Smart Acca Picks: Cruzeiro, Espanyol & Flamengo Providing Great Value

Here we take a look at Smart Acca Picks for Thursday, with this one being a long shot at 341/1 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 Brazil’s Serie A and the Spanish Segunda Division.

• Cruzeiro vs Cuiabá: Cruzeiro to win & Over 2.5 Goals - 2/1
• Athletico PR vs Criciuma: Athletico PR to win & Over 2.5 Goals - 6/4
• Flamengo vs Gremio: Flamengo to win & Over 2.5 Goals - 11/8
• Internacional vs Sao Paulo: Sao Paulo to win & Over 2.5 Goals - 9/2
• Espanyol vs Gijon: Espanyol to win & Over 2.5 Goals - 5/2

The first game on this Smart Acca sees 10th-place Cruzeiro take on second bottom Cuiaba in the Brazilian Serie A.

Cruzeiro suffered a 2-0 away defeat to Sao Paulo last time out after beating Atletico Goianiense 1-0 and Vitoria 3-1 after a 3-0 loss to Atletico Mineiro and a 1-1 draw at Fortaleza.

Cuiaba managed a shock 5-2 victory at Criciuma in their most recent outing. This victory came after a 0-0 draw with bottom of the table Vitoria and 1-0, 2-0 and 3-0 losses to Internacional, Palmeiras and Atletico Mineiro.

Fifth-place Athletico PR meet 17th-place Criciuma in what is expected to be a one sided game.

The home team suffered a 1-0 away loss at Fortaleza last time out after earning an impressive 2-0 victory at Palmeiras following 1-0 wins over Vasco da Gama and Internacional on either side of a 1-1 draw at Juventude.

Criciuma’s only win in their last five outings came at the expense of Vasco da Gama by a 4-0 scoreline on 27th April. Before that, they had drawn 1-1 with both Juventude and Atletico Mineiro while since then, they have suffered 2-1 and 5-2 defeats at the hands of Palmeiras and Cuiaba.

Flamengo and Gremio go head-to-head in a meeting of second and 13th-place in Serie A.

Tite’s side are in superb form, as following their 1-0 loss at Palestino in early May, Flamengo have gone on to beat Corinthians 2-0, Bolivar 4-0, Millonarios 3-0 and Vasco da Gama 6-1 with the likes of Everton, Pedro, David Luiz, Giorgian de Arrascaeta, Bruno Henrique and Gabriel Barbosa all getting on the scoresheet.

Gremio have won just two of their last five games heading into this encounter, having beaten The Strongest 4-0 and Huachipato 1-0, while losing 1-0 and 2-0 to Bahia and RB Bragantino while on top of a 1-1 draw at home to Estudiantes.

Internacional hosts Sao Paulo at Estádio José Pinheiro Borda in a battle of ninth and fourth in the standings.

The Reds are in decent form heading into this fixture, as they’ve beaten Bahia 2-1 and both Palmeiras and Cuiaba by 1-0 scorelines, however, they have shown inconsistency as they suffered a 1–0 loss to Athletico PR while also drawing 1-1 with Atletico Goianiense 1-1.

Sao Paulo are in impressive form, as the visitors have won four and drawn one of their last five games, having earned 2-0 victories over both Cruzeiro and Talleres de Cordoba after a 0-0 draw against Barcelona. Prior to the aforementioned results, Sao Paulo managed to beat Fluminense 2-1 and Cobresal 3-1.

The final game on this Smart Acca sees Espanyol go up against Sporting Gijon in the Spanish Segunda play-off semi-finals.

Espanyol are unbeaten in their last five matches, as they managed 0-0 draws away to Real Valladolid and Amorbieta while beating Real Oviedo 2-1, FC Cartagena 3-0 and Sporting Gijon 1-0.

Gijon suffered a 1-0 loss to Espanyol in the first leg, meaning that they have won two of their last four matches, doing so by slender 1-0 scorelines against Eldense and Eibar after losing 2-1 at Leganes in the aftermath of a thumping 5-2 home win over FC Andorra.

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