13 December 2024 Football Tips

The Weekly Acca: Four smart bets to combine this weekend

Written by: James Walters Sports Betting Expert
3 min to read
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While there are huge Premier League games this weekend, we’ll mainly be focusing on the European big boys. Here at FIRST, we’ve got four value plays from England, Germany and Spain

Leg 1 – Bayern Munich to beat Mainz @ 47/100 [Saturday 2.30pm]

Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich look to extend their unbeaten start to the domestic campaign as they travel to Mainz.

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Vincent Kompany's side, who won 5-1 at Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League in midweek, have claimed 10 wins and drawn three of their 13 games. They've also scored 41 times and conceded a Bundesliga-best 10 goals.

Mainz had won three in a row prior to their 4-3 defeat at Wolfsburg last time out and they'll be feeling deflated given the winner came in the 94th minute.

Bayern could be without the injured Harry Kane but they will still have far too much quality for Mainz. They've scored 24 times in their seven away league games so back a Bayern win.

Leg 2 – Real Madrid to beat Rayo Vallecano & over 1.5 goals @ 97/100 [Saturday 8pm]

Real Madrid have the opportunity to leapfrog Barcelona and go top of La Liga as they travel to 12th-placed Rayo Vallecano.

Carlo Ancelotti's side have won four of their last five in the league, while they come into Saturday's clash on the back of their impressive 3-2 win at Atalanta in the Champions League.

Kylian Mbappe was forced off against Atalanta but Vinicius Junior is back and Real Madrid should have too much class for Rayo Vallecano, who had lost three in a row prior to their win against Valencia last time out.

We're also adding in over 1.5 goals as there have been two or more goals in all 16 of Real Madrid's La Liga matches.

Leg 3 – Chelsea to beat Brentford & over 2.5 goals @ 27/50 [Sunday 7pm]

Premier League title contenders Chelsea host Brentford on Sunday with the Blues looking to close the gap on Liverpool.

Chelsea have won their last four league games while scoring 14 times. They host a Brentford side who have lost six of their seven away outings.

We're backing the Blues to continue their fine form and there's value in chucking in over 2.5 goals. Chelsea's games average 3.5 goals, while Brentford's tally is 3.9!

Leg 4 – Barcelona over 2.5 team goals vs Leganes @ 59/100 [Sunday 8pm]

Finally, we’re back in La Liga for Barcelona vs Leganes.

If Real Madrid win on Saturday night, Hansi Flick's side will need a victory if they are to go top again.

Barcelona have triumphed in just one of their last five in the league but they pulled off an impressive 3-2 win at Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League on Wednesday.

The home side should beat Leganes, who are hovering above the relegation zone but instead, we're backing over 2.5 Barcelona goals.

With veteran striker Robert Lewandowski on top form, Flick's men have scored 50 times in their 17 outings which is an average of 2.94 goals per game. Leganes have conceded 11 in their last five, so expect goals!

FIRST's weekly acca overall odds: 6/1 with Mr.Play

[UK Time]. Odds correct at the time of writing.

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