REAL MADRID VS BARCELONA LIVE EL CLASSICO BETTING TIPS
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We're just a few minutes away from kick-off in basically the biggest association football clash on the planet as Spanish giants Real Madrid take on FC Barcelona in a top 2 clash in La Liga. Arguably, Barcelona have been having the better season, but it hasn't been without its blips. This one is more or less up in the air, form tends to go down the window in big matches like this.
Barcelona are big favourites for this fixture and they carry a 1.72 price with Ladbrokes. Real are listed at a whopping 5.0 for the outright win while the draw is available at 3.5. I expect a lot of action to drop in on this fixture in the last few minutes before kick-off.
If you're planning on betting live on this fixture, you'll have plenty of options and plenty of hedging opportunities. Ladbrokes is pulling out all the stops in terms of market depth and you can count on some very interesting betting options. Keep in mind that the outright odds won't start to fluctuate until there's a goal (obviously) or after the second half when the price of a draw will jump every 5 minutes or so. You'll see the same thing happen to the 0-0 option on the correct score betting. All the other prices will rise, that one will drop.Thankfully, I don't see a scoreless draw happening here, that would be footballing heresy.
The first half correct score live betting favours a 0-0 draw and a 1-0 margin to Barcelona. You're looking at a great price if Real go into half-time up 1-0 with a 5.5 margin for the payout. Barca 1-0 at half-time pays out at 4.0 while a 0-0 draw is listed at 3.5.
Barcelona are 2.62 to win both halves while Real are listed at a lengthy 8.0 to win both halves. Draw/Barcelona is listed at 4.5 while Draw/Real Madrid (a plausible outcome) is a very lengthy 10.0.
You'll be able to have a crack at these live markets for about the first 15 minutes. After that, you're looking at the handicap bets, the next goalscorer market, live correct score and total goals.
In terms of the goalscorer betting, Zlatan Ibrahimovic is favoured to score first with a 6.5 price, Lionel Messi carries a 7.0 listing alongside Cristiano Ronaldo. Thierry Henry sits at 8.0 alongside Pedro, Karim Benzema and Gonzalo Higuain. Kaka sits at 13.0 alongside Raul. Iniesta is priced at 15.0 while Xavi and Van Der Vaart can be backed at the same price.
It's an interesting fixture, sure to be an advertisement for the game, but I'm favouring Barca to either win emphatically, or Real to sneak this one. The value is certainly on Real Madrid and I will be interested to see if Cristiano Ronaldo gets on the scoresheet.