We take a look at the 3 La Liga matches taking place on Thursday and suggest a bet in each game.
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Osasuna v Almeria – Click here to bet
Osasuna are currently 12th on the log, but with only 1 win in their last 8 matches. They lost 3-2 at Mallorca away from home last time out, but their last home game was a 1-0 win over Rayo Vallecano. That was only their 2nd home win in 9 matches this season.
Almeria are sitting bottom of the table and they are without a win in their first 18 games. They lost 3-2 away to Barcelona last time out and they have only taken 1 point from a possible 27 on the road this season.
Osasuna did the double over Almeria last season and given their opponent’s poor form I am going to keep things simple and I am going to take the 8/11 that Osasuna win the match.
Suggested Bet: Osasuna win at 8/11
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Sevilla v Athletic Bilbao – Click here to bet
Sevilla are currently 16th on the log and they have only won 1 of their last 10 matches. Last time out they went down 1-0 away to Atlético Madrid and prior to that beat Granada 3-0 on the road. Sevilla have won 2 out of 9 home matches this season and they have taken 4 points from the last 15 they have played for in front of their own fans.
Athletic Bilbao are 5th on the log and they are undefeated in their last 8 matches with 5 wins and 3 draws and are coming off back-to-back home wins over Las Palmas and Atlético Madrid and they have lost 2 of their 8 away matches this season.
Sevilla are 2/1 for the win with the draw 95/40 and Bilbao trading at 14/10.
Under 2.5 goal backers would have collected in the last 5 head-to-heads between the sides and I think we could have another low scoring encounter.
Suggested Bet: Under 2.5 goals at 15/20
Las Palmas v Barcelona – Click here to bet
Las Palmas are currently 10th on the log and they have lost 2, won 1, and drawn 1 of their last 5 matches. Last time out they lost 1-0 away to Athletic Bilbao and their last home game was a 1-1 draw with Cadiz. Overall at home this season they have won 4 and drawn 3 of their 8 matches and they have had 2 wins, a draw, and a loss in their last 5 games. They beat Almeria 3-2 at home last time out and their last away game was a 1-1 draw at Valencia.
Barcelona have yet to taste defeat on the road this season, but they have drawn 5 of their 8 matches. Barcelona are 4/7 favourites with Las Palmas 9/2 and the draw 33/10.
Las Palmas are not an easy team to beat at home and I think that Barcelona will just edge this.
Suggested Bet: Handicap, Barcelona -1 goal the draw at 27/10
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