Barcelona vs Real Madrid Bet Builder Tips: 2.15 Builder for Wednesday’s El Clasico
Barcelona vs Real Madrid Bet Builder Tips: Wednesday, April 5th
In a fixture becoming increasingly tough to call, we’ve served up Barcelona vs Real Madrid bet builder tips here at bettingexpert. The chance for La Liga glory has gone for those hailing from the capital, but there’s still one 90-minute period that may yet change the fortunes for domestic silverware.
In this article:
- Barcelona vs Real Madrid Preview
- Barcelona vs Real Madrid Stats & Facts
- Barcelona vs Real Madrid Bet Builder
Barcelona vs Real Madrid Preview
Spain, Copa del Rey Semi-Final, Wednesday, April 5th, 20:00 (UK)
The twelve points separating Spain’s two biggest clubs in La Liga suggests that Wednesday’s midweek El Clasico offering is Real Madrid’s final shot at domestic joy this term. The Blaugrana have worked their way to the top of the La Liga summit in assured fashion, alongside beating Los Blancos in the first leg (0-1) and outmuscling Carlo Ancelotti’s men towards Super Cup delights in January.
Eder Militao’s own goal proved the difference in the first leg – a slice of misfortune that separates the sides and hands the onus to Real Madrid to get at Barcelona and find a goal or two. Away from the Copa del Rey, Barcelona and Real Madrid served up thrashings at the weekend to lay the foundations for the second leg.
Barcelona dealt Elche a 4-0 blow as Real Madrid sauntered to a 6-0 win over Valladolid following the international break. That certainly doesn’t mean we’re in for a goal-fest here. Still, it would have done nothing to dampen any concerns in either camp ahead of Wednesday’s mouthwatering obstacle standing in the way of a Copa del Rey final against either Osasuna or Athletic Bilbao.
Interestingly, with the Champions League and La Liga as their usual primary focus, Real Madrid haven’t attended a Copa del Rey final since the 2013/14 season. Barcelona would meet them in the final then, with the modern-day galacticos seeing off the Catalonia eleven nearly a decade ago.
Unfortunately, we have a few fitness concerns for El Clasico. First, Antonio Rudiger missed the tie against Valladolid with knee discomfort, which will be a concern in the capital. In the Barcelona camp, Frenkie de Jong, Ousmane Dembele, Pedri, and Andreas Christensen missed out against Elche, each of which will be unlikely to feature midweek.
Barcelona vs Real Madrid Stats & Facts
- Barcelona have beaten Real Madrid in 75% of their four meetings this season.
- It has been nearly ten years since Real Madrid last appeared in a Copa del Rey final.
- Fitness doubt Antonio Rudiger has featured in 23/27 of Real Madrid’s La Liga fixtures this campaign.
- Vinicius Junior received a yellow card in the first leg which was his third in this season’s Copa del Rey. As all bookings are reset at the quarter final stage, he’s available to play in the second leg on Wednesday.
Barcelona vs Real Madrid Bet Builder
Given the game state, and despite Real Madrid travelling to Camp Nou, my first thought is to side with Real Madrid in some capacity. Whether they’ll do enough to qualify for the final is another question, but the spotlight is on them to overturn a deficit and inflict revenge on their fierce rivals.
Real Madrid have recorded 11, 13, and 12 shots in the last three meetings. Considering all three lacked a similar game state going into the fixture, a wise angle would be to back Real Madrid shots in the hope the visitors cannot get on the scoresheet early in the game.
If Barcelona can keep Real Madrid at arm’s length for a significant period, one would assume that Barcelona’s goal will see a lot of action towards the final stages with the clock ticking down. The over 10.5 shots line is where we’ll hang our hat first before turning to the goal kick markets, which should go hand in hand with Real Madrid shots.
Over 2.5 Barcelona Goal Kicks in the second half should prove to be a byproduct of late pressure from the away team if they haven’t already worked a two-goal lead.
Including another angle that landed in the first leg – one card each in the second half, again looking at the game state and the teams and personnel involved seems like a wise route to go down. At the Bernabeu, both sides received two cards after the half-time whistle at the hands of referee José Luis Munuera Montero.
The same referee will be lining up for the second leg. Montero has produced a 3.69 second-half average from 13 matches in La Liga. A 69% percentage for both teams receiving a card each in the second-half shows that coupled with a rivalry and semi-final deciding game state, we may be in for some joy.
- Over 10.5 Real Madrid Shots
- Over 2.5 Barcelona Second Half Goal Kicks
- Second Half Card Each
Bet Builder odds: 2.15
Odds via bet365 as at 11:00, April 4th, 2023. Odds may now differ.
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