Here we take a look at Smart Acca Picks for Wednesday’s action, with this one being a long shot at 638/1 chosen by Smart Acca via the Free FA Betting Hub App.
This is a Match Result and Both Teams to Score accumulator, with fixtures coming from the Champions League’s First Qualifying Round, Chinese Super League & Gold Cup.
The first tip on this list comes from UEFA Champions League qualifying as Slovan Bratislava takes on Swift Hesperange in a battle between the champions of Slovakia and Luxembourg.
Vladimir Weiss’ men have won four of their last five games, having beaten Banska Bystrica 2-1 before losing to Podbrezova on the final day of the domestic league season, Bratislava have been in good form during pre-season, following 3-0, 2-1, 2-0 and 4-1 victories over the likes of Cluj, Ljubljana, Wisla Plock and Rapid Bucharest.
Swift Hesperange are unbeaten in their last five outings, having drawn 2-2 and 1-1 with Niedercorn and Jeunesse Esch after thumping 6-0 wins over Wiltz and Kaerjeng on either side of a 5-1 victory against Victoria Rosport.
In the semi-finals of the Gold Cup, USA takes on Panama in what could be a closely-fought contest between two of the pre-tournament favourites.
So far at the Gold Cup, the U.S have managed a 1-1 draw with Jamaica as well as back-to-back 6-0 wins over Saint Kitts and Nevis and Trinidad and Tobago before beating Canada on penalties after a 3-3 draw in the Round of 16.
Panama comfortably progressed from Group C as they managed to beat both Costa Rica and Martinique by 2-1 scorelines before drawing 2-2 against El Salvador. In the Round of 16, Panama thrashed Qatar 4-0 as Yoel Herrera and Ismael Diaz (3) got on the scoresheet.
Swedish Allsvenskan champions Hacken faces off against Welsh Premier Division champions The New Saints on Wednesday night.
Hacken are in solid form heading into this encounter, having managed 4-1, 2-0 an 3-0 victories over IFK Goteborg, Varberg and Mjallby before drawing 2-2 with Norrkoping and beating AIK 2-1.
The New Saints have been playing pre-season matches since thrashing Bala Town 6-0 in the Welsh Cup final. So far, they have managed 4-1 and 1-0 victories over the Crusaders and Macclesfield on either side of 2-1 and 3-1 defeats to Hamilton Academical and Cardiff City.
Shanghai Port and Wuhan Three Towns go up against one another in the Chinese Super League, with this being a meeting of first and seventh in the standings.
Javier Pereira’s side are unbeaten in their last four matches since their 1-0 loss to Chengdu Rongcheng, having beaten both Nantong Zhiyun and Beijing Guoan by 2-1 scorelines before drawing 1-1 in back-to-back games with Shandong Taishan and Dalian Pro.
Wuhan Three Towns are on a two-game winning run following 2-1 and 3-1 victories against Changchun Yatai and Shenzhen. In the run-up to these matches, Wuhan had drawn 0-0 with Dalian Pro, as well as 1-1 with both Shandong Taishan and Tianjin Jinmen Tiger.
The final game on this list sees Helsinki face first-time Northern Irish Premiership champions Larne in the UEFA Champions League qualifiers.
HJK who are the champions of Finland themselves are in poor form for their standards, as following 2-1 and 1-0 victories over Lahti and KTP, they have only managed 1-1 draws with Haka and Honka before suffering a 1-0 home defeat to Lahti.
On the other hand, Larne have won four of their last five matches, having thrashed the likes of H & W Welders 8-0 before going on to beat Haverfordwest 2-0 and Bangor FC 6-0. In the Charity Shield, Larne were beaten 2-0 by Crusaders, while their last match was in pre-season where they earned a 4-0 victory over Ballyclare.
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