Here we take a look at Smart Acca Picks for Thursday’s action, with this one being a long shot at around 994/1 chosen by Smart Acca via the Free FA Betting Hub App.
This is a Match Result and Both Teams to Score accumulator and is a five-fold featuring games from the UEFA Nations League and International Friendlies.
Jamaica goes head to head with Qatar on Thursday an international friendly match.
The home side are without a win in five matches, having been beaten 3-0 and 1-0 by Argentina and Trinidad & Tobago on either side of a 1-1 draw away at Cameroon. The Reggae Boyz's last two matches have resulted in 0-0 and 2-2 draws with Trinidad and Tobago and Mexico in the CONCACAF National League.
Since being knocked out of their home FIFA World Cup in the group stages, Qatar have been in poor form, winning just one of their last five matches, doing so by a 2-0 scoreline against Kuwait on 7th January in the Gold Cup. Since then, they have been beaten 2-1 by Bahrain and Iraq on either side of a 1-1 draw with the UAE. Qatar’s last game on 8th June saw them lose 1-0 to Croatia B.
Japan takes on El Salvador in an international friendly match at 11:10 am on Thursday.
Since Japan’s 2022 FIFA World Cup heroics that saw them lose 1-0 to Costa Rica, before beating Spain 2-1 and suffering a penalty shootout defeat to Croatia following a 1-1 draw, the Samurai Blue have drawn 1-1 with Uruguay and lost 2-1 to Colombia in friendly matches.
Meanwhile, E Salvador have suffered four losses in a row since their 1-1 draw with the USA last June in the CONCACAF Nations League, having gone on to suffer defeats Peru 4-1, before three 1-0 losses in a row to Nicaragua, Honduras and the U.S.
Spain versus Italy will be a fascinating contest in the UEFA Nations League semi-final.
Luis Enrique’s men will be keen to see a drastic improvement in form, having won just one of their last five matches. Spain were knocked out of the World Cup at the Round of 16 following a penalty shootout defeat to Morocco following a 0-0 draw, after being beaten 2-1 by Japan and drawing 1-1 with Germany. Since then, they have beaten Norway 3-0 and lost 2-0 away at Scotland.
Italy managed to beat Malta 2-0 last time out after back-to-back 2-1 and 2-0 defeats to England and Austria. Prior to the aforementioned matches, Italy emerged victorious by a 3-1 scoreline in a friendly against Albania and won their last Nations League match 2-0 away at Hungary thanks to goals by Giacomo Raspadori and Federico Dimarco.
Argentina faces off against Australia in another international friendly match on Thursday, with this being a repeat of the World Cup Round of 16.
When these two sides met back on 3rd December, Argentina emerged victorious thanks to goals by Lionel Messi and Julian Alvarez, while the Socceroos pulled a late goal back via an Enzo Fernandez own goal.
Since then, Lionel Scaloni’s men have managed two penalty shootout wins over the Netherlands and France following 2-2 draws on either side of their 3-0 World Cup semi-final victory over Croatia. Since the tournament in Qatar, Argentina have beaten Panama 2-0 and Curacao 7-0.
Australia have played two friendlies against Ecuador since Qatar 2022, losing the more recent one 2-1 after managing a 3-1 victory in the first meeting. As previously mentioned, Australia’s World Cup campaign was ended by Argentina by a narrow 2-1 scoreline after impressive 1-0 victories against Denmark and Tunisia in the group stages.
The final game on this list comes from South America, as Venezuela hosts Honduras in a friendly game at 1 am on Friday morning.
Venezuela have won just one of their last five matches, having suffered 4-1 and 3-0 defeats to Uruguay and Argentina, before losing 1-0 at home to Colombia and beating Saudi Arabia 2-1 thanks to goals from Salomon Rondon and Josef Martinez. The home side’s last match resulted in a 1-1 draw away at Uzbekistan.
On the other hand, Honduras have won two of their last five outings, having beaten the likes of Guatemala 2-1 and El Salvador 1-0 on either side of a 1-0 loss to Qatar and a 0-0 draw with Saudi Arabia. Honduras’ last outing saw them be thrashed 4-1 by Canada in the CONCACAF Nations League.
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