Here we take a look at Smart Acca Picks for Friday’s action, with this one being a long shot at around 31/1 chosen by Smart Acca via the Free FA Betting Hub App.
This is a Match Result & Over 2.5 Goals accumulator and is a five-fold featuring games from the UEFA European Championship qualifiers and International Friendlies.
Andorra versus Switzerland is the first game to feature on this list, with the visitors looking to maintain their place at the top of Group I ahead of Romania.
The home side have failed to win all of their last five matches, with 1-1 draws against Kosovo and Latvia being their best results on either side of 1-0 losses to Austria, Gibraltar as well as a 2-0 home defeat to Romania.
All of Switzerland’s last four matches have seen the Over 2.5 Goals market land, as following a 1-0 defeat to Brazil in the World Cup in Qatar, they beat Serbia 3-2, before being thrashed 6-1 by Portugal. Since then, Switzerland have comfortably beaten Belarus 5-0 and Israel 3-0.
In Group D, Turkey travels to Latvia knowing that they can’t afford to lose any more ground on the likes of Wales and Croatia in the standings.
The last time Latvia managed a win was back on 14th June against Liechtenstein via a 2-0 scoreline. Since then, they have been beaten 2-1 by Moldova, while managing a 1-1 draw with Andorra, before suffering further 3-2 and 1-0 losses to the Republic of Ireland and Wales.
Prior to Turkey’s 2-0 home loss to Croatia last time out, all of their other four matches have seen Over 2.5 Goals scored, following 2-1 wins over Armenia, the Czech Republic and Scotland after a shock 2-1 defeat away at the Faroe Islands.
Sweden hosts New Zealand at the Friends Arena in what is a meeting of 22nd against 100th in the FIFA World Rankings.
Sweden’s last three matches have seen the Over 2.5 Goals market land, having beaten Azerbaijan 5-0 and Iceland 2-1 on either side of a 3-0 home defeat to Belgium. Prior to the aforementioned matches, Janne Andersson’s men had managed back-to-back 2-0 victories over Finland and Algeria in international friendlies.
On the other hand, New Zealand managed a 2-1 win at home to China last time out after drawing 0-0 with them just three days before their victory. On top of this, the All Whites have also been beaten 2-0 and 1-0 by Australia, while only managing a 0-0 draw with Oman.
Denmark goes up against Northern Ireland in Group H, with Kasper Hjulmand’s side searching for form following a disappointing 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
The Danes were knocked out in the Group Stages of the World Cup following a 0-0 draw with Tunisia, on top of 2-1 and 1-0 losses to France and Australia. Since then, things haven’t got too much better, as following a 3-1 home win over Finland where Rasmus Hojlund scored a hat-trick, they suffered a shock 3-2 defeat away at Kazakhstan where the Atalanta forward bagged another brace.
Northern Ireland are in need of the points if they are going to stand a chance of qualifying from Group H, having already suffered a 1-0 home loss to Finland following a 2-0 win away at San Marino. Prior to these matches, the Green and White Army had been beaten 3-1 by Greece in the Nations League after a 2-1 win over Kosovo and a 2-2 draw with Cyprus.
The final game on this list sees Germany make the short trip to Poland, with this being an international friendly due to Die Mannschaft being the host nation of Euro 2024.
Until their recent 1-0 win over Albania, Poland’s last victory had come all the way back in the World Cup group stages when they beat Saudi Arabia 2-0 thanks to goals by Piotr Zielinski and Robert Lewandowski. In between these victories, they had been beaten 2-0 by Argentina, as well as 3-1 by both France and the Czech Republic.
Germany have played some entertaining matches of late, as since drawing 1-1 with Spain and beating Costa Rica 4-2 in Qatar, Hansi Flick’s men have defeated Peru 2-0, while losing 3-2 to Belgium and drawing 3-3 at home to Ukraine as Niclas Fullkrug, Kai Havertz and Joshua Kimmich all got on the scoresheet in the latter mentioned game.
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