Friday football tips: Gladbach can continue Bundesliga ascent

A busy Friday night includes action from St Mary's as Southampton and Aston Villa lock horns in the Premier League and there are also games in the Bundesliga, La Liga, Serie A and Ligue 1 to enjoy.

Today's best accumulator bets

Bets to be placed by 7.30pm

Over 2.5 goals in Southampton v Aston Villa

Borussia Monchengladbach to beat Mainz

Lens to beat Troyes

Athletic Bilbao to beat Cadiz

Goals could be on the cards at St Mary's when Southampton and Aston Villa lock horns while Borussia Monchengladbach will look to continue resurrecting their season with victory over Mainz.

Lens, meanwhile, look a decent bet to overcome lowly Troyes in France and the four-fold, which is just over 10-1 with Betfair, is completed by Bilbao to beat Cadiz.

Southampton v Aston Villa

Sky Sports Premier League & Main Event, 8pm Friday

Aston Villa have netted in each of their last seven matches and they can contribute to a high-scoring affair away to Southampton, who drew 2-2 with Burnley in their last game at St Mary's.

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Best bet
Over 2.5 goals

Bet of the day

Lens to beat Troyes
BT Sport 3, 8pm

Lens have already defeated big guns such as Lille, Monaco and Marseille this season and can add lowly Troyes, who have won only three league games this term, to their list of scalps.

Goalscorer bet of the day

Mainz v Borussia Monchengladbach
7.30pm Sky Sports Football

Breel Embolo bagged a brace in Gladbach's recent DFB Pokal win over Bayern Munich and the Swiss, who is set to lead the line once again, looks value at 12-5 with bet365 to score at any time.

Best bet
Breel Embolo to score at any time

Stat of the day

Southampton v Aston Villa

Aston Villa have failed to score in only one of their last 15 games in all competitions.

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