18/1 Friday football accumulator

England U21s take pride of place in our acca

Football fans are given a solid interest on Friday, thanks to a busy schedule from the Irish Premier League. There’s also two matches in the U21 European Championships to work with, including England vs Sweden. Will the Three Lions cubs live up to the heroics of their World Cup winning younger brothers?

Coral are betting on all Friday’s fixtures – click here to have your say. Having run through the long list, our football team give their idea of a worthwhile acca, with six sides picked out. Every £10 down pays £191, if our thinking proves to be shrewd.

England U21 beat Sweden U21

Looking to feed off the success of the U20 team winning the World Cup, England go into Friday’s tie knowing they have never lost to Sweden at this level of football before. The last meeting of the pair came in this tournament back in 2015, when Jesse Lingard scored the winner in a hard-fought 1-0. The side is littered with established stars, Nathan Redmond dropping back in, after making his senior debut against Germany. They boast the bulk of experience, and England start us off at a very attractive 3/4.

Poland U21 beat Slovakia U21

Poland are favourites for this match, and we must say they deserve to be. This will be the first competitive meeting between the pair, and Slovakia show the better recent form, going in on the back of a solid recent run, but we’re happy enough to oppose. Poland haven’t been quite so impressive of late, but they held their own against Italy pups, going down 2-1 earlier this year, and a similar showing should be enough here. 21/20 joins.

Dundalk beat Drogheda

Dundalk may be on the road, but they have been priced like losing isn’t an option in this Irish Premier League match. The picks are sitting towards the head of the table, and although they won’t get near runaway leaders Cork over the course of the season, they are on a solid run of form. Opponents Drogheda have found positives difficult to come by. 3/10 on the away win makes sense.