Here we take a look at Smart Acca Picks for Thursday, with this one being a decent shot at 60/1 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 Europa League, Europa Conference League, Saudi Pro League and the Copa Libertadores.
Atalanta hosts Marseille at the Gewiss Stadium in tonight’s Europa League action with this tie finely in the balance.
La Dea drew 1-1 with Marseille as Gianluca Scamacca’s 11th-minute goal was cancelled out by a wonderstrike from Chancel Mbemba. Their other results in their last five matches have resulted in four wins, as Gian Piero Gasperini’s men have beaten Monza 2-1, Fiorentina 4-1, Empoli 2-0 and Salernitana 2-1.
Marseille’s last outing was in the first leg at the Orange Velodrome. Prior to this, Les Bleus had beaten Lens 2-1 at home after consecutive 2-2 draws with both Nice and Toulouse. Marseille advanced from the Europa League’s quarter-finals via a penalty shootout against Benfica after a 2-2 draw.
Bayer Leverkusen will be looking to continue their 48-match unbeaten run across all competitions when they face AS Roma at the BayArena.
Xabi Alonso’s men thrashed Eintracht Frankfurt 5-1 at the weekend after beating AS Roma 2-0 via goals from Florian Wirtz and Robert Andrich. In the run-up to those games, Leverkusen had drawn 2-2 with Stuttgart, as well as 1-1 with both Borussia Dortmund and West Ham, with the latter mentioned result seeing them beat the Hammers 3-1 on aggregate.
Roma beat AC Milan 3-1 on aggregate to reach the semi-finals, but have come unstuck in recent matches, as Daniele De Rossi’s men have suffered 3-1 and 2-0 defeats to Bologna and Leverkusen while drawing 2-2 with Napoli and 1-1 at home to Juventus.
Aston Villa will be hoping to turn their Europa Conference League semi-final tie around when they travel to Olympiakos.
The Greek Super League side hold a 4-2 advantage from the first leg at Villa Park and are in decent form of late, having beaten Lamia 4-1 and PAOK 2-1 on either side of a 1-1 draw away at Aris.
Unai Emery’s men progressed past Lille on penalties via a 3-3 aggregate draw in the last round of this competition but since then, have struggled for form, as after beating Bournemouth 3-1, they drew 2-2 at home with Chelsea and have suffered 4-2 and 1-0 losses to Olympiakos and Brighton.
15th-place Al Akhdoud go head-to-head with second-place Al Nassr in the Saudi Pro League.
Al Akhdoud have earned four points from their last five matches, following a 0-0 draw with Al Hazm after a 4-0 victory at home to Abha. Before the aforementioned matches, they had lost three games on the bounce to Damak 2-1, Al Fayha 3-0 and Al Hilal 3-0.
Al Nassr are in red-hot form as they have won all of their last five matches, thrashing the likes of Abha 8-0 and Al Wehda 6-0 on either side of 1-0 wins over both Damak and Al Khaleej, while also beating Al Fayha 3-1.
The final game on this Smart Acca comes from the Copa Libertadores where Uruguayan outfit Liverpool takes on Palmeiras in Group F.
Liverpool managed to beat Argentinian side San Lorenzo 1-0 last time out after previously losing 3-1 at Palmeiras and drawing 1-1 with Independiente Valle in their other two group stage fixtures. They currently sit ninth in the Uruguayan Primera Division having won just two of their opening 11 matches.
Palmeiras lead the way in Group F following their 3-2 away win at Independiente Valle. Their domestic results have seen them suffer a narrow 1-0 home defeat to Internacional, before drawing back-to-back matches 0-0 with Flamengo and Sao Paulo before defeating Cuiaba 2-0 thanks to goals from Lazaro and Estevao.
A West London derby takes place on Boxing Day, and the contest is expected to be a close affair with two sides having brilliant seasons respectively. Chelsea are in excellent form ...
