Football Accumulator Tips: Goalscorer treble for Thursday's Europa League action
After the Champions League got back underway on Tuesday and Wednesday, Europe's club competitions get down to the nitty gritty as we welcome back Europa League Thursday nights.
As has been the case with each of the midweek offerings, we've assessed the markets and combined a number of selections every day to form an accumulator across those fixtures.
Here we've taken a liking to a trio of anytime goalscorers, providing you with the leading price for all three picks as singles, along with the best odds for the treble. Read what they are and why we're confident they can bring home the bacon...
Football Accumulator Tips
Gabriel Martinelli to score anytime vs FC Zurich
The two lesser European competitions both throw an equal number of curveballs at the English sides' starting XIs. But with several options confined to the treatment table for Arsenal, Mikel Arteta is likely to keep some of his most dangerous individuals in the team that travels to Switzerland.
Martinelli has come into his own over the past 12 months or so, when complications with the likes of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette helped pave the way for his permanent integration into the first team fold.
He's adopted a wide-left position in the trio that sits behind the lone striker in the Gooners' 4-2-3-1 system, playing as an inside forward who capitalises on every opportunity to drag the ball in-field and get shots off on goal.
His numbers for the new season and last support the effect he's having too - the Brazilian posting three goals from six appearances, and only having missed out on 16 minutes of Premier League action for the North London outfit so far this term.
For both shots (20) and shots on target (8), no other Arsenal player has amassed more in the start to this fresh campaign, building on totals of 52 and 16 in these departments last term which saw him register the third-highest and fifth-highest tallies of any AFC player in the league.
Arsenal head to Zurich as overwhelming favourites, and even with a number of changes, should have enough attacking talent on display to cruise to victory.
Paulo Dybala to score anytime vs Ludogorets
Roma will be desperate to put behind a sour 4-0 drubbing at the hands of Udinese when they face Ludogorets in what they hope will be the beginning of their journey towards further continental silverware.
A strenuous calendar and question marks over his team's performance during their last outing should enforce changes by Jose Mourinho here, but one man who is expected to maintain his place is summer recruit Paulo Dybala.
Europa Conference League 21/22 top goalscorer Tammy Abraham will be sidelined due to a shoulder injury, so it'll be Dybala's responsibility to provide for the incoming Andrea Belotti.
But as we know, the Argentine is a tricky customer who can also manoeuvre his way into all sorts of promising positions no matter where he's originally stationed on the field.
Just look at the fact that he's level for shots taken with teammate Tammy Abraham in Serie A this season on 17 - the joint-fourth highest in the division - falling just shy of the Englishman's eight registered shots on target, but boasting one more goal than his compadre.
The former Juve forward put up 16 goals in 29 Serie A appearances last campaign, while bulldozing his way through Malmo and Zenit St. Petersburg in their opening two UCL matches, where he scored three goals from 11 shots; five of which found the target.
Anthony Elanga to score anytime vs Real Sociedad
United's latest academy graduate is still shouldering his way into the first team picture on a regular basis under the now watchful eye of Erik ten Haag, but the signs have been reassuring for his long-term future at the club.
Game time can be difficult to come by when you're just a number among a stacked squad like what Manchester United possess. But Elanga has made the most of the minutes he's been granted lately, starting 3/4 of United's matches since that humiliating defeat to Brentford.
He's a direct wide player who likes to carry the ball forward and run at his opponents, using his pace and tenacity to create openings for the Red Devils.
Thursday presents a perfect opportunity for club, manager and player to make the most of a packed upcoming programme between now and the World Cup, with an expected start for the 20-year-old at Old Trafford.
Given Real Sociedad's preferred 4-4-2 diamond formation, Man Utd will have a lot of space to attack their narrow setup which is music to the ears of a talent like Elanga.
He will likely be carving chances for a focal point such as Cristiano Ronaldo up front, but the onus is on the home side to dominate the ball and a player of Anthony Elanga's talent can exploit openings in any area of the pitch, particularly in those pockets and behind the Spanish side's backline.
At 7/2, he attracts as both a single and the third selection in our Europa League goalscorer treble.
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