Bundesliga, La Liga and Serie A Weekend Previews

Spanish La Liga Preview It was a costly week for the two giants of Spanish football and both Barcelona and Real Madrid will be looking to bounce back in style on the weekend. Both clubs should win as well. Barca have a home tie against the Basque team Athletic Bilbao and not surprisingly they are strong favourites at 4/9.Real Madrid will be happy to just venture into the Madrid suburbs for their game away at Getafe. The Galacticos know that if they want to claw back the eight point gap to Barcelona at the top, these are the games they have to win. In circumstances their price of 8/11 could look tempting.Interestingly 3rd place Espanyol travel to 4th place Villareal and although thoughts of the Title are gone, these two will still want a berth in the Champions League qualifying round. Villareal are 5/6 with Espanyol at 11/4. Valencia have reverted to their home grown talent at the expense of the Italians in the side now that Rannieri's gone and it seems to be working. You could see a strong finish from the Valencians this year but Ath. Madrid are no walkover at home. A draw here at 11/5 seems a good bet. A home banker could be Sevilla at 8/11 against Real Zaragoza. They'll still be smarting from being held to a 0-0 draw by Parma in midweek.In the south there is an Andalucian derby between Malaga (11/8) and Betis (13/8), whereas Deportivo (5/4) will fancy their chances away at relegation zoned Albacete (7/4). If you like Even money shots at home on your coupon then Levante at home to Osasuna and Santander at home to Mallorca could tempt you. It's pretty desperate at the bottom for Numancia but they are prepared to battle it out and they have gone four games unbeaten at the moment. They might just fancy themselves to get something at Real Sociedad (8/13), but in their predicament it probably well need to be all three. They are 4/1 to get them.It's been a week to forget for the Spanish but they can now concentrate on their domestic league and the challenges next year. |Go to Stan James now and get a free bet worth twenty five pounds! German Bundersliga Preview from Stan James The top of the German Bundersliga is a becoming a clash of the Titans between Bayern Munich and Schalke. Neck and neck on points, they meet this weekend in an eagerly awaited clash on Sunday which somewhat steals the limelight from the others. The war of words has begun in earnest, with disparaging remarks from the Bayern chairman pumping up the volume. Schalke are at home in Gelsenkirchen and are favourites at 13/10, with Bayern at 7/4. On the face of it the draw will be the value with so much at stake at 9/4. It should a belter of a match and it is being covered live by Setanta at 4.30pm on Sunday.Seven points behind the two leaders in third spot are Werder Bremen (1/3) and they'll be looking to take advantage and narrow the gap on at least one of the leaders when they take on lowly Mainz at home. Mainz have only won once away from home all season. Stuttgart in fourth have a nasty little away trip to Borussia Dortmund, who are struggling a bit but can still be dogged opponents. Dortmund are 6/5 and Stuttgart are 15/8. Bayer Leverkusen will want to bounce back from their humiliating drubbing by Liverpool in midweek by beating close rivals in the table, Hertha Berlin. They are Even money shots. Also home Even money shots this weekend are Hansa Rostock at home to Bochum in a relegation dogfight, and Kaiserslautern at home to struggling Monchengladbach.Hamburg look a good bet at 6/4 to win away at Bielefeld as they are a form team at the moment and Bielefeld seem in a comfort zone above the relegation dogfight. The uninspiring mid table clash between Wolfsburg (8/13) and Hannover (4/1) is best left alone.Bottom club Freiberg have to win against 4th from bottom Nurnberg if they have any realistic chance of escaping the drop. The 13/10 on offer could be good value in the light of this. They won't be needing an incentive.So all eyes will be on the Aufschalke Arena on Sunday for the top of the table clash and it promises to be some atmosphere. Go to Stan James now and get a free bet worth twenty five pounds! Italian Serie A PreviewOur Premiership might be cut and dried, but Serie A is becoming a ding dong battle between two giants, AC Milan and Juventus. They both have 60 points and are also level on goal difference. This weekend AC Milan (1/2) are home to 3rd place Sampdoria (11/2) who have a pretty good record on the road and have to be treated with respect. Juventus on the other hand should have a relatively easy game away to struggling Chievo, who are currently lying just above the relegation zone. The price is short at 8/13 but after the midweek bashing of Real Madrid they should have enough to dispatch them. There is an intriguing clash between Palermo, currently 5th, and Udinese, 6th, who both have Europe next year on their mind. The Sicilians are good value at 5/4 and there is a fascinating derby in the South when Reggina and Messina meet for the first time in Serie A. The two clubs are separated by 2 miles of water?.Messina being in Sicily and Reggina being on the Italian Mainland. Reggina are Even money shots. The other home team at Even money are Lecce who entertain Fiorentina in the south of the country. Inter still haven't lost away from home but have a prolonged habit of drawing. They are 11/10 to beat a struggling Lazio side in Rome. Roma currently in 7th need to put a run together to establish themselves in the European shake up, and they are 6/4 to beat a Cagliari side who themselves are slipping back into the relegation minefield. Bottom club Atalanta must start winning but it's looking grim for them. They also have to take on a Parma side buoyed by a very respectable draw against Sevilla in the UEFA Cup on Thursday. At 7/4 they look a decent bet. Form team Bologna (8/11) look a home banker against lowly Siena and there is also a relegation tussle between Brescia (11/10) and Livorno (9/4) who are hard to split.Go to Stan James now and get a free bet worth twenty five pounds!