Here we take a look at Smart Acca Picks for Thursday’s action, with this one being a long shot at around 1658/1 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 Chinese Super League, Serie B, Dutch Eredivisie and the Spanish Segunda.
The first tip sees seventh in the table Changchun Yatai take on 11th-placed Shenzhen in the Chinese Super League.
Changchun were beaten 4-3 and 3-0 by Beijing Guoan and Shanghai Port in their last two matches, however, prior to this they managed 1-0 and 4-2 victories against the likes of Qingdao Hainiu and Cangzhou Mighty Lions after a 2-2 draw with Chengdu Roncheng.
Shenzhen have won just one of their last four since beating Dalian Pro on 13th May, having drawn 1-1 with Nantong Zhiyun before suffering 3-0 losses to Shandong Taishan and Zhejiang on either side of a 3-2 home win over Meizhou Hakka.
In the Serie B play-off final first leg, Cagliari hosts Bari at the Sardegna Arena.
The home side have won four of their last five matches, with their recent 0-0 draw against Parma confirming a 3-2 aggregate win to advance to this round. Prior to their semi-final tie, Claudio Ranieri’s men had beaten Venezia 2-1, Cosenza 1-0 and Palermo 2-1.
Bari managed to advance to the final after a 1-1 aggregate draw with Sudtirol. In the run-up to their semi-final, Bari had been beaten 4-3 by Genoa after a 1-0 win at home to Reggina and a 1-1 away draw at Modena.
Sparta Rotterdam and FC Twente go head-to-head in the second leg of the Dutch Eredivisie’s Europa League play-offs on Thursday night.
Maurice Steijn’s men managed to advance past Utrecht 5-4 on penalties after a 2-2 aggregate draw that saw them lose 1-0 at home after a 2-1 away win. In the run-up to their semi-final win, Sparta had thrashed Groningen 5-0 and Cambuur 2-1 following a 2-1 away loss at Volendam.
FC Twente have won all of their last five matches, beating Heerenveen 6-1 on aggregate to reach this final. On top of this, Ron Jans's side has managed to earn impressive 3-1, 5-0 and 4-0 wins over Ajax, KRC Waalwijk and NEC.
In the Spanish Segunda play-offs, Deportivo Alaves goes up against Eibar at the Mendizorrotza Stadium, with the score currently tied at 1-1.
Alaves’ draw with Eibar means that they have drawn four of their last five matches, having done so 0-0 with Las Palmas as well as in back-to-back games with Albacete and Granada after a 2-1 home win over Malaga.
Eibar’s form has been inconsistent heading into this play-off tie, having lost 1-0 to both Las Palmas and Racing Santander, before drawing 2-2 with Sporting Gijon and 1-1 with Alaves on either side of a 1-0 win at Huesca.
The final tip on this list also comes from the Chinese Super League, as 15th in the table Qingdao Hauniu takes on third-place Shanghai Shenhua.
Qingdao haven’t won a game since their 2-0 home victory over Meizhou Hakka on 14th May, having drawn 2-2 with Zhejiang before three 1-0 defeats in a row to the likes of Changchun Yatai, Shandong Taishan and Nantong Zhiyun.
Shenhua managed to end their four-match winless run with a 1-0 win away at Cangzhou Mighty Lions last time out. Before this, they had drawn 1-1 with Henan, Beijing Guoan and Wuhan Three Towns after losing 2-1 to Chengdu Rongcheng.
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