La Liga football betting - Real Madrid vs Atletico Madrid

The second largest derby in Spanish football is held tonight at the Santiago Bernabeu as Real Madrid host cross-city rivals Atletico. The hosts will have enough incentive to win the match, with their position at the top of the La Liga table decided only by goal difference, but Atletico will be eager to get one over on their rivals and derby games are often capable of throwing up a surprise result.

Real are favourites for the game at 7/20 (bet £20 to win £7 profit), leaving Atletico as underdogs at 9/1, with the draw at 9/2 with Coral. The form book seems to point only one way, with the hosts winning their last nine games in La Liga and all fourteen of their home games this season. Atletico have won only one of their last seven away games and will need to produce a genuinely brilliant performance to take anything from tonight`s contest.

The bookmakers have made 2-1 and 2-0 wins for Madrid the favourite scores for the game at 8/1, followed by 3-0 and 10/1 with Skybet and 3-1, generally available at the same price. It is worth noting, however, that seven of the last eight meetings between the two sides have been decided by one goal or less. A  shock 1-0 win for the visitors is available at 28/1 with Skybet and a repeat of Real Madrid`s 3-2 win earlier this season is at 33/1 with Bet365.

Real Madrid`s two top-scorers have been made favourites to open the scoring tonight after their goals took Madrid past Getafe on Thursday. Cristiano Ronaldo is most likely at 11/4, with Higuain available at 3/1. The pair have scored seventeen and twenty-two league goals respectively this season despite both missing games through injury. Karim Benzema is next at 9/2 with Ladbrokes, followed by Kaka at 11/2. Sergio Aguero is seen as Atletico`s best hope of scoring the first goal tonight at 9/1, followed by Diego Forlan at 11/1 with Paddy Power.

Paddy Power offer evens that Real lead tonight at both half-time and full-time and 7/2 is generally available on a Real win despite the scores being level at half-time. Skybet are best price at 17/2 that both halves end in a draw and Victor Chandler offer 20/that Atletico are winning at both the interval and the final whistle. Draw/Atletico is available at 22/1.

The race at the top of La Liga is heating up and both Real Madrid and Barcelona are no better than 10/11 to emerge victorious at the end of the season.

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