La Liga Football Betting
Today I am going for Real Madrid to beat Almeria in La Liga in the match
in Almeria.
Almeria have exceeded everyone’s expectations since their promotion to La
Liga last season and are currently 8th in the league with a home record of
W5 D2 L4 F8 A7.But for me their problem is though their defence is solid
their forwards have only managed to score 18 times in 21 league matches so
far and the only time they have scored more then one goal at home this
term was in the 2-0 against Osasuna in November.
Their recent form has been good with 3 wins 1 draw 2 defeats 5 goals
scored and 6 conceded in their last 6 league games but the opposition
tonight are definitely a class apart from what they have faced so far.
Real Madrid top La Liga by 9 points from perennial rivals Barcelona and
look set to win the league this year barring a disastrous drop in form.
They have a perfect 10 from 10 win record at home in the league this
season and on the road they have won 7 drawn 2 and lost 2 scoring 20 and
conceding only 7.
The 2 defeats came against Espanyol and Sevilla and they are currently on
a run of 8 straight league wins which includes a 1-0 win at the Nou Camp
against Barcelona in December just before the Winter break.
The Madrid forward line is on fire at present with Van Nistelrooy, Robinho
and co scoring at will it seems.
The only previous meeting between these two sides in recent times took
place back in September when Madrid won 2-1 at the Bernabeu.
Early team news is that Madrid’s Brazilian defender Marcelo could return
from injury for Real Madrid and star striker Ruud van Nistelrooy looks set
to overcome a bout of gastroenteritis he suffered midweek however
Christoph Metzelder, Pepe, Gabriel Heinze and Javier Saviola are all
unfit, while Mahamadou Diarra is at the African Nations Cup and Fernando
Gago is suspended.
Almeria has no injury worries.
At 4/6 with bet365 and Paddy Power I think the Madrid win is a good enough
price to take advantage of as in my opinion an Almeria winning or getting
a draw would be a big surprise given Madrid’s form of late.
The other bet I will have in this game is for Madrid to win to nil at 8/5
with Paddy Power, based purely on the fact that Madrid as I stated earlier
have only conceded 7 on the road in the league so far and that Almeria
have only scored 8 from 11 home games this again is too tempting a price
not to take advantage of.
So a Madrid win without conceding a goal is what I expect tonight and
where my money will be, as ever good punting and the best of luck.
Silverfox.
