Here we take a look at Smart Acca Picks for Thursday, with this one being a long-shot at 534/1 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 the Europa League and Europa Conference League.
Atalanta go head-to-head with Liverpool at the Gewiss Stadium on Thursday night.
The home side were held to a 2-2 draw by Hellas Verona following their sensational 3-0 victory at Anfield where Gianluca Scamacca (2) and Mario Pasalic got on the scoresheet. In the run up to this game, La Dea suffered 2-1 and 1-0 defeats to Cagliari and Fiorentina after an impressive 3-0 win away at Napoli.
Liverpool are without a win in their last three matches following their shock 1-0 home defeat by Crystal Palace on Sunday. Jurgen Klopp’s side were held to a 2-2 draw by Manchester United before their 3-0 defeat to Atalanta. In the run-up to the aforementioned matches, Liverpool managed 3-1 and 2-1 wins over Sheffield United and Brighton.
AS Roma will be looking to continue their impressive start to life under Daniele De Rossi when they host AC Milan at the Stadio Olimpico.
The Giallorossi have won three of their last four games, all by 1-0 scorelines over AC Milan, Lazio and Sassuolo while drawing 0-0 with Lecce. De Rossi’s men thrashed Brighton 4-1 on aggregate in the Europa League’s Round of 16.
AC Milan played out a thrilling 3-3 draw with relegation-battling Sassuolo at the weekend following their 1-0 first leg defeat to Roma. Stefano Pioli’s men had been on a three-game winning streak prior to defeat to Thursday’s opponents having beaten Lecce 3-0, Fiorentina 2-1 and Hellas Verona 3-1.
Aston Villa travel to France on Thursday where they’ll face off against Lille for a play in the semi-finals of the Europa Conference League.
Lille were beaten 2-1 in the first leg of this tie following goals by Ollie Watkins and John McGinn before Bafode Diakite pulled back a potentially crucial goal in the 84th-minute. Lille’s domestic form has been solid of late, following 3-1 and 2-1 victories over Marseille and Lens after a 1-1 draw at Brest.
Unai Emery’s side earned a sensational 2-0 win away at Arsenal on Sunday as Leon Bailey and Watkins scored late goals to strengthen their chances of qualifying for the Champions League next season. Before Villa’s 2-1 win over Lille, they had drawn 3-3 with Brentford after a 4-1 defeat to Manchester City and a 2-0 home victory over Wolves.
Fenerbahce takes on Olympiakos in what is likely to be a fiercely contested second leg in the Europa Conference League’s quarter-final.
The hosts managed to beat Union Saint-Gilloise 3-1 on aggregate to progress to this round and have recently managed 3-2, 4-2 and 2-1 league victories over Trabzonspor, Adana Demirspor and Fatih Karagümrük. In the first leg of this tie, Fener were narrowly beaten 3-2 by Olympiakos as the Greek outfit raced into a three-goal lead thanks to strikes from Kostas Fortounis, Stevan Jovetic and Chiquinho before Dusan Tadic and Irfan Kahveci pulled back two goals in the tie for the Turks.
Olympiakos’ last match was their 3-2 win over Fenerbahce, while in the run-up to that game, they had beaten Lamia 5-1 and Aris 3-0 after a 1-0 loss at AEK Athens and a thumping 4-1 away win over Maccabi Tel Aviv.
PAOK versus Club Brugge is the final game on this Smart Acca, with this match coming from the quarter-finals of the Europa Conference League.
Răzvan Lucescu’s side have failed to win their last two games, following their 1-0 defeat to Club Brugge after a 2-2 draw with AEK Athens. PAOK had won three matches in a row ahead of the aforementioned fixtures as they’d beaten Lamia 3-1, Panathinaikos 3-2 and Dinamo Zagreb 5-1.
Club Brugge have won all of their last three matches as they’ve beaten the likes of Antwerp 3-0 and Anderlecht 3-1 on either side of a 1-0 home win over PAOK where Hugo Vetlesen scored the only goal in a game that the Belgian outfit dominated. Ronny Deila’s side had drawn 1-1 with Cercle Brugge after a narrow 2-1 defeat at Sint-Truiden prior to their victory over Anderlecht.
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