Barcelona v Alavés Copa del Rey Final Predictions & Betting Odds – 27th May 2017

Catalans to defend Copa del Rey title

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The Catalans will look to get over the disappointment of having missed out on the league title this season as they go off as heady odds-on favourites to land the Copa del Rey title. The Catalans take on Alaves for the cup on Saturday evening and they will be expected to walk off the title. However, Alaves did pull off a shock victory at the Nou Camp over Barcelona earlier in the season. Will they be able to pull off a repeat upset against the odds?

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Barcelona v Alavés Copa del Rey Final Betting Tips

Well the odds look pretty stacked in favour of Barcelona walking away with the Copa del Rey title this year. This will be Barcelona’s 40th Copa del Rey final and they have won 28 of those appearance. They are defending the title which they won last year after extra time against Sevilla and this is their fourth consecutive final and they are aiming to win it three times on the bounce. The final on Saturday is being hosted at the famous Vicente Calderon Stadium. Barcelona will be missing a couple of key players in Sergi Roberto and Luis Suarez who are both suspended after getting sent off in the semi final second leg against Atletico. Will they be able to make it three titles in row? Barcelona carded a 6-0 away win over Alaves in La Liga, but they did suffer a 1-2 defeat at home against them in a real shock result. That has been their only defeat in their last eleven games against Alaves (W8 D2 L1).

So the head to head form is there overall and they have scored at least three goals in four of their last five against them. Over 3.5 goals at bet365 is a price of 10/11 and this is probably going to be one way traffic from the Catalans. Lionel Messi is a 9/4 bet365 first goalscorer option for this one and in the anytime goalscorer market, Paco Alcacer is 8/11 and Neymar is at 4/6. In the correct score market a Barcelona 2-0 and a Barcelona 3-0 option are both running at 11/2. Barcelona to win to nil at bet365 is a price of 4/5. Lionel Messi has scored in five of his last eight games for Barcelona and each of those occasions, he scored at least two goals. He has managed to score two or more goals in all but four of his last 13 games played. That’s 53 goals for him this season.

Alaves enjoyed a good season in the Spanish top flight, banking a top half of the table finish. They are currently running on a seven match unbeaten streak of form (W 4 D3). Alaves scored 41 league goals this season though compared to the massive haul of 116 that Barcelona netted. This is their first ever appearance in the Copa del Rey final and overall it is their first major final since losing the 2001 UEFA Cup Final against Liverpool. They kept six clean sheets in their eight games in the Copa del rey this season, which is pretty impressive, but they didn’t meet the king of quality that Barcelona went up against. Alaves edged out a 1-0 aggregate win over Celta Vigo in the semi finals.

Barcelona v Alavés Copa del Rey Final Betting Odds

Barcelona 1/7, Draw 7/1, Alaves 14/1

Barcelona v Alavés Copa del Rey Final Predictions

Barcelona to win: The Catalans have produced the goods down the backstretch of the season and ultimately it wasn’t enough to get them the league title, but they should be able to continue their fine form and romp to a Copa del Rey success. It may be worth backing them to win to nil as well.