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BET 1 Soccer Treble at 4/1 Sevilla WIN 13/20 – Atletico Madrid WIN TO NIL 6/10 – Malaga vs Espanyol BOTH TEAMS TO SCORE 9/10
Sevilla vs Villarreal (HOME WIN) 13/20 – Third-placed Sevilla lock horns with sixth-placed Villarreal in what promises to be a Super Sunday humdinger clash in the La Liga. Sevilla’s title hopes took a turn for the worse when they lost 3-1 at Espanyol last weekend. Villarreal were glad to end their run of three games without a victory by beating Granada 2-0. Of the top six teams on the league standings, Villarreal have the worst away record, winning only two of their nine matches. That doesn’t bode well for their chances of beating Sevilla, a team that has won eight of their nine home games. It might be a tightly contested match, but the hosts are more likely to prevail in the end
Atletico Madrid vs Leganes (HOME WIN TO NIL) 6/10 – Atletico Madrid climbed into fourth spot, despite sharing the spoils at newly promoted Alaves during a goalless draw last week. It’s back-to-back clashes against newly promoted sides for Atletico, but they didn’t get the perfect start they had hoped for. Leganes suffered their 10th defeat of the season when they went 2-0 down to Celta Vigo in front of their home crowd. That’s now eight consecutive league matches that Lega have failed to win. Atletico have slipped in just seven goals at the Vicente Calderon (home venue) this season – no side has conceded less. Atletico Madrid
are tipped to Win To Nil at 6/10.
Malaga vs Espanyol (BOTH TEAMS TO SCORE) 9/10 – Malaga ended their run of four straight losses when they played to a 1-1 draw with Osasuna last week. The result took their winless streak to seven games in the La Liga. Their opponents, Espanyol, have won back-to-back matches in the league and come off a resounding 3-1 victory over titlechasing Sevilla. Away from home though, Quique Sanchez Flores’ men need to pick up their form. The travelling side are winless in three away games and have suffered backto-back defeats on the road. It ended in a 2-2 draw the last time these sides squared off. That said, Both Teams to Score seems well worth a punt at 9/10.
BET 2 Value Bet Barcelona vs Athletic Bilbao (HOME WIN BY TWO GOALS) 31/10
– Barcelona moved up to second in the standings, but further away from runaway leaders, Real Madrid, after their 1-1 draw at Real Betis in their last match. The Catalans sit four points behind Real Madrid, having played a game extra. Athletic Bilbao stretched their unbeaten run to five matches with a 2-1 win over Sporting Gijon last Sunday. That result meant only four points separated Bilbao from the top four. These sides have met three times already this season with Bilbao coming out on top once, while Barca claimed two victories. Luis Enrique’s side have also dominated this fixture in recent meetings, winning six domestic matches on the trot against their opponents. There’s not much value in the home win, so back the Winning Margins market – Barcelona to Win By Two Goals at a valuable 31/10.
BET 3 HORSERACING/SOCCER
DOUBLE @ 3/1
Fairview Friday 3 February 2017 – Race 1 No 3 Dickensian (2-1) – Trained by Gavin Smith and ridden by J P vd Merwe. The son of Great Britain was narrowly beaten on debut after running green. Big improvement may be expected here and he looks a good bet.
Real Sociedad vs Osasuna (HOME WIN) 3/10 – Real Sociedad failed to make it three wins in a row after they were dismantled by leaders, Real Madrid, losing 3-0 at the Santiago Bernabeu. Inigo Martinez got booked in the sixth minute and eventually got a red card in the 72nd minute. Osasuna moved off the bottom of the table with a 1-1 draw at home to Malaga. The travellers have won just one of their nine away games. Sociedad will look to take advantage of Osasuna’s poor away form as they look to get back into the top four in La Liga. This should be a one-sided affair; back the hosts at 3/10.