Football Accumulator Tips: Alonso off to a Real winner in 9/1 shot

There's action from England, Hungary, Serbia and Spain in Tuesday's Football Accumulator Tips, which sees four selections combined for a 9.01/1 payout.

Real Madrid are the stars of the show, but will they convince in their first La Liga game of the new season?

Both Teams to Score - Yes in Huddersfield Town vs Doncaster Rovers (19:45 BST, Sky Sports+) @ 8/11

After a disappointing 2024/25 campaign in League 1, where they finished 10th, 14 points off the play-offs, Huddersfield Town began the new season strongly, beating Leyton Orient 3-0 at home and Reading 2-0 away before a penalty shootout success over Leicester City (2-2) in the Carabao Cup first round.

The Terriers were brought back down to earth last Saturday, though, losing 3-2 at Blackpool, despite the hosts being reduced to 10 men in the first half.

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Back at home on Tuesday, Town will fancy their chances of returning to winning ways, but their opponents, Doncaster Rovers, are unbeaten so far this term. Like Huddersfield, Doncaster won their first two league games, beating Exeter City 1-0 at home before a 2-1 victory at Mansfield Town, and also shocked a Championship club in the Carabao Cup, blitzing Middlesbrough 4-0 at the Riverside Stadium.

Rovers failed to win for the first time last Saturday as they were held to a 1-1 draw at home by Wycombe Wanderers, but they maintained their record of scoring in every match this season, just like their hosts on Tuesday.

The sides met once last season, in the EFL Trophy, with Doncaster winning 2-1. Given the goalscoring records of both teams this term, backing BTTS-Yes again looks like the best bet here.

Both Teams to Score - Yes in Ferencvarosi TC vs FK Qarabag (20:00 BST, TNT Sports 1) @ 4/5

After both competing in the league phase of last season's Uefa Europa League, Ferencvaros and Qarabag will face off against each other in this month's Uefa Champions League play-offs.

The first match of this two-legged tie takes place at the Groupama Arena in Budapest, Hungary, where hosts Ferencvaros beat Noah 4-3 and Ludogorets 3-0 in the qualifying rounds.

Ludogorets (x2) are one of just two clubs Ferencvaros have kept a clean sheet against this term, with Robbie Keane's charges conceding in their five other games, including a 2-1 home defeat to Puskas Academy last Saturday.

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Qarabag eased to this stage with 4-0 and 6-1 aggregate victories over Shelbourne and Shkendija, respectively. The Azerbaijani side will face a much tougher test on Tuesday, though, with Ferencvaros winning three of their four league phase home games in Europe last year, only failing to beat eventual champions Tottenham Hotspur (1-2).

Both teams to score landed in three of Ferencvaros' home matches, and at just under EVS, could be worth backing again on Tuesday.

These two sides have faced off twice before in a competitive contest, with BTTS-Yes a winning selection in a 1-1 draw on August 3, 2022, and in Qarabag's 3-1 win at the Groupama Arena six days later.

Match Result - Crvena Zvezda (H) to beat Paphos (20:00 BST, TNT Sports 2) @ 8/15

Red Star Belgrade (Crvena Zvezda) advanced to the league phase of last season's Champions League, winning two of their first four games, before suffering four consecutive defeats that saw them finish 29th (out of 36).

Now, the Cypriot side Pafos stand between them and the league phase this year, with the first leg of their tie taking place at the Stadion Rajko Mitic in Serbia on Tuesday.

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Red Star have won seven of their eight games so far this term and gave a decent account of themselves in Europe last season, beating Young Boys (0-1) in Switzerland and crushing VfB Stuttgart (5-1) in Belgrade. They also ran PSV Eindhoven (2-3) close at home, and scored twice in Serbia against FC Barcelona (2-5).

Pafos have already beaten Maccabi Tel Aviv and Dynamo Kyiv (twice) this season, winning both 'away' games 1-0, but due to the ongoing situation in both Israel and Ukraine, Maccabi's and Dynamo's home qualifiers were played in Serbia and Poland, respectively.

They should find things a lot tougher in Belgrade, where I expect the hosts to claim a first-leg lead.

Match Result & Total Goals Over/Under 3.5 - Real Madrid (H) to beat Osasuna & Under 3.5 Goals @ 11/10

Real Madrid and Osasuna complete the first round of La Liga fixtures on Tuesday, when they meet at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu.

Former Real Madrid midfielder Xabi Alonso will make his debut as head coach in the Bernabeu dugout, after he left Bayer Leverkusen at the end of last season to take over from Carlo Ancelotti.

The Spaniard has already managed six competitive games as Los Blancos boss, drawing his first and winning his next four before suffering a first defeat to Paris Saint-Germain (0-4) in the semi-finals of the 2025 Fifa Club World Cup.

As a result of their late finish to last season, Real Madrid have only played one pre-season friendly, last Tuesday, when they beat Austrian outfit Tirol 4-0. Alonso's preparations for his first league match in charge have also been affected by injuries to Jude Bellingham, Eduardo Camavinga, Endrick and Ferland Mendy, all of whom will miss out against Osasuna, joining the suspended Antonio Rudiger in the stands.

The hosts aren't at full strength, which will hand some encouragement to the visitors, who claimed a point in a 1-1 draw at the Estadio El Sadar in their last head-to-head on February 15.

Real Madrid have won the last two meetings at the Bernabeu 4-0, but in their first fixture of the new season, under a different manager, they may find it difficult to rack up a big score against an Osasuna side who finished ninth last term.

Two of the other three clubs to reach the Club World Cup semi-finals last month, Chelsea and PSG, struggled in their first league games on Sunday, drawing 1-1 with Crystal Palace at home and winning 1-0 at FC Nantes, respectively, and we could see Real Madrid labour on Tuesday, too, although I still expect Los Blancos to collect all three points in the Spanish capital.

Four of Osasuna's last six La Liga away games have gone under 2.5 goals, if you needed any more convincing.

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