Real Madrid vs Barcelona Preview

Real Madrid vs Barcelona

Competition – Spanish Primera

Stadium – Estadio Santiago Bernabéu

Date: 2nd March 2019

Kick-off time – 19:45 GMT

Barcelona return to Real Madrid just three days after they went and beat Los Blancos 3-0 in the Copa del Rey semifinal second leg, and they will be looking to further widen the gap between them at the top of the league table.

The Catalans are currently top of the Spanish league by seven points and already have a 9 points lead over Real Madrid.

This game offers them a chance to take the league title further away from the grasps of their main opponents.

Their 3-0 win over Madrid was their second consecutive win and they have all been over 2.5 goals and away from home.

Real Madrid are having an up and down season at the moment and their recent 3-0 loss to Barcelona highlighted just how far off the pace they are compared to the La Liga holders.

Los Blancos need to win to keep their title ambitions alive as a defeat could spell the end of the road for them after 26 games played.

They have lost two of their last three games, but they have also won 3 of their last 5 matches in all competitions, so it is not all bad news.

Winning here is more than for the points as they need to repair the damage of their 3-0 loss a few days back with a more convincing performance.

This is one of the tightest betting markets of the week as bookmakers have priced Barcelona up as very slight favourites to come out on top.

A rush of money could see Real Madrid go off as favourites while oddsmakers believe this will be a high-scoring game as over 2.5 goals is currently trading odds-on.

Lionel Messi is favourite to score the opening goal of the game followed by Luis Suarez, Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale.

This game gets underway at 19:45 BST.

Other fixtures taking place this week in the Spanish Primera:

May 10, 2024
Alaves 20:00 Girona
May 11, 2024
Mallorca 13:00 Las Palmas
Villarreal 15:15 Sevilla
Granada 17:30 Real Madrid
Athletic Bilbao 20:00 Osasuna
May 12, 2024
Cadiz 13:00 Getafe
Atlético de Madrid 15:15 Celta Vigo
Valencia 17:30 Rayo Vallecano
Real Betis 20:00 Almeria
May 13, 2024
Barcelona 20:00 Real Sociedad
May 14, 2024
Osasuna 18:30 Mallorca
Real Madrid 20:30 Alaves
Girona 21:00 Villarreal
May 15, 2024
Sevilla 18:30 Cadiz
Rayo Vallecano 18:30 Granada
Celta Vigo 21:00 Athletic Bilbao
Getafe 21:00 Atlético de Madrid
May 16, 2024
Las Palmas 18:30 Real Betis
Almeria 20:30 Barcelona
Real Sociedad 21:00 Valencia

Spanish Primera Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Real Madrid 34 27 6 1 74 22 +52 87
2 Girona 34 23 5 6 73 42 +31 74
3 Barcelona 34 22 7 5 70 43 +27 73
4 Atlético de Madrid 34 21 4 9 63 39 +24 67
5 Athletic Bilbao 34 17 10 7 55 33 +22 61
6 Real Sociedad 34 14 12 8 48 35 +13 54
7 Real Betis 34 13 13 8 43 39 +4 52
8 Valencia 34 13 8 13 37 39 -2 47
9 Villarreal 34 12 9 13 56 58 -2 45
10 Getafe 34 10 13 11 41 47 -6 43
11 Alaves 34 11 8 15 32 38 -6 41
12 Sevilla 34 10 11 13 45 46 -1 41
13 Osasuna 34 11 6 17 37 51 -14 39
14 Las Palmas 34 10 7 17 30 43 -13 37
15 Celta Vigo 34 8 10 16 40 52 -12 34
16 Rayo Vallecano 34 7 13 14 27 43 -16 34
17 Mallorca 34 6 14 14 27 40 -13 32
18 Cadiz 34 4 14 16 23 49 -26 26
19 Granada 34 4 9 21 36 64 -28 21
20 Almeria 34 2 11 21 33 67 -34 17

Spanish Primera Results

May 5, 2024
Sevilla 3 - 0 Granada
Rayo Vallecano 0 - 1 Almeria
Valencia 0 - 1 Alaves
Celta Vigo 3 - 2 Villarreal
Osasuna 0 - 2 Real Betis
May 4, 2024
Mallorca 0 - 1 Atlético de Madrid
Girona 4 - 2 Barcelona
Real Madrid 3 - 0 Cadiz
Real Sociedad 2 - 0 Las Palmas
May 3, 2024
Getafe 0 - 2 Athletic Bilbao
April 29, 2024
Barcelona 4 - 2 Valencia
April 28, 2024
Real Betis 1 - 1 Sevilla
Villarreal 3 - 0 Rayo Vallecano
Granada 3 - 0 Osasuna
Cadiz 1 - 1 Mallorca
April 27, 2024
Atlético de Madrid 3 - 1 Athletic Bilbao
Alaves 3 - 0 Celta Vigo
Almeria 1 - 3 Getafe
Las Palmas 0 - 2 Girona
April 26, 2024
Real Sociedad 0 - 1 Real Madrid

Check Also

Crystal Palace vs Manchester United Preview

Crystal Palace will hope to continue their strong start to life under Oliver Glasner when ...

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *