Here we take a look at Smart Acca Picks for Thursday’s action, with this one being a long shot at 133/1 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 Liga NOS, AFCON and the Copa del Rey.
The first game on this Smart Acca comes from Liga NOS, as seventh in the table Famalicao takes on fourth in the table Sporting Braga.
Famalicao have won just one of their last five matches, beating Casa Pia 2-0 last time out after drawing 2-2 with Chaves following a 3-0 loss to Benfica and back-to-back 1-1 draws against Estoril and Portimonense.
Sporting Braga’s last victory also came at the expense of Casa Pia, beating them 3-1 on 30th December. Prior to this, they had been beaten 1-0 by Benfica and 2-0 at Napoli while since then, they have drawn 1-1 with Vitoria Guimaraes and suffered a 2-0 loss at Porto.
Top of the table Sporting Lisbon travels to 17th placed Vizela on Thursday night, with Ruben Amorim’s men expected to ease to three points.
Vizela are without a win in their last five matches, having suffered 4-1 and 3-1 defeats to Boavista and Sporting Braga on either side of 1-1 draws with both Estrela and Rio Ave on top of a 0-0 stalemate at home to Moreirense.
Sporting’s last five fixtures have seen them earn five victories, having beaten Sturm Graz 3-0 in the Europa League before a crucial 2-0 home win over rivals Porto thanks to goals by Viktor Gyokeres and Pedro Goncalves. Since then, Amorim’s side have earned 2-1, 5-1 and 3-0 victories over Portimonense, Estoril and Chaves.
In AFCON, host nation Ivory Coast go head-to-head with Nigeria on matchday two of Group A.
Cote d’Ivoire earned a 2-0 win over Guinea-Bissau on matchday one thanks to goals by Seko Fofana and Jean-Philippe Krasso. In the run-up to this competition, the Elephants had thrashed Sierra Leone 5-1 after 2-0 and 9-0 World Cup qualifying victories over Gambia and Seychelles.
Nigeria slumped to a 1-1 draw with Equatorial Guinea despite dominating the match and equalising through Victor Osimhen in the 38th minute. The Super Eagles are out of form, having lost 2-0 to Guinea in a friendly match just before the tournament on top of only drawing 1-1 with Lesotho and Zimbabwe in World Cup qualifying.
In the Copa del Rey, Primera Federacion outfit Unionistas faces off against Barcelona at Campo de Futbol Reina Sofía.
The home side have managed to progress through three rounds to reach this stage of the Copa del Rey, having beaten Gernika 2-0 in early November, before earning an impressive 2-0 victory over Sporting Gijon, prior to a stunning 7-6 penalty shootout victory over Villarreal after a 1-1 draw.
Xavi will be hoping that his side can keep up their recent domestic form when playing on home soil, with Barcelona beating Almeria 3-2, Las Palmas 2-1 and Barbastro 3-2 before their Spanish Super Cup trip to Saudi Arabia which saw them beat Osasuna in the semi-final in the run-up to being thrashed 4-1 by arch-rivals Real Madrid in the final.
Atletico Madrid hosts Real Madrid at the Wanda Metropolitano in the Copa del Rey in what should be an entertaining match-up.
Diego Simeone’s men suffered a 5-3 defeat to Los Blancos in the Spanish Super Cup semi-final after 3-1 and 1-0 victories over Lugo and Sevilla on either side of a 4-3 defeat to Girona. Prior to the aforementioned results, Atletico had also drawn 3-3 at home to Getafe.
Real are in red-hot form, having thrashed Barcelona 4-1 in the Spanish Super Cup final after beating Atleti 5-3 in the semi-final. In the run-up to their Super Cup win, Carlo Ancelotti’s side had beaten Arandina 3-1, Mallorca 1-0, Deportivo Alaves 1-0 and Villarreal 4-1.
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