Tip #1: Back Barcelona to win at 6/4 with William Hill.
Tip #2: Back the match to end Under 2.5 Goals at 1/1 with William Hill
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Real Madrid
Real Madrid meets Barcelona in the quarter-final of Copa del rey on January 18th at 21:00. The game will be available for watching live at bet365. The current shape of Real Madrid seems better than this on Barcelona, as the club is currently first in Primera Division with 46 points, recording 15 victories, 1 draw and 2 losses this season. To get to this stage of Copa del rey, Real faced at first the team of Ponferradina crushed with aggregate score 7-1, but faced a lot of difficulties against Malaga hardly winning game #1 with 3:2 and game #2 with just 1:0. Real has not been able to beat Barcelona on Bernabeu in any event since 07/05/2008 when they have won a Primera Division game with 4:1. Since then 4 losses and 2 draws. Christiano Ronaldo is priced to score in this match at anytime @ 10/11. All Madrid fans can go with the value bet ‘Draw no Bet’ @ 19/20. Odds by William Hill.
Barcelona
Barcelona currently takes second place in Primera Division with 41 points, 5 behind Real. The team has recorded a single loss, but has 5 draw games this season so far. To get to this stage the team faced L’Hospitalet crushing them with aggregate score 10-0 and Osasuna with aggregate 6-1, so basically without any real problems. As usual, the team will most likely apply the same old strategy to posses the ball for a big portion of the time, waiting for their chance to score. This has worked out extremely well in the past 6 events against Real Madrid, and can’t see a reason why Barcelona would change that. Lionel Messi is priced to score at anytime in this match @ 10/11 as much as Ronaldo. Combined odds for both Ronaldo & Messi to score in this match have been juiced up @ 4/1 by William Hill
Prediction
Here’s the history between both teams in the past 10 years in ALL competitions:
10/12/2011 Primera Division Real Madrid vs. Barcelona 1:3
14/08/2011 Super Cup Real Madrid vs. Barcelona 2:2
27/04/2011 UEFA Champions League Real Madrid vs. Barcelona 0:2
16/04/2011 Primera Division Real Madrid vs. Barcelona 1:1
10/04/2010 Primera Division Real Madrid vs. Barcelona 0:2
02/05/2009 Primera Division Real Madrid vs. Barcelona 2:6
07/05/2008 Primera Division Real Madrid vs. Barcelona 4:1
22/10/2006 Primera Division Real Madrid vs. Barcelona 2:0
19/11/2005 Primera Division Real Madrid vs. Barcelona 0:3
10/04/2005 Primera Division Real Madrid vs. Barcelona 4:2
25/04/2004 Primera Division Real Madrid vs. Barcelona 1:2
19/04/2003 Primera Division Real Madrid vs. Barcelona 1:1
01/05/2002 UEFA Champions League Real Madrid vs. Barcelona 1:1
Only three victories for Real Madrid in 13 games, four draw games and 6 losses, four of which came in the last 6 games. With Jose Mourinho as a manager, the team has improved greatly but still can’t find a solution to the problem: Barcelona.
Judging by the past success of Barcelona against Real, I recommend to go with Barcelona to win this match @ 6/4 with William Hill.
Because this is a game for Copa del rey, and there’s a first leg & second leg I expect both teams to save their strength. Real will be looking for a victory of course, while Barcelona should be happy with a draw as well. This match to end Under 2.5 Goals bet seems to have a value priced at @ 1/1 with William Hill.
William Hill‘s special bet for the evening is: Back Ronaldo and Messi to score in this game @ 4/1
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