Weekend acca predictions: Five teams to back across Europe
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Recommended bets:
- Mainz to beat St. Pauli
- Torino to beat AC Milan
- Santa Clara to win at CF Estrela
- Strasbourg to beat Brest
- Draw or Leganes Double Chance at Real Sociedad
Torino boast a decent record against AC Milan and can upset the odds in Serie A, while we also fancy wins for Santa Clara in Portugal, Strasbourg in France, Mainz in Germany and Leganes to avoid defeat at Real Sociedad in La Liga.
Saturday, 2.30pm
Mainz, 3-0 winners at St Pauli in October, can complete the double over their injury-plagued guests.
The Hamburg side have got eight men missing, US international midfielder Julian Sands the latest to join the list after picking up a knock in last week's 1-0 home defeat to Freiburg.
Sixth-placed Mainz are in decent form with eight wins in their last 13 and 16 points from a possible 18 in their last six home games. And that is a run which includes a 3-1 win over Borussia Dortmund and a 2-1 triumph over Bayern Munich.
Saturday, 5pm
It has been a tough week for AC Milan and it does not get any easier on Saturday afternoon when they head to Turin to take on Torino.
This is a real bogey match for the Rossoneri who have won on only one of of their last 11 trips to Torino, and have lost the last two.
Already feeling sorry for themselves after their Champions League exit at the hands of Feyenoord on Tuesday, Torino are more than capable of exploiting any after-effects.
The Granata have lost only one of their last eight games.
Sunday, 3.30pm
Azorean upstarts Santa Clara are enjoying a superb season back in the Primeira Liga after promotion, and can maintain their wholly unlikely push for European qualification by winning in Amadora at CF Estrela.
The fifth-placed side have been good enough to win 1-0 at Sporting Lisbon and draw 1-1 at Porto and if they can achieve those successes then they should have little to fear from a trip to relegation-threatened Estrela.
Jose Faria's side, beaten 1-0 at Santa Clara in September, won 1-0 at bottom side Boavista last week but were without a win in six before that and Boavista are no guide.
Sunday, 4.15pm
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Brest's remarkable Champions League baptism ended in a savage 7-0 mauling at Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday and now they face a second tricky away assignment in just four days.
They should not get hit for seven by Strasbourg on Sunday but it is a thankless, long trip to the Alsace for Eric Roy's injury-hit group to take on a side in good form.
Liam Rosenior's side have lost only one of their last nine in Ligue 1 and come off a pair of 2-0 wins, at home to Montpellier and away at Lens.
Sunday, 8pm
There are three home bankers on Sunday's LaLiga coupon, yet Leganes are more than capable of upsetting the odds in San Sebastian.
Sociedad are going well enough in the Europa League but have lost four of their last five in the league and have Igor Zubeldia and Sheraldo Becker suspended.
Leganes have been good enough to beat both Barcelona and Atletico over the last couple of months so should not be under-rated.
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