1-0, 2-0 and 2-1 victories over Carlisle United, Shrewsbury Town and Portsmouth while drawing 2-2 with Reading and losing 1-0 away at Northampton Town.
Reading faces Derby County in a game where the Rams have the opportunity to go top of League One.
The Royals have managed just one win in their last five matches, having beaten Exeter City 3-2 on New Year’s Day, having previously drawn 2-2 with both Cheltenham and Peterborough United. Since then, Ruben Selles’ men have suffered a penalty shootout loss to Brighton’s Under 21s following a 0-0 draw in the EFL Trophy, while also being beaten 1-0 away at Wigan.
Derby have managed two wins in their last five outings, beating Fleetwood Town in between 3-2 and 1-0 defeats to Peterborough United and Bradford City with the latter coming in the EFL Trophy. Since then, The Rams have beaten Burton Albion 3-2 and drawn 0-0 at Lincoln City.
Third-place Mansfield Town goes up against bottom-of-the-table Sutton United in League Two at Field Mill.
The home side drew 1-1 with Morecambe last time out after a narrow 1-0 home defeat to fellow high-flyers Crewe Alexandra. However, in the run-up to the aforementioned matches, Mansfield beat Stockport County and Grimsby by 2-0 scorelines while drawing 1-1 with Doncaster Rovers.
Sutton are without a win since Boxing Day when they scraped a 1-0 win away to AFC Wimbledon. Since then, United have been beaten 1-0 and 3-1 by Gillingham and Plymouth Argyle, while drawing 1-1 with Newport County and 2-2 at home to Barrow.
The final game on this Smart Acca comes from AFCON, as Mauritania and Algeria go head to head, with The Desert Warriors knowing that they will need a win to guarantee their place in the knockout stages.
Mauritania are highly unlikely to qualify for the knockout stages, having suffered 1-0 and 3-2 defeats to Burkina Faso and Angola in their first two group games. They will have to hope that they can earn a shock victory and scrape into the next round via being one of the best-ranked third-place teams.
Algeria knows that a win would virtually guarantee them a place in the knockout stages regardless of the scoreline in the Burkina Faso versus Angola match. Djamel Belmadi’s men have managed 1-1 and 2-2 draws with Angola and Burkina Faso in their two opening matches, with Al Sadd forward Baghdad Bounedjah scoring all of their goals at this year’s AFCON.
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