Barcelona v Real Madrid Betting Preview
Another el Clasico rolls around on Saturday evening in La Liga. This is probably more about Barcelona’s march to the league title than it is anything else. The Catalan powerhouses go into the weekend nine points clear at the top of the table, with Real Madrid a point further back still from them. Can Barcelona drive home their advantage in the title race at the Nou Camp on Saturday or will Real Madrid be able to keep their fading hopes of a title alive?
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Barcelona v Real Madrid Betting Tips
So Barcelona start ten points clear of third placed Real Madrid in this La Liga battle, with Atletico Madrid sandwiching the pair in second place. Barcelona have the form against los Merengues to suggest that they are going to bank another win against them. They have lost only one of their last seven home games against Real Madrid, winning five of those seven. They have also beaten their rivals in four of their last six games across all competitions too (L2). Barcelona are on a long unbeaten stretch of form, having put together a 23 match unbeaten streak in the Spanish top flight. They have won twelve of their last thirteen played (D1). Earlier in the season they went to the Bernabeu and hammered Real Madrid 4-0, a brace from Luis Suarez coming in the game.
In the anytime goalscorer market, Suarez and Lionel Messi are both 4/6 options for the game, with Neymar at 8/11. Yes, their some attacking power there and Luis Suarez is the top scorer for the club in the league this season with 26 goals. Messi has 22 and Neymar 21. Lionel Messi has netted in each of his last six home games in all competitions (eight goals in total). Barcelona’s home record in the top flight this season reads W14 D1 L0 and they have actually now gone 22 league games in a row at the Nou Camp without having suffered a defeat (W20, D2) and they have scored in each of those games as well. Interestingly though Barcelona have never beaten Real Madrid when they have been leading La Liga and have been 10 or more points ahead of the Whites (D1 L2).
So Real Madrid really have to roll out a win in this one to keep their faint title hopes alive. They have put together a four match winning streak in La Liga heading into this one and have scored sixteen goal in those four games, a good response to a home loss against Atletico Madrid at the end of February. That is actually their best sequence of league form under Zinedine Zidane. After a slow start to the season, Cristiano Ronaldo has come to life for them and has racked up a tally of 28 league goals this season and he is an 11/10 anytime goalscorer option for the game. Real Madrid are unbeaten in their last seven away games. With seventeen of the last eighteen meetings between them (all competitions) having gone over 2.5 goals, you can back this one to go the same way at 4/5 for over 3.5 goals and both teams to score is a short priced 2/5 option.
Barcelona v Real Madrid Betting Odds
Barcelona 4/7, Draw 7/2, Real Madrid 9/2
Barcelona v Real Madrid Predictions
Barcelona have been powering along this season but Real Madrid have just come back into some nice form of their own. The Catalans let slip a 2-0 lead against Villarreal last time out to finish in a 2-2 draw and they haven’t kept many clean sheets this year, so will get tested by Real Madrid. However, Barcelona should have the edge at home, both teams to score and a home win.
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