La Liga football betting - Malaga vs Real Madrid

Real Madrid travel to Malaga in a must-win game tonight in La Liga. The visitors are second in La Liga, one point behind bitter rivals Barcelona who host Real Vallodolid this evening in the final game of the season. There is speculation that this will be Madrid manager Manuel Pelligrini`s final game in charge whatever the outcome, but failure to secure a single trophy after such incredible summer expenditure would surely seal his fate.

Madrid are strong favourites for the game at 3/10 (bet £10 to win £3 profit) with Stan James, leaving their relegation-threatened opponents as underdogs at 10/1, with the draw at 11/2. On form, it is hard to look past Madrid, who have won each of their previous six matches, last time out thrashing Bilbao 5-1 at the Bernabeu.

Los Blacos look set for another comfortable win tonight and the bookmakers have made 2-0 and 3-0 to the visitors the joint-favourite scores for the game at 17/2, with 1-0 and 4-0 both priced at 12/1. However, teams fighting for survival can always be a handful and a 1-1 draw is 13/1 with Canbet, with Paddy Power offering 40/1 on a shock 1-0 home win.

Cristiano Ronaldo has been made favourite to open the scoring tonight at 9/4 after hitting twenty-six goals in La Liga this season in just twenty-eight appearances. He is followed by the equally prolific Gonzalo Higuain, who has twenty-seven, at 11/4, with Karim Benzema available at 4/1.

Madrid are likely to look for early goals as a draw does not help them tonight and they are 3/4 to lead at both half-time and full-time, with draw/Madrid at 4/1. The bookmakers offer 10/1 that both halves are drawn, with Malaga/Malaga priced at 22/1.

There may be a game still to play but most bookies seem to think the title race is effectively over, with 1/20 the best price available on Barcelona and Madrid as long as 12/1 to overhaul them at the last.

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