Football BTTS Acca Tips: Best picks for this weekend's action

With another weekend of football in the Premier League and EFL on the horizon, we’re back with our best BTTS acca tips after coming agonisingly close to landing last week’s 15/2 four-fold; Southampton v West Ham the only game letting us down. 

Let’s hope for a little more luck this time out, as we’ve handpicked another four-fold which pays just under 10/1 with SBK. Three of the below game’s kick off at 3pm on Saturday, with one kicking off a little later at 5:30pm.

Fulham v Reading

Fulham returned to winning ways in emphatic style on Wednesday, thumping Birmingham 4-1 at St Andrew’s after surprisingly losing 1-0 to Blackpool last weekend. Marco Silva’s side still top the pile in the Championship and I fancy them to collect all three points against Reading, but I’m not convinced in their ability to keep a clean sheet at Craven Cottage.

The west London side conceded away at Blackpool on Saturday and couldn’t shut Birmingham out completely in midweek so I think the Royals can net at least once in this one, especially considering how easily they are finding scoring at the minute, with six goals scored in their previous two Championship outings (3-3 and 3-1). 

Cheltenham v Oxford

All seven of Cheltenham’s league matches have seen both sides find the net! This weekend they welcome an Oxford side who have seen BTTS land in five of their seven league encounters so far (71%) which - on paper - screams a goal-fest, does it not? 

Each of Oxford’s three away games has been BTTS and with the likes of James Henry in fine form this term - scoring four goals in six so far - I’m confident in the visitors’ chances of finding the net at least once. Cheltenham, meanwhile, have scored four and conceded five in their previous three home games, so there’s plenty of cause for optimism for this selection. 

Mansfield v Rochdale

Delving down into League Two and Mansfield v Rochdale catches my eye. The hosts have been largely disappointing so far this season after beginning the campaign as one of the favourites for promotion and currently sit in 21st on just 7 points. Six of their seven league games this term have resulted in a BTTS scoreline (86%, no side has a higher percentage in L2), while their opponents for this weekend have seen it land in five of their seven games (71%).

Rochdale have begun brightly and sit sixth in the table ahead of this clash; they’ve scored eight goals in their last three games in all competitions but did concede two away at Port Vale a fortnight ago, and have only kept two clean sheets in League Two so far this season which suggests Mansfield could find some joy in front of goal. 

Aston Villa v Everton (5:30 K.O)

Normally we try and keep these acca’s to the 3pm fixtures but I just couldn’t ignore this selection. Two sides with some fantastic attacking talent lock horns at Villa Park in the day’s evening kick-off and it should (in theory) be a corker. Everton are unbeaten so far this season, winning three of their opening four league games whilst scoring an impressive 10 goals in the process. 

The Toffees have only managed to keep one clean sheet so far, however, and up against a heavily attack-minded Villa side and away from home, I can see that trend continuing. Dean Smith’s side failed to get on the scoresheet against Chelsea last week but their overall performance at Stamford Bridge was much better than the 3-0 scoreline suggested. 

Prior to that defeat, the Villans had scored 11 goals in four games (all comps) and if the likes of Danny Ings and Ollie Watkins are firing on all cylinders, they’ll be really tough to keep out this weekend. Defensively they are susceptible, though, highlighted last weekend when they shipped three against Chelsea and before that when they conceded to both Brentford and Watford in their previous Premier League battles.