Football Accumulator Tips: Back clean sheet kings Coritiba in 7/1 Friday four-fold

I've already tasted success in a Football Accumulator Tips column this week, as my 10.3/1 Tuesday five-fold delivered. I go looking for another winner on Friday, but at reduced odds of 7.58/1, although there is one fewer leg here.

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Match Result - KuPS (A) to beat AC Oulu (16:00 BST) @ 4/5

KuPS served me well on Tuesday as they thrashed IF Gnistan 6-2 at home to land the first leg of that five-fold.

I return to the Finnish Veikkausliiga for the first game of Friday's acca, and KuPS open up events again.

At the time of writing, the Keltamusta are top of the table, looking to claim back-to-back titles after breaking HJK's stranglehold last year.

Back-to-back defeats to Ilves (0-3) and Mariehamn (1-0) had stunted their progress in mid-June, but they ended the month with a 3-0 victory over HJK before starting July with a battering of Gnistan.

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Next up, the defending champions head to the Raati Stadium in Oulu and come up against a side, AC Oulu, in good form.

Friday's hosts have won their last two games, beating SJK (2-0) and VPS (2-1) at home, the first victory coming in the Suomen Cup, and the second in the Veikkausliiga.

The triumph over VPS was just their second of the season in the league, and they remain bottom on eight points after 13 games played, 21 points behind their next opponents.

Oulu are finally showing signs of life, but they've lost three times already to KuPS this year, going down 2-1 in the Liiga Cup and 1-0 in the Veikkausliiga, either side of a 2-0 friendly defeat.

All three matches were played at KuPS, so perhaps fortunes will be reversed on home soil, but I'm not holding out much hope, given Oulu have lost four of their six league games at home this year.

Match Result - Sport Huancayo (H) to beat Universidad Tecnica de Cajamarca (19:00 BST) @ 4/9

Moving to Liga 1 in Peru, Sport Huancayo take on Universidad Tecnica de Cajamarca at the Estadio Huancayo.

Friday's hosts are currently eighth in the table, nine points better off than their next opponents, who have lost five of their eight away games this season.

Huancayo, meanwhile, have won five of their eight home matches, including three of the last four, and are unbeaten on home soil since April 5.

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Cajamarca triumphed on their travels last time out, beating bottom-of-the-table Alianza Huanuco 2-1 on June 21, but had lost their three previous away games, suffering big defeats at Universitario (6-0) and Cienciano (6-1) either side of a 2-1 loss at Los Chankas.

The last three head-to-heads have finished level, but Huancayo haven't lost at home to Cajamarca since August 2013, and have won five of the last seven at this venue (W5, D2).

After three games without a win, Huancayo will be desperate to return to winning ways on Friday, and Cajamarca's poor away form should help them to the three points they so crave.

Match Result - Derry City (H) to beat Waterford FC (19:45 BST) @ 1/2

Over in the League of Ireland Premier Division, Derry City host Waterford FC at the Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium.

The Candystripes find themselves in a title race, of sorts, as they are second in the table, 11 points behind leaders Shamrock Rovers, but with two games in hand on the 21-time winners. It's unlikely, but three consecutive victories, all without conceding, has lifted spirits after more than a month without a win that included two draws and two defeats.

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Waterford, meanwhile, are down in eighth in the 10-team league, 10 points behind their hosts on Friday. The Blues have won just once in their last seven games (W1, D3, L3), and haven't tasted success on the road since beating Shelbourne 1-0 on May 5.

They're likely to find things tough against Derry, who have won four of their last six home matches, losing just once, to top-of-the-table Shamrock Rovers (1-2).

A home win for me, here.

To Win to Nil - Coritiba (Yes) vs Volta Redonda FC (23:00 BST) @ 6/5

Finally, we head to the Brazilian Serie B, as Coritiba welcome Volta Redonda FC to the Estadio Couto Pereira in Curitiba.

Coritiba, who were relegated from the top tier in 2023 and finished 12th in Serie B last year, are a club on a mission this season, picking up 27 points from their first 14 games to sit second in the table, two points behind leaders Goias.

Coxa boast the best defensive record in the division, conceding just six times, four fewer than the next-best Novorizontino (10).

At home, they've been breached just once in six matches, keeping five clean sheets.

On Friday, they play host to Volta Redonda, who are 17th, in the relegation zone, and 13 points behind Coritiba.

Voltaco have been particularly poor on their travels, failing to win any of their seven games and picking up just two points (D2, L5). They've scored two goals and shipped nine, losing their last two by a 2-0 scoreline.

Considering all of the above, backing Coritiba to win to nil makes a whole lot of sense at 6/5.

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