Real Madrid – Barcelona Prediction & Preview and Betting Tips (23.12.2017)

Real-Madrid-vs-Barcelona

Real Madrid and Barcelona meet at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, in a match for the 17th round of the First Division. In this stadium, the history of direct confrontations indicates total equilibrium between these two teams, since there was 1 draw and 3 wins for each team in the last 7 games. However, the last time these two teams played a match in this stadium was on 16-08-2017, for the Super Cup, which ended with the victory of Real Madrid by (2-0). The goals of the match were scored by Marco Asensio (4 ‘) and K. Benzema (39’) for Real Madrid.

Real Madrid:

After 9 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses, the home team is currently in the 4 th position, with 31 points won. In the last match, they have won at home against Sevilla by (5-0), after in the previous match they have tied (0-0) out in a match against Athletic Club. The team comes to this match after a home win against Grêmio by (1-0). For the championship, Real Madrid won 17 points in 24 possible, after 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss in the last 8 matches they played in their stadium.

For this competition, record a sequence of 5 wins in their last home games. Their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their home matches there is a tendency for goals, since 7 of the last 8 matches for this competition have ended with Over 1,5 goals.

Real Madrid had a start below what was expected in La Liga, but is going up production, won an excellent victory in the last day of the championship and comes motivated for El Clásico after the conquest of the FIFA Club World Cup. The local team is characterized by an attack of good efficiency, which scored 30 goals and is the third best of the national championship, although it has conditions to perform more, for the quality of its players, while the defense shows good solidity, suffered 11 goals and it is the third best, evidencing a good balance between the offensive and defensive sectors. Playing at home, as in Saturday’s match, Real Madrid has the fourth best performance of the competition, comes from 5 consecutive victories and it is important to underline that it suffered goals in only 1 of these games. For the duel against the biggest rival, coach Zinedine Zidane has only doubt the striker Gareth Bale, but in the worst of scenarios, will be on the bench as an option for the French coach.

Barcelona:

The away team is currently in the 1 st position, with 42 points won, after 13 wins and 3 draws. In the penultimate match, they won in an away match against Villarreal, by (0-2). In the last match, they won at home against Deportivo La Coruña by (4-0).

For this competition, they have not lost any of the last 8 away matches. In the away matches there are some results that have been repeated frequently: at halftime 0-0 (3 in 8 matches) and 0-1 (3 in 8 matches) and at the end of the match 0-2 (3 in 8 games). Their attack has scored regularly, since they have always scored at least one goal in the last 10 matches for this competition. In their away matches there is a tendency for goals, since 8 of the last 8 matches for this competition have ended with Over 1,5 goals. This is a team that usually scores many times first: opened the scoring in 12 of its last 16 matches for the First Division, of these 12 came to the break in advantage in 9 and always managed to maintain the advantage until the end of the 90 ‘. In 16 matches in this tournament, they have conceded the first goal 4 times and have only won 1 result.

Barcelona is making an excellent Spanish championship, is unbeaten after 16 days and wants to maintain the good sequence to remain calm in the leadership of the competition. The great campaign can be explained by the optimal balance between the offensive and defensive sectors, since it has the best attack of the national championship, with 42 goals scored and an average of 2.62 goals per game, and only 7 goals suffered, having the best defense . Barcelona have the best advantage of La Liga, scored goals in all their matches as visitors and is the team that suffered the least in this type of situation, with only 3 goals in 8 games. For the match against Real Madrid, coach Ernesto Valverde will not be able to count on strikers Deulofeu and Paco Alcácer, both due to injury.


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