Free Football Accumulator Tips

Portugal to win Euro 2024 7/1

It seems Portugal have become a lot of people’s fancies for Euro 2024 now and they are certainly ours.

France are the obvious choice as they know each other inside out and are usually nailed on to do well at a tournament under Deschamps and it always helps to have one of if not the best player in the world, Kylian Mbappe.

England are 7/2 favourites which absolutely blows my mind. I hope they do it but to be 7/2 with the defence we’ll have lining up seems absolutely mental and I just cannot back them at the odds.

Germany have to be taken seriously, home advantage counts massively. Just look at England in Euro 2020. They have a strong side but I do feel they could just fall short towards the latter stages whether that be in the semi or the final.

Portugal massively remind me of Italy in the last Euro’s. They were not being tipped as one of the favourites but had performed unbelievably well in the qualifying and had a strong squad with plenty of experience. Italy won all 10 games in Euro 2020 qualifying scoring 37 and conceding just 4 goals.

Portugal this time around have won all 10 games, scoring 36 goals and conceding just 2 goals so you can see that similarity.

The Portugal squad is absolutely stacked. They have players of elite quality in almost every position as well as back ups in most positions. Regardless of whether you question Ronaldo or whether they should play him, he was the second top scorer in qualifying and has more experience of international tournaments than any other player who will feature. He scored 10 goals in qualifying and bagged another 2 this week in a friendly against Ireland and he’s 100% going to be a man on a mission at this tournament after Messi bagged himself the World Cup in 2022.

You have the likes of Cancelo, Dias, Palhinha, Bruno Fernandes, Bernardo Silva, Jota, Joao Felix, Rafael Leao who will be either starting or coming off the bench plus many more.

Solid defence, one of the best defensive midfielders at the tournament, an unbelievably creative midfield and goals galore in attack – they tick every box for us and we’ll make them our favourites to win the tournament.

Outsiders

Take your pick of how to play these here. We aren’t saying these sides will win the tournament but that they can have a good run and upset a few of the “bigger” nations. You will be able to back things like teams to reach quarters/semi’s as safer options if you prefer those.

Austria 80/1 each way & 9/1 to reach the semi’s

Austria are thriving under Ralf Rangnick. They finished just 1 point behind Belgium in the qualifiers and lost just 1 game (2-3 at home to Belgium). They have some good players going slightly under the radar and a good run at this tournament is definitely on the cards. Rangnick plays with a high press and Laimer, Baumgartner, Sabitzer & Gregoritisch have enough to score goals against anybody on their day. They have a tough group consisting of France, Netherlands & Poland but as mentioned we really don’t fancy Poland and to be honest it would not be a surprise if Austria get something against The Dutch. A 2nd or 3rd placed finish here is highly likely in our opinion. If they manage to sneak into second position then they play the runner up of group E which would mean a game against 1 of Belgium, Ukraine, Slovakia or Romania and none of those are matches they couldn’t win.

Ukraine 100/1 each & 12/1 to reach semi’s

Ukraine only missed out on 2nd spot in the qualifying group on goal difference to Italy, conceding less but scoring a few less than Italy ultimately cost them an automatic spot. There is nothing stopping them potentially winning this group with Belgium, Slovakia & Romania being the other 3 sides.

Ukraine made it to the quarters in 2020 and this time around they have Dobvyk leading the line who was La Liga’s top goalscorer this season which bodes well for them given they have some incredible attacking players.

I love the link between Tsygankov & Dobvyk having both played for Girona together this season and in a side who unexpectedly made the Champions League. Tsygankov scored 8 goals and had 7 assists in La Liga this season.

Sudakov is one of Europe’s best youngsters and Mudryk plays well for Ukraine in comparison to Chelsea.

They have some good individual defenders as well as having Andriy Lunin in goal who’s performed unbelievably well for Real Madrid this season. They have enough quality to potentially go deep in this tournament.

Top Goalscorer bets

There are the usual candidates at the top of the market for this and rightly so in the likes of Kane, Mbappe, Lukaku and Ronaldo. There is nearly always a surprise or players at big odds who get into each way places for the top scorer bets (Schick was 150/1 in Euro 2020 and tied Ronaldo with 5 goals) so we’ll happily look at some long shots who could run well.

Out of the players at the top of the market it would be Ronaldo and Lukaku at 12’s and 14’s but they don’t really need much explaining.

For outsider longshots at each way prices we have a fair few fancies. In Euro 2020 it would have taken 4 goals to place meanwhile in 2016 Griezmann won with 6 but then 6 x players finished joint 2nd with just 3 goals each. Therefore we need to look at players who we think COULD score 3 or more goals and have the potential to score 4 with a good run in the tournament.

We have focused mainly on players who feature for the 3 sides who we fancy to do well as underdogs at the tournament (Austria, Ukraine & Hungary) as it makes sense to get behind sides who you think might play more games by going deeper into the tournament.

Dobvyk (Ukraine) is 50/1 each way on Bet365 with with each being top 4 at ¼ or you can get 45/1 on Paddy Power with the each way being 1/5 but covering 5 places.

I just cannot ignore a player who we know will lead the line every game and who has built up rapport with a club team mate as well as scoring a ridiculous 24 goals domestically in Spain for a side who weren’t fancied to finish where they did. Factor in no scary group stage matches as they face Belgium, Slovakia and Romania and he could get himself multiple goals even before the knockouts.

Now the more random ones and these are obviously just tiny stakes fun pokes…

Dominik Szoboszlai (Hungary) 200/1 sky bet 5 places each way

You may have noticed us putting him in a few bets on the Twitter page, so it makes sense to properly back it up. Since starting researching a couple of weeks ago he is 1 player who stands out in terms of shots, set piece taking and being the main man for a nation. He’s obviously not prolific but he scored 4 in 8 qualifiers and has 12 international goals to his name at the young age of 23. He’ll be involved in nearly everything in the attack for Hungary so lets see if he can bag a few goals and get us excited.

Roland Sallai (Hungary) 350/1 Bet365 4 places each way

Ridiculous shout but he’s a good player who has performed well this season for Freiburg. Absolutely loves a shot from all angles and ranges and averaged 2.7 per 90 in the Bundesliga this season. He’s certainly not a player who scores bags full of goals. That being said, Szoboszlai has 12 goals in 42 Hungary apps and Sallai has 13 in 49 so at 350/1 he’s worth a pop on the off chance.

Barnabas Varga (Hungary – again!) 250/1 on Betfair 5 places each way

A player admittedly I had not much of a clue about until studying for this tournament. Varga leads the line for Hungary with Sallai and Szoboszlai just behind usually. He’s 29 and plays for Ferencvaros in Hungary.

In the 22/23 season he was the top scorer in the Hungarian league with 26 goals and his exploits got him the move to Ferencvaros where in the 23/24 season where he did it again, this time scoring 20 goals! He made his Hungary debut in 2023 and went on to score 4 goals in 6 qualifying appearances! He scored the same amount as Szoboszlai in less appearances and bagged another 2 in a friendly against Israel a few days ago + an assist in an hour on the pitch so he is clearly full of confidence. Just because he’s a relatively unknown player and not someone most are familiar with doesn’t mean he can’t go and score a few and put himself out there for a bigger move in Europe after the Euro’s.

Either that or Hungary fail miserably, Varga doesn’t even go close and we look like idiots but hey, the explanation above hopefully shows there is some method to the madness!

Last but not least…

Michael Gregoritsch (Austria) 200/1 BetVictor or 150/1 Bet365 each way 4 places

We have to put the Austrian striker in having backed Austria as an outsider. 4 goals in 6 qualifiers and thriving under Rangnick. Sabitzer and Baumgartner are others who we could have selected but given that Gregoritsch has scored 8 in his last 12 apps for Austria we’ll side with him. He also scored a hat trick against Turkey in a friendly back in March.

He averaged 4 shots per 90 for Freiburg this season so he’s another player who does not hesitate to take a shot on goal when given the opportunity. If that happens and we get some luck, who’s to say he doesn’t score a few goals in the tournament? Nobody expected Schick to do it in 2020!

T’s & C’s apply #ad 18+ begambleaware.org 

For more football betting news, insights & information visit bet365 news