18/1 Saturday football accumulator

Five sides expected to boost your balance

Football punters are working harder than ever to get their fix of weekend accumulator action, with fixtures becoming increasingly light on the ground. Saturday gives us a shot at winning big however, with games going ahead in the U21 European Championships, as well as the Irish Premier League.

We‘ve run the rule over the value, and return with our Saturday five-fold which, if our thinking proves to be smart, will help line your pockets. Every £10 down returns £186.30, with prices correct at the time of writing. Let’s flick through the contenders.

Portugal U21 beat Serbia U21

This will be the first competitive meeting of these two sides in history, and we’re taking Portugal to mark the occasion with a win. Both go in on the back of some seriously impressive recent form, the selections on an unbeaten run, and Serbia losing just one of their last five, the spare coming against Holland. This promises to be an entertaining match-up, but we’re giving the nod to Portugal, who ran out 7-1 winners over Liechtenstein recently. 4/5 looks the perfect way to get us started.

Russia beat New Zealand

Moving onto the Confederations Cup, and Russia look nailed on to do the business vs New Zealand, certainly according to the betting, with our traders marking them up as 2/7 jollies. Another international first here, and it’s easy to side with the favourites, as they are looking rock-solid at the back and aiming to inject confidence into the ranks in plenty of time for their World Cup next year. In front of their own fans they’ll shine against modest opposition.