Real Madrid vs Barcelona
Does it get any better? Real Madrid against Barcelona at the Bernabeu on the Saturday before Christmas!
It’s going to be a cracker and, as always, you can join in the fun with SBOBET. The hosts are favourites at betting odds of 2.15, and head coach Zinedine Zidane knows they really need to win. Barca are tempting at 3.30 and the draw at 3.30 too.
Both have four wins and two draws in the last six football games, so current form points to a classic, but the bigger picture sees Ernesto Valverde’s Barca top of La Liga and a huge 11 points ahead of Los Blancos. And while Cristiano Ronaldo was on target against Gremio to lift the World Club Championship for Real Madrid, Barca warmed up with a 4-0 victory over Depor, which could have been considerably more.
Lionel Messi even missed a penalty and so remains on 14 goals for the season. But that’s two more than Real Madrid’s three top scorers combined. Marco Asensio, Isco and Ronaldo all have four goals, while Barca can add Luis Suarez’ nine and Paulinho’s six to Messi’s huge haul.
That all means that, as well as the points gap, Barca have a superior goal difference. At +35, it is 16 better than their hosts. I don’t think Zidane will worry too much about that just yet—winning this game is all that matters at the moment—and he’ll look to Sergio Ramos at the heart of Los Blancos’ defence to keep out Messi and Co. while one of his strikers tries to make it five.
It all adds up to a fascinating clash, and if it’s half as good as the last league meeting in April when Messi scored a dramatic 90th-minute winner at the Bernabeu, we’re in for a real treat.
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Disclaimer: Odds are correct at time of publish.
