WhoScored Tipster: El Clasico Leads Weekend's Best Bets

Barcelona vs Real Madrid - Match Preview

There is no way around it; this will be the game that decides the La Liga title. A repeat of this fixture could well be what decides the Champions League, but that will be a one-off in a neutral venue. This is a game in front of a hostile Catalan crowd and Barcelona are rightly favourites.

Their points deficit on Real Madrid has come principally due to dropping points in games against some of the smaller teams, whereas Real have mercilessly slaughtered such opponents. At the Bernabeu earlier this season, Barca were far superior and ran out 3-1 winners.

In fact, since Pep Guardiola took over at Barcelona, he is yet to lose to Real Madrid in 90 minutes, with an extra time defeat to Los Merengues in the Copa del Rey final the only blight on an impressive record of fourteen games.

In home games against their archrivals since Guardiola received his promotion, they average a 1.8 goal winning margin. The corresponding Asian Handicap bet would be to back the hosts -1.5 at 2.5, but to err on the side of caution it may be best to go with Barcelona -1 at 2.025, giving you your stake back if Barca were to win by just one goal.

Cesena vs Palermo - Match Preview

Palermo’s troubles on the road have been one of the best-documented stories of the Serie A season so far. Failing to win in their first fourteen away games, even against the weakest of opponents, they now face bottom of the table Cesena with both sides already aware of their end-of-season fates.

Cesena have been appalling this campaign and will be relegated, but their form has taken a minor upturn recently, drawing their last four games. The visiting Sicilians are not in marvellous shape at the minute having won just a single game in their last eight, pointing us once again towards the draw.

With the draw priced at 3.1, it’s very hard to argue with the value of this one ending up level, and that is the bet of choice. Also to be considered are the unders, with five of Palermo’s last six ending that way, and Cesena failing to score in four of their last six at home.

Wolves vs Man City - Match Preview

Relegated teams often look back at their season and attempt to identify a turning point. For Wolverhampton Wanderers there is little doubt where to look for theirs. Since Mick McCarthy’s farcical sacking, Wanderers have careered downwards in an ever-steeper decline that will see them surely obliterated by City this weekend.

Having struggled on the road for a while, everything seemed to click back into place at Carrow Road in a 1-6 demolition of Norwich. This season City average a winning margin of just over two goals per game against the bottom five sides, and given Wolves’ desperate situation – with just one point from their last eighteen – City could go even further.

Looking at the Asian Handicap markets, Man City -2.5 might seem a bit greedy, but the Sky Blues are playing with a fresh abandon and three goals as a winning margin is by no means unlikely. The price of Man City -2.5 is 2.6.

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