La Liga Betting: Barcelona to take revenge on Sevilla

Real Madrid v Atletico Madrid
Saturday 15:00 (Live on Betfair Live Video)
Real 1.84, Atletico 5.10, The Draw 3.75

La Liga's most prolific attack welcomes its best defence to the Bernabeu on Saturday. They are battling only for the minor places behind Barcelona in the title race, but that should take little of the heat out of this Madrid derby.

Atletico Madrid have won this fixture in each of the last two seasons and are unbeaten in five Liga derbies at home and away (W3-D2-L0). Across all competitions, Diego Simeone has lost just 1/11 to his cross-town rivals.

Zinedine Zidane has won 4/4 home games by the convincing aggregate score of 20-3, but is yet to take on anyone in the class of Atletico, who have conceded only five times in 13 away games this season.

An expert away team with an excellent record against these opponents, we're siding with the underdogs.

Recommended Bet
Back Atletico +0.5 on the Asian Handicap @ 2.16

Real Betis v Rayo Vallecano
Saturday 19:30 (Live on Sky Sports 3)
Betis 2.28, Rayo 3.40, The Draw 3.60

Both teams have scored in nine of Rayo Vallecano's last 10 away fixtures. The most recent three have all finished 2-2 and we fancy the nets to ripple at both ends of Real Betis's Benito Villamarin home this weekend.

After a long barren spell, Betis have scored in five straight Liga games at home and away. They've conceded in 9/12 on home turf this term and Rayo will bring the intent and firepower to capitalise on that weak defence.

Recommended Bet
Back Both Teams to Score @ 1.77

Real Sociedad v Malaga
Saturday 21:05 (Live on Sky Sports 3)
Sociedad 2.32, Malaga 3.60, The Draw 3.35

Real Sociedad have taken three points from each of La Liga's last four rounds. Eusebio Sacristan has helped the Basques forget all about David Moyes and can guide them to a fifth straight win on Saturday night.

Sociedad have been ahead at the break in all of those four recent victories, while visiting Malaga have been losing at the interval in each of their last six road defeats. For these reasons, we're taking a longer shot with a lower stake and backing Sociedad to be winning at 45 and 90 minutes.

Recommended Bet
0.5pts - Back Sociedad/Sociedad @ 4.10 in Half Time/Full Time

Villarreal v Levante
Sunday 11:00 (Live on Sky Sports 2)
Villarreal 1.66, Levante 6.40, The Draw 3.90

Fourth-placed Villarreal have notched six consecutive clean sheets at El Madrigal, where they are W10-D2-L1 this season.

Second-bottom Levante have lost five straight away from home - all of them to teams alongside Villarreal in the current top eight. They failed to score in 3/5 and the Villarreal Win to Nil stands out ahead of this week's Sunday-morning game.

Recommended Bet
Back Villarreal Win to Nil @ 2.74

Deportivo La Coruna v Granada
Sunday 17:15 (Live on Sky Sports 2)
Deportivo 1.87, Granada 5.00, The Draw 3.65

Deportivo La Coruna are eight Liga games without a clean sheet and nine without a win. With an odds-against price on both teams to score this weekend, we fancy bottom-of-the-table Granada to find a way through Depor's dodgy defence.

Granada's away form is not good - they've lost five in a row and haven't kept a clean sheet themselves all season - but they've hit the back of the net themselves in 7/10. And the only teams to stop them have been top-of-the-table Barcelona, miserly Villarreal (see above) and in-form Real Sociedad (see further above). Right now, Depor cannot claim to be any of those things.

Recommended Bet
Back Both Teams to Score @ 2.08

Barcelona v Sevilla
Sunday 19:30 (Live on Sky Sports 2)
Barcelona 1.19, Sevilla 17.50, The Draw 8.80

Back in October, Sevilla won the reverse fixture 2-1. Alas for Unai Emery and his men, they haven't won an away game in La Liga all season and it seems unlikely that they'll break their duck at the Camp Nou on Sunday evening.

The Andalusians lost 5-1 here last season and the best that can be said for them is that they have at least scored in seven straight Liga meetings with the champions and league leaders.

With Barca recently conceding at home to two teams close to Sevilla in the table (Celta Vigo and Atletico Madrid) we're plumping for a home win, with a consolation for the visitors.

Recommended Bet
Back Barcelona/Yes @ 2.20 in Match Odds & Both Teams to Score