Saturday Football Accumulator Tips: 15/1 five-fold as Nick eyes back-to-back wins

We scored a 9.73/1 winner in our Saturday Football Accumulator Tips column last weekend, so we're looking to go back-to-back this weekend.

Raising the stakes, Saturday's five-fold pays 15.73/1, and remember, with Betfred's Acca Flex offer (see banner at the bottom), you can receive a cash bonus of up to 100% if all your acca selections win, or money back as cash if one leg lets you down.

Kashima Antlers vs Shonan Bellmare (11:00 BST) - Kashima to win @ 4/7

Japanese J1 League title contenders Kashima return to action on Saturday with a home game against relegation-threatened Shonan, who are level on points with 17th-placed Yokahama F. Marinos, but in the drop zone courtesy of an inferior goal difference.

Shonan have won just six games all season, and haven't claimed a victory since beating Tokyo Verdy 2-0 (A) on May 11. They've lost eight and drawn four of their last 12 league matches, suffering five straight defeats on their travels heading into this weekend's trip to the Kashima Soccer Stadium.

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The Antlers are a force to be reckoned with at home, winning nine of their 14 league games (D3, L2) there this year, and they will be determined to get back to form in Kashima on Saturday, having been held to a 1-1 draw on home soil by Fukuoka on August 16.

Shonan won the reverse fixture 1-0 on February 15, but a lot has happened since then, and at home, Kashima should prove too strong for their visitors.

Union Berlin vs Hoffenheim (14:30 BST) - Union Berlin to win @ 8/5

Union Berlin and Hoffenheim both started the 2025/26 Bundesliga season with a win, beating Stuttgart 2-1 and Bayer Leverkusen 2-1, respectively, before falling to defeat in their second game.

Union lost 3-0 at Borussia Dortmund, while Hoffenheim went down 3-1 at home to Eintracht Frankfurt.

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There's little to separate the sides in the betting stakes, with Union, at 8/5, handed an implied probability of 38.5%, and Hoffenheim's price of 13/8 suggesting a 38.1% chance of collecting all three points at the Stadio An der Alten Forsterei.

Considering they are the home side and have won all three head-to-heads since the start of last year, the value lies with Union, in my opinion.

Die Eisernen beat Hoffenheim 2-1 in Berlin last September before thrashing Die Kraichgauer 4-0 at the PreZero Arena in February.

Hoffenheim's away record last season was horrific, with only relegated duo Holstein Kiel (11) and VFL Bochum (12) picking up fewer points on their travels than Christian Ilzer's side (15). They began this term with a win in Leverkusen, but their hosts that day were managed by Erik ten Hag, who was sacked after just two league games, which highlights just how much of a mess the club was in.

This isn't a banker by any means, but considering the recent head-to-head record and Hoffenheim's struggles on the road last season, Union's price is too good to ignore, for me.

Molde vs Fredrikstad (15:00 BST) - Molde to win @ 7/10

In the Norwegian Eliteserien, Molde host Fredrikstad at Aker Stadion. The two sides are level on 27 points, but Saturday's visitors are ahead in ninth due to a superior goal difference, and have a game in hand on the five-time champions.

While Molde look to have hit form, with four wins from their last six games, Fredrikstad are on a six-match winless run heading into the weekend, and were recently knocked out of the Uefa Conference League by Crystal Palace.

Fredrikstad have only won two of their last 12 league contests (D5, L5) and have only triumphed once on their travels this term (D4, L3), scoring a joint-league-low six away goals.

Molde have won their last four home games, keeping clean sheets in all three since the start of August, and will be the more confident of the two teams on Saturday.

Al-Hilal vs Al-Qadisiya (19:00 BST) - Both Teams To Score - Yes @ 8/15

We're not backing a winner in this game, but instead both teams to score, a selection which landed in the reverse fixture last season as Al-Qadisiya won 2-1 in Dammam.

Al-Qadisiya's hero that day, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who bagged a brace in that victory over the Blue Waves, rejoined Olympique Marseille in the summer, but his replacement, the 2024/25 Serie A Golden Boot winner, Mateo Retegui, has made an instant impact in the Saudi Professional League, scoring twice in his new side's 3-1 victory over Al-Najma on the opening weekend.

Retegui's strike partner, Julian Quinones, who was Al-Qadisiya's leading marksman last season with 20 league goals, also got on the scoresheet against Al-Najma, and the forwards have recently been joined at the club by Portuguese midfielder Otavio, who found the net 10 times in 29 SPL appearances for Cristiano Ronaldo's Al-Nassr in 2024/25.

Al-Hilal kept a clean sheet in their opening fixture against Al-Riyadh (2-0), but shipped 41 goals in the league last season - only Al-Ettifaq (45) conceded more in the top eight.

Quinones didn't get off the bench in his team's 2-0 defeat at the Kingdom Arena in May, but with him, Retegui and Otavio on the pitch in Riyadh this Saturday, you fancy Al-Qadisiya's chances of getting on the scoresheet, so BTTS-Yes appeals at 8/15.

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Palmeiras vs Internacional (22:30 BST) - Palmeiras to win @ 4/7

We end the night at Allianz Parque in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where Palmeiras take on Internacional in Serie A. Title chasers Palmeiras are currently third, just four points behind leaders Flamengo, with a game in hand on the Rubro-Negro, who don't play until the following evening, so the Verdao have an opportunity to close the gap to a single point.

Since suffering back-to-back defeats to Flamengo and Cruzeiro, the second on June 1, Palmeiras are unbeaten in Serie A, winning six of their nine games (D3). They drew their first home match 1-1 with Mirassol on July 16, but have won their last four in Sao Paulo, keeping a clean sheet in two of their last three.

Internacional, meanwhile, are 10th in the table, 16 points behind their next opponents, and have lost four of their last five games in all competitions, including two of their last three in the league. Their away record is nothing to shout about, either, with just two victories from 10 matches (D4, L4).

Palmeiras may have lost a couple of key players in the last few months, with Estevao finally joining Chelsea and Richard Rios departing for Benfica, but they've shown ambition in the transfer market, bringing in Andreas Pereira from Fulham, as well as Nottingham Forest duo Carlos Miguel and Ramon Sosa.

They've got one of the strongest squads in the Brazilian top tier, and should be able to swat aside an inconsistent Internacional outfit on Saturday.

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