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Saturday’s Mega Accumulator Tips
Spartans should shake themselves out of what has been something of a slump lately when they make the short journey across Scotland’s capital to face Edinburgh City.
The visitors have won only one of their last eight games across all competitions but they have had a particularly hard run of fixtures, playing Championship side Livingston and Premiership Aberdeen in the cups, as well as all of the current top four in League Two. Indeed, the only fixture they have played against an opponent currently below them, they won, overcoming Forfar at home.
Edinburgh, meanwhile, are rock bottom of League Two, having endured a difficult start to the campaign that has seen them take only six points from eight matches. Of these, only a single point has come at home, with that taken via a draw against Bonnyrigg. Their guests on that occasion played with 10 men for more than 40 minutes.
With the home side’s morale low after conceding a last-minute winner against fellow strugglers Stranraer last Saturday, they will do well to bounce back against an opponent much stronger than them on paper.
Championship side Airdrie are a huge price to record a comfortable victory over East Kilbride of the Lowland League on Saturday given that they have already beaten their guests 8-0 this season in the League Cup.
On that occasion, East Kilbride did play with a weakened team, yet there is little doubt that the hosts will want to put on a similar show of strength in this match as they aim to play themselves back into form after what has been a disappointing campaign to date.
Rhys McCabe’s home side have not won a league match since the opening day of the season and this match will have been targeted as one in which they need to show their best. Indeed, there will be a premium placed on winning this game that would not otherwise be the case had they been in a stronger league position.
East Kilbride come into this game after three successive wins but face bridging a major leap in quality for this match. A team that likes to play passing football and tries to stick to its attacking principles, this ploy works well against lesser opponents but threatens to leave them exposed against better sides, as it did so emphatically earlier this season.
Barrow got their season back on track last weekend and they will expect to make it two wins from two when struggling Morecambe visit Holker Street on Saturday.
The hosts suffered from something of a hangover in the EFL Cup, in which they were thumped 5-0 by Chelsea, as they suffered subsequent losses against Gillingham and Doncaster, who sit second and fourth in the League Two standings respectively.
Back on home territory, though, they came from behind to beat Cheltenham last weekend and will expect to record a more comfortable victory over Morecambe this time around. After all, they have won four and drawn one at home in the league this season, scoring ten and conceding only two.
By contrast, Morecambe come into this match after losing 2-1 to Accrington last weekend in a loss that has sent them to the foot of the standings. It was a fourth defeat in five away matches this season, which is a record that does not bode well for playing a team that has been in such accomplished form at home.
Partick and Falkirk meet for the second time this season on Saturday, with the home side gunning for revenge after going down 2-1 the last time these sides met in an away encounter.
Back at Firhill, Partick have been a very different prospect this season. They are undefeated on home turf and have, impressively, kept four clean sheets in four league matches. Last weekend, they played out a scoreless draw against a Livingston side that has been going well in the league.
Indeed, Falkirk faced Livingston on Tuesday at home in a rearranged fixture, and that match promises to have taken some of the zip out of the Bairns’ legs ahead of this trip to Glasgow. It was a close-fought affair that finished without a goal.
Meanwhile, John McGlynn’s side have lost three of their last four away from home, albeit one was a League Cup defeat against Celtic. Indeed, while their road record of won three, lost one looks solid, three of these matches were played against the league’s bottom three teams.
Croatia should fancy their chances of getting a healthy home victory against an injury-hit Scotland side that will be without at least 10 players for the Nations League trip on Saturday.
Steve Clark’s Scotland side found the going tough in September as they lost to both Poland and Portugal, and while they equipped themselves well in Lisbon, going down 2-1 after initially leading in that game, they should expect to have it difficult against a very accomplished Croatia team.
The Croats managed a whopping 36 shots across their first Nations League matches yet somehow only managed to score a single goal in each match (one through Luka Modric, the other an own goal). Head coach Zlatko Dalic will feel that the dam will need to burst at some point, and with Scotland badly depleted in defence, they may be the team that feels the full wrath of this Croatia side.
Portugal will face Poland as they aim to maintain their perfect Nations League record this autumn, and while they will fancy their chances of getting the victory, doing so with a clean sheet will be a major challenge for Roberto Martinez’s side, who have increasingly had a habit of conceding.
Indeed, Portugal have leaked a goal in eight of the 14 matches they have played in 2024, including each of their last two. On the other hand, their scoring power is imperious, with Martinez using the strength off his bench to bring on Cristiano Ronaldo to defeat Scotland in September.
Poland, meanwhile, have a positive offensive record, even if they failed to score last time out against Croatia away from home. Prior to that match, they had netted in ten of their previous 11 matches. They have also scored at least once in each of their last nine home outings, dating back to a September 2022 defeat against the Netherlands.
Portugal are likely to get the win, but they will certainly have to work for it, and the odds of Poland finding the net in defeat look appetising.
100/1 Mega Accumulator Challenge Progress
Date of Acca | Legs won | Odds | |
1 | Saturday 5th October 2024 | 1/5 | 108.67 |
2 | Saturday 12th October 2024 | 2/6 | 113.0 |
3 | Saturday 19th October 2024 | … | … |
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