El Clasico is one of the biggest fixtures in world football and Sunday sees another renewal of the famous match as Real Madrid host Barcelona.
Just two points separate the rivals at the top of La Liga, with Barca tallying 55 compared to Real’s 53, meaning there is far greater importance to this game than just bragging rights.
Real are 6/5 (2.20) to claim victory with Quique Setien’s men 21/10 (3.10), but using bet365’s Bet Builder, which allows users to combine multiple selections into the same bet, our tipster has come up with an 18/1 (19.0) shot.
The 18/1 (19.0) consists of: Both Teams to Score, Lionel Messi to score, Sergio Ramos to be carded, Ivan Rakitic to be carded.
Real Madrid vs Barcelona Betting Tips
The last Clasico back in December ended 0-0 but the form of both teams makes it difficult to see a repeat in the offing.
Real Madrid have gone five games in all competitions without a clean sheet, conceding 10 times in that span, although they have also scored 10 times.
Both teams to score has landed in four of those five fixtures whilst it has also paid out in five of Barca’s last six in all competitions, with the Catalans scoring 13 but shipping six during that particular sequence.
No player has scored more Clasico goals than Messi and, after his four-goal performance against Eibar last weekend, the Argentine will be out to add to the 26 he has against Real.
Messi is also top scorer in La Liga this season with 18 goals, five ahead of Karim Benzema in second place.
Unsurprisingly, El Clasico usually features plenty of bookings with each of the last seven editions all seeing a minimum of four cards.
Ramos has picked up seven yellow cards in 23 games this season and has been booked against Barca 19 times in his career, as well as picking up five red cards on the way.
GettyThe Real captain has also been yellow carded in five of the last seven Clasicos in all competitions and will be a prime candidate to be given another booking on Sunday.
For Barcelona, Rakitic offers a good option to also be booked despite the fact he has only been carded three times in the league this term.
However, one of those came in the reverse fixture which made it three of the last five Liga Clasicos in which the Croatia midfielder has seen yellow.
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