Smart Acca Picks: Charlotte vs DC United Offering Good Value

The first tip on this list comes from Champions League qualifying as Qarabag and Ferencvaros go head to head at Tofiq Bahramov adına Respublika Stadionu in Baku.

Both of Qarabag’s matches against Swiss champions FC Zurich saw over 2.5 goals in the last round of qualifying, as the Azerbaijani side beat Zurich 3-2, before drawing 2-2 in Switzerland.

Meanwhile, Ferencvaros managed to turn their tie around against Slovan Bratislava following a 2-1 home loss, as they beat the Czech outfit 4-1 away from home.

Charlotte goes up against DC United as Wayne Rooney looks to get his second win in charge of his side.

Charlotte’s last four matches have seen the Over 2.5 Goals market land, having lost 4-0 and 3-2 to both Toronto and Inter Miami after beating Nashville 4-1 and Houston Dynamo 2-1.

Meanwhile, Rooney’s men won their first match under his leadership last time out against high-flying Orlando City 2-1 as Chris Durkin and Taxiarchis Fountas scored stoppage-time goals to win the match. Prior to this, DC had lost 2-1 to Montreal and 2-0 to Minnesota after a 2-2 draw at home to Columbus Crew and 7-0 defeat to Philadelphia.

Columbus Crew and Montreal face off at Lower.com Field in a battle of sixth against third in the Eastern Conference.

Before their recent 0-0 draw with New England, The Crew had beaten both Cincinnati and Chicago Fire by 2-0 and 3-2 scorelines on either side of a 2-2 draw with DC United.

Montreal also enters this fixture off the back of a 0-0 draw having done so with New York City FC, prior to this stalemate, they had beaten DC 2-1 and Toronto 1-0 after suffering 2-1 and 4-0 losses to both Sporting Kansas City and LA Galaxy.

The last time these two sides met was back in September 2021 where Columbus won 2-1 thanks to a brace by Gyasi Zardes.

In Champions League qualifying, Bodo/Glimt and Zalgiris go up against one another in Champions League qualifying with the Norwegian Elitserien side coming in as firm favourites.

Bodo/Glimt enters this match in good form despite their shock 1-0 loss to Linfield in Northern Ireland, as they thumped them 8-0 in the home leg. The champions of Norway have also won all three of their league fixtures in and around these matches having defeated Ham Kam 2-0, Jerv 5-0 and Aalesund 2-1.

Lithuanian side Zalgiris managed to earn a shock 3-0 aggregate victory against Malmo in the last qualifying round, including a 2-0 win in Sweden.

The final tip on this list also comes from Champions League qualifying as Maccabi Haifa and Apollon battle for a place in Europe’s elite club competition.

Maccabi stunned Olympiakos in the last qualifying round as they hammered the Greek champions 4-1 on aggregate following a shock 4-0 win in Greece.

Cypriot side, Apollon, have shown their goalscoring capabilities as prior to their 1-0 loss to AEK Larnaca, they thrashed Aris 4-1 and defeated APOEL 3-2 at home.