Barca to Batter Another Bunch of Gunners

One suspects that eighth position on the Spanish Primera Division ladder flatters Eibar and that the Gunners are likely to cop a hammering from Barcelona on Sunday.

Consider this for a statistic: Eibar has won just one of its 16 Spanish Primera Division matches against teams ranked in the top 12 and that victory – 2-0 at home to Athletic – took place in the first month of the season. That explains why one’s Spanish Primera Division collateral form analysis makes such awful reading for Eibar versus Barcelona. Eibar trails Barcelona 1-1-17 according to one’s Spanish Primera Division collateral form figures, with the Gunners having performed worse than Barca against every other team ranked in the leading dozen. It is almost impossible to make a case for anything other than a Barcelona win in Sunday’s Spanish Primera Division game and odds of 1.70Bet €100 to win €1707/10Bet £100 to win £170-143Bet $100 to win $1700.70Bet HK$100 to win HK$170-1.43Bet Rp100 to win Rp1700.7000Bet RM100 to win RM170  with Coral about an away victory by more than one goal makes a lot of appeal.

Barcelona has won each of its three Spanish Primera Division matches versus Eibar down the years by two-plus-goal margins and 14 of its 27 top-flight games this term have ended with it winning by more than one goal. Barcelona’s supremacy over its Spanish Primera Division rivals is significant and Eibar does not deserve to be on the top half of the ladder.

Villarreal warrants a fair degree of support at odds of 1.62Bet €100 to win €16231/50Bet £100 to win £162-161Bet $100 to win $1620.62Bet HK$100 to win HK$162-1.61Bet Rp100 to win Rp1620.6200Bet RM100 to win RM162  with Skybet, Bet365 and William Hill to improve its home record to 12-2-1 by beating Las Palmas on Saturday.

In spite of being 16 points off the Spanish Primera Division pace that Barcelona is setting, Villarreal has dropped only four matches and two of them were massive upsets away to sides ranked in the bottom three. Villarreal is one of the Spanish Primera Division’s gun teams and it is entertaining a Las Palmas side that possesses one of the league’s most ugly road records – the Yellows have only won at Eibar.

According to one’s Spanish Primera Division collateral form analysis, Villarreal leads Las Palmas 12-2-5, including a goalless draw in October’s reverse fixture. Villarreal has very much outperformed Las Palmas versus the Spanish Primera Division’s powers, the Yellow Submarine boasting an 8-2-2 Spanish Primera Division collateral form edge over the plain old Yellows when one stops at 12th place on the ladder.

Las Palmas will arrive at Villarreal having won back-to-back Spanish Primera Division games but the Yellows did line up against Eibar and Getafe in those matches – the Gunners are probably in a false ladder position and Getafe is 17th.

Bookmakers are trying to duck under two and a half goals in Sunday’s Spanish Primera Division game between Valencia and Atletico Madrid but one is going to pick the option at odds of 1.60Bet €100 to win €1603/5Bet £100 to win £160-167Bet $100 to win $1600.60Bet HK$100 to win HK$160-1.67Bet Rp100 to win Rp1600.6000Bet RM100 to win RM160  with Marathonbet because the case makes itself really.

A Spanish Primera Division-high 19 of Atletico Madrid’s 27 matches have gone under two and a half goals, including a record 11 of its 14 away games. When one considers that Atletico Madrid is second placed in one of Europe’s most exciting league those are remarkable statistics. Fifteen of Valencia’s 27 Spanish Primera Division matches have gone under two and a half goals, including six of its 13 home games. October’s reverse Spanish Primera Division fixture did result in a 2-1 victory for Atletico Madrid but it is worth noting that Valencia scored from a penalty kick.

Finally, here are one’s Spanish Primera Division collateral form analysis results for every one of Round 28’s 10 games. The asterisk signifies the direct head-to-head winner.

Real Madrid 13*-1-5 versus Celta
Villarreal 12*-2-5 versus Las Palmas
Getafe 2-6-11* versus Sevilla
Deportivo 6-3-10* versus Malaga
Betis 9*-4-6 versus Granada
Eibar 1-1-17* versus Barcelona
Gijon 5-2-12* versus Athletic
Sociedad 12*-1-6 versus Levante
Valencia 4-1-14* versus Atletico Madrid
Espanyol 6-5-8* versus Vallecano

Tips Summary

Barcelona -1 to beat Eibar
Sunday 6th March, 15:00 GMT
Odds: 1.70Bet €100 to win €1707/10Bet £100 to win £170-143Bet $100 to win $1700.70Bet HK$100 to win HK$170-1.43Bet Rp100 to win Rp1700.7000Bet RM100 to win RM170

Villarreal to beat Las Palmas
Saturday 5th March, 17:15 GMT
Odds: 1.62Bet €100 to win €16231/50Bet £100 to win £162-161Bet $100 to win $1620.62Bet HK$100 to win HK$162-1.61Bet Rp100 to win Rp1620.6200Bet RM100 to win RM162

Valencia v Atletico Madrid under 2.5 goals
Sunday 6th March, 19:30 GMT
Odds: 1.60Bet €100 to win €1603/5Bet £100 to win £160-167Bet $100 to win $1600.60Bet HK$100 to win HK$160-1.67Bet Rp100 to win Rp1600.6000Bet RM100 to win RM160