Football Accumulator Tips: French finale features in 20/1 Sunday five-fold

It's Sunday acca time, and we head to Brazil, Spain and France for our five selections.

Read on for my Football Accumulator Tips for Sunday, 17 May, with this five-leg acca paying out at over 20/1.

Santos (H) to beat Coritiba (15:00 BST) @ 7/10

Santos and Coritiba have played each other twice in the past month, drawing 0-0 at the former's Estadio Urbano Caldeira in the first leg of their Copa do Brasil round-of-32 tie on 22 April before Wednesday's return fixture at the Estadio Couto Pereira, where the visiting side came out on top with a 2-0 win.

Santos are now seven games unbeaten across all competitions, albeit they drew the first five of those, winning their last two by a 2-0 scoreline.

Coritiba, on the other hand, are five matches without a victory (D2, L3).

Sunday's visitors started their league away campaign brilliantly, picking up 10 points from their first four games on the road, but they've only claimed a single point from the last four on their travels, losing back-to-back matches against Gremio (1-0) and Vitoria (4-1).

Santos beat Red Bull Bragantino 2-0 at home last time out in the Campeonato Brasileiro, with Neymar opening the scoring just before half-time. The former Barcelona and PSG star has been in great form this month, scoring twice and registering an assist across three appearances, and he should help to lead his side to all three points on Sunday.

Osasuna (H) to beat Espanyol (18:00 BST) @ 23/20

Over to Spain now for a big game between Osasuna and Espanyol.

While the two teams sit 13th and 14th, respectively, level on 42 points with two rounds of fixtures remaining, neither is safe from relegation yet, with two of the bottom three in La Liga on 39 points.

An 18-game winless run looked to have consigned Espanyol to La Liga 2, but they roared back to life on Wednesday, beating Athletic Club 2-0 on home soil, while Osasuna's 2-1 home defeat to Atletico Madrid a day prior made it three defeats in a row.

However, it's Osasuna who I am backing to emerge triumphant from Sunday's match at the Estadio El Sadar.

Los Rojillos have lost their last two home games, but their opponents were La Liga winners Barcelona (1-2) and UEFA Champions League semi-finalists Atletico Madrid (1-2). Prior to those defeats, Osasuna were 10 matches unbeaten at El Sadar, and only five clubs have picked up more home points this season than Alessio Lisci's side (32).

Espanyol, meanwhile, have failed to win any of their 10 away games this calendar year (D3, L7), losing their last three on the road.

Osasuna have beaten Espanyol in the last two meetings in Pamplona, and I expect that victorious run to be extended to three on Sunday.

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Lyon (H) to beat Lens (20:00 BST) @ 8/11

Now to France, where Lyon are looking to at least keep hold of fourth place in Ligue 1 and a UEFA Europa League spot, and potentially steal third ahead of Lille and claim a Champions League berth.

Les Gones are a point ahead of fifth-placed Rennes and a point behind Lille, so they will be going all out for the win against Lens at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais, knowing that dropping points could prove fatal to either objective.

A 2-1 defeat at Toulouse last weekend ended a five-game unbeaten run that had included four straight wins, but a return home, where they have collected three consecutive victories, should help them in their quest.

Their opponents on Sunday, Lens, are guaranteed to finish second, so there is little for them to play for here, which should help the hosts.

Lens are much better at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis, too, picking up a league-high 42 points at home compared to 25 on the road, and they've failed to win any of their last four away games (D2, L2).

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Both Teams to Score - Yes in Botafogo RJ vs Corinthians (20:00 BST) @ 10/11

Back to Brazil for the final two contests of this acca, and first up is a Rio-Sao Paulo clash between Botafogo and Corinthians.

Both sides have endured poor starts to the league season, sitting 14th and 16th, respectively, on 18 points at the start of Sunday.

Scoring goals hasn't been an issue for Fogo, who have scored in their last 10 Serie A encounters, but keeping them out at the other end has been an issue, as they are yet to keep a clean sheet in 14 games this season, with BTTS-Yes landing in 12.

Corinthians, meanwhile, have experienced the other side, scoring just 13 goals in 15 matches, but also conceding just 15 times. They've found the net in their last three, though, so perhaps they've started to address their goalscoring problem.

The last three head-to-heads have produced at least one goal for either side, and given the defensive issues both are encountering recently, it might be prudent to back goals in Sunday's meeting at the Estadio Olimpico Nilton Santos.

Both Teams to Score - Yes in Chapecoense vs Remo (22:30 BST) @ 4/5

Chapecoense secured a morale-boosting 2-0 victory over Botafogo in the second leg of their Copa do Brasil tie on Thursday to reach the last 16 of the competition. The Verdao have now scored in their last six games across all competitions, although they've only kept a single clean sheet in that run.

Their opponents at the Arena Condo, Remo, were also winners in midweek, beating Bahia 2-1 to advance to the last 16 5-2 on aggregate.

While Sunday's game is a bottom-of-the-table clash between 20th-placed Chapecoense and 19th-placed Remo, recent results should have inspired both, and we could see both get on the scoresheet this Sunday.

Remo have beaten Botafogo 2-1 away from home and drawn 1-1 at home to Palmeiras in their last two league games, while Chapecoense have scored in their last four league matches, holding Mirassol to a 1-1 draw last time out on their travels.

Chapecoense and Remo met twice in Serie B last season, playing out a couple of 1-1 draws, and I'm backing both teams to get on the scoresheet again this weekend.