Barcelona v Betis
Pick: Barcelona (-1.5)
Odds: 1.83 Stake: 3/10
Bookmaker: BetFair
After yesterday’s win of Real Madrid, Barcelona is now on the second place with 1 point less than their biggest rival. Barcelona suffered huge humiliation on Thursday in Spanish Cup where in the second leg they managed to lose 4:0 from Getafe and to gamble the 5:2 lead from the first leg. I think that this result will bring the players back on ground and they are now aware that without fight you cannot win matches, so I expect Barcelona to fight a lot on this match against Betis.
Betis is without a win for more than two months, but in their last ten maches they managed to draw 6 matches. Last three away matches, against Atletico Madrid, Espanyol and Levante, were all draw. Also they are playing tight football and conceded only 12 goals in last 10 matches, but only on 3 of those matches they kept clean sheet.
Barcelona has all important players fit expect Marquez who is injured.
Betis is 5 points away from relegation, but still there is much to play and their Primer division status is not safe yet. Barcelona is fighting for the title and playing in front of their own fans, chasing Real Madrid who took the first place on the table, the quality gap between these two teams, the tradition, everything is on home side. Adding that in last 7 seasons when they played in Barcelona, Barcelona beat Betis with 2 or more goals difference in 5 seasons, and they failed to beat Betis only once in those 7 seasons. Barcelona drew only three matches this season at home and won all others, so although they are having some internal problems and plying under their abilities, I think that Barcelona will be too much for Betis tonight.