Real Madrid vs Barcelona. Prediction and Betting Tips for Copa del Rey

Real Madrid

Spain

Copa del Rey

2 March 12:00

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Barcelona

Spain

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On March 2, Real Madrid and Barcelona will face each other in the first leg of Copa del Rey semi-final. What to expect from El Clasico? The answer is in our prediction.

Command Analysis

Real Madrid

Fierce rivals Real Madrid and Barcelona will face each other in the semi-final of Copa del Rey after both sides dropped points in La Liga. Capital club barely avoided a defeat in the game against Atletico, getting just one point. Now champion is getting ready for 252nd El Clasico in history and a third one in the current season.

Galacticos narrowed the gap to a top position in La Liga to seven points. Team extended the unbeaten run to six games, including high-scoring victories over Liverpool (5:2) in the Champions League and over Al-Hilal (5:3) in FIFA Club World Cup. Hosts have 16 victories and four draws in La Liga, delivering 52 points and a 2nd position in the standings. Team scored 47 goals in the current La Liga season. Team had a difficult path to the semi-final of Copa del Rey, the Whites managed to beat Atletico only in extra-time.

Alaba and Mendy will miss the upcoming game.

Barcelona

It was a terrible week for Barcelona: they were eliminated from the Europa League after a Tuesday defeat to Manchester United, and suffered a first ever defeat to Almeria on Sunday. It was a disappointing experience for Xavi, who called a Sunday game the «worst performance of the season».

After 23 La Liga matches, Catalan side has 19 victories and two draws, delivering 59 points and a top position in the standings. Team has an outstanding defensive record with just eight conceded goals throughout the season. The Blaugrana also won two of three latest El Clasico games, but absence of Ousmane Dembele, Robert Lewandowski and Pedri will surely make it harder for Barca to obtain a positive result.

Fati, Lewandowski, Pedriand Dembeleare unavailable for the upcoming game.

Tip and bets

Tiptotal under 2,5 goals

2.14

Both teams are great on offense and on defense. Opponents are taking this match very seriously, so we think that defense will prevail over the offense here and the outcome will be decided by one or two goals.

Our prediction - total under 2,5 goals

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Tipdraw

3.50

We think that the opponents will leave the intrigue for the second game. None of recent El Clasicos ended in a draw and that's the result we expect on March 2. It should be a fairly positive result for both sides.

Our second bet is on a draw

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