Smart Acca Picks: Europa Conference League Qualifiers Take Centre Stage

We're back with our Smart Acca picks for Thursday's action with a both teams to score acca taking place across the Europa Conference League qualifiers totalling 468/1!

This Smart Acca focuses on a lot of Irish teams in the Europa Conference League qualifiers, and according to the Smart Acca, 33.3% of games this past season have seen St Patrick's Athletic win a game while also letting in at least one goal.

Ahead of this match, Athletic are sitting second in the League of Ireland Premier Division with 13 games won and 47 goals scored in the league - no side has scored more than them. The club have also let in 32 goals, meaning only those in the bottom two of the division and Dundalk have let in more.

As for Dudelange, they finished third in the Luxembourg National Division after drawing only one of the 30 games and winning 22 of them. They also netted an incredible 86 goals and let in 38, although they did defeat St Patrick's Athletic 2-1 in the first leg.

After finishing second in the NIFL Premiership, Linfield managed to win 23 of their 38 league games and score a stunning 75 goals - only Glentoran netted more.

At the same time, Linfield let in 27 goals and are also leading this two-legged encounter against Vllaznia Shkoder 3-1 after a brace from Chris McKee and a late finish from Jack David Scott.

Shkoder finished fourth in their SuperLiga encounter after winning 13 games and losing 12 times, letting in 37 goals and scoring only 39 in the process. The club also won just two of their final 10 games during the Albanian season and are already 3-1 down to Linfield.

The Smart Acca states that 33.3% of games in the past season have seen Linfield win and both teams score.

Dundalk have now let in 33 goals and scored 38 times from the 25 games in the League of Ireland Premier Division and no side comes close to this record of goal involvements in the top flight.

They have also kept just one clean sheet in the past 11 games after stunning the league leaders, Shamrock Rovers, 2-0. What's more, they were beaten 3-2 by Bohemians last time out.

Dundalk were also held to a 0-0 draw against Magpies in the last outing, as the latter played out their first competitive game since winning the Rock Cup final on penalties in April.

According to the Smart Acca, 23.3% of games this season have seen Dundalk win and both teams score.

Derry City and Havnar Bóltfelag come into this game with both sides sitting third in their domestic leagues after also drawing 0-0 in the first Europa Conference League first round qualifiers.

The first leg encounter was a dull one, as there were just three bookings and only four shots on target for both teams combined.

Boltfelag are heading into this one after scoring 37 times in the Faroe Islands Premier League from just 16 games, and only first place has scored more than them. At the same time, Derry has scored 33 goals and won 12 games, drawing seven other matches from the 25 matches in the League of Ireland Premier Division

According to the Smart Acca, 15% of both these two sides' games this season have ended with both teams scoring and a draw.