07-06-2007 La Liga Betting Analysis from PinnacleSports.com

The Spanish Primera Division represents the final piece of unfinished business on the major European domestic football scene. With two fixtures remaining three teams are still firmly in the hunt for the title, while the threat of relegation hovers over six sides. Football bettors should make the most of the lingering action before the summer break, taking advantage of La Liga odds that are up to 60% better at PinnacleSports.com.

Madrid’s Title Hopes in Their Own Hands
Despite having the same number of points as arch-rivals, Barcelona, and an inferior goal-difference, Real Madrid top La Liga. The league format dictates that teams on equal points be differentiated on the basis of head-to-head meetings, tipping the balance firmly in Los Blancos’ favour. If Fabio Capello’s side win their two remaining fixtures, starting at La Romareda on Saturday, the title will be theirs.

Nine Madridistas returned from international duty looking to prepare for Sunday’s crucial game, with in-from David Beckham nursing an ankle injury. Currently in fifth place, Zaragoza are not yet sure of a UEFA Cup spot so have plenty to play for, other than spoiling Real Madrid’s party. Twenty years ago the sides met under exactly the same circumstances, with the Galacticos running out 3-1 winners. PinnacleSports.com pitch Real Madrid as marginal favourites 1.769 (-0.5) with 2.20 (+0.5) on the back of a six game winning streak which produced 19 goals.

Barcelona Face Two Espanyol Derbies in One Week
Barca’s La Liga title defence has suffered from indifferent away form and arch rivals Real Madrid now have the same number of points but are ahead of Barca on the basis of their encounters this season. With only two remaining fixtures Barcelona’s fate is now out of their hands, they must beat Espanyol at the Nou Camp, and their final game away to already relegated Gimnastic, while hoping Real slip up. Frank Rijkaard has been handicapped by the suspension to Ronaldinho which the club are fighting, and the commitment to the Copa Catalunya final against Espanyol which their ‘B’ side won on penalties on Tuesday, the first half of a Catalan Derby double-bill in the space of a week.

Barcelona didn’t risk any key players in the cup game, but it was still an unwelcome distraction coming after the disruption of the international break. Espanyol will be more relaxed in their approach to both games. The club should have shaken off the misery of UEFA Cup defeat, and would love to spoil the chances of their Catalan rivals recording a hat-trick of La Liga titles. Barca are unbeaten at home but haven’t won any of their last half dozen home games by more than a single goal. Nevertheless PinnacleSports.com have them favourites 2.00 (-1.5) with Espanyol 1.926 (+1.5).

Sevilla Still On Course for Tremendous Treble
Having successfully defended the UEFA Cup against Espanyol in mid-may, Sevilla could conceivably end the season with three trophies. The Red and Whites face Getafe in the Copa Del Rey final on June 23rd while they are only two points behind league leaders, Real Madrid and Barca. On Saturday the Sevillistas travel to the Balearics for a game against a Mallorca side marooned in mid-table with nothing left to play for.

Sevilla striker, Aleksandr Kerzhakov, showed that a busy season hasn’t drained his appetite for goals as he scored a hat-trick for Russia last Wednesday in a Euro 2008 fixture. On the downside, coach, Juande Ramos, has been strongly linked with the vacant post with Premiership club, Manchester City, which could prove unsettling. Sevilla were on the receiving end of a defeat when the clubs met in January, but with motivation clearly in their favour, and Mallorca losing back-to-back games without scoring, PinnacleSports.com rate the visitors favourites 1.855 (-0.5 & -1) and Mallorca 2.08 (+0.5 & +1).

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