We take a look at 3 of the La Liga matches taking place this weekend and suggest a bet in each game.
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FRIDAY
Osasuna v Rayo Vallecano – Click here to bet
Osasuna are currently 14th on the log and they are without a win in their 6 last matches. They drew 1-1 to Cadiz on the road last time out and in 8 home matches they have only won once and scored a total of 7 goals.
Rayo Vallecano are 10th on the table, but have only had 1 win in their last 10 matches. They drew 0-0 at home to Celta de Vigo last time out. Their last away game was a 4-0 hammering at the hands of Athletic Bilbao. They have taken 12 out of their total of 20 points on the road this season.
Osasuna won this fixture 2-1 last season and Rayo Vallecano reversed that with a 2-1 win at home in the second fixture.
Osasuna are 11/10 to make it three home wins in a row against Vallecano, but I think there is some value in backing both teams to score here at a current price of 21/20. This bet would have arrived in the last 6 Osasuna matches.
Suggested Bet: Both teams to score, YES, at 21/20
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SATURDAY
Athletic Bilbao v Atlético Madrid – Click here to bet
Athletic Bilbao are 5th on the table and they are undefeated in their last 6 starts. They drew 1-1 with Granada on the road last time out and their last home game was a 4-0 thrashing of Rayo Vallecano. They have only lost once in 8 matches at home this season and their home games have been the highest scoring in the League averaging 4.1 goals each with 7 of the 8 matches delivering profits for over 2.5 goal backers.
Atlético Madrid are 3rd on the table with 8 wins and 2 losses in their last 10 starts. Those 2 losses have come in their last two road trips to Barcelona and Las Palmas and they have lost 3 of their last 5 away games.
Atlético Madrid won both fixtures last season by 1-0.
Current pricing sees Atlético Bilbao 15/10 for the win with Athletic Madrid 19/10 and you can get 95/40 the draw. Although Bilbao games tended to be high scoring, the last 4 head-to-heads have seen under 2.5 goal backers collect profits and I think we could be in for another tight, low scoring affair.
Suggested Bet: Under 2.5 goals at 9/10
SUNDAY
Real Madrid v Villarreal – Click here to bet
Real Madrid are 2nd on the log, 2 points behind leaders, Girona. They have only lost once in 16 matches this season and they are undefeated in their last 10 with 7 wins and 3 draws. One of those draws came last time out away at Betis, 1-1. Their last home game was a 2-0 victory over Granada and overall at home this season they have won 6 and drawn 1 of their 7 matches.
Villarreal are currently 13th on the log having won just 1 of their last 5 fixtures. They lost 3-0 at home to Real Sociedad last time out and their last away game was a 1-all draw at Sevilla. Goals have been hard to come by on the road for Villarreal and they have only scored 8 in 7 matches and they have taken 9 points out of a possible 21 on the road.
The surprising stat is that Villarreal haven’t lost to Real Madrid in their last 4 league matches and last season they did the double winning 3-2 in Madrid and 2-1 at home.
Villarreal’s defence has been leaky and they have conceded in their last 8 matches and I am backing Real Madrid to score at least 3 goals or more in this one.
Suggested Bet: Real Madrid over 2.5 goals at 17/20
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