SATURDAY IN EUROPE: The Ultra previews INTER MILAN v VERONA and REAL VALLADOLID v BARCELONA both with a recommended BETDAQ bet.
INTER MILAN V VERONA
7.45pm It’s another massive Saturday from Europe on BETDAQ BETTING EXCHANGE! We have the two sides from the Champions League Semi-Final from Wednesday night in action, and we’re going to have big day in the Serie A and La Liga title races with Inter Milan and Barcelona both expected to win. Any dropped points here would be a massive blow, although obviously Barcelona are in a stronger position compared to Inter Milan. We had plenty of drama between the two European giants on Wednesday night in a 3-3 draw; hopefully we get some drama this weekend too! We kick off the action in Serie A with Inter Milan hosting Verona – Inter are under immense pressure in the title race now after losing again last weekend. Back-to-back losses leaves them three points behind Napoli coming into this weekend and time is running out. They had a difficult fixture list having to play Bologna and Roma, and they still have to play Lazio in the final four games too. Napoli, on paper anyway, have a pretty easy run-in so it’s going to be very difficult for Inter now – but as we all know the pressure of a title race on the run-in means no game is straightforward.
This is a game that Inter will be fully expected to win, and as you would expect given home advantage they come into the game as the red-hot favourites. Inter are trading 1.36 with Verona 11.5 and the draw is 5.5 at the time of writing. Inter are slightly lucky in the sense that Verona are coming into the weekend seven points off the relegation zone, so they do have a little bit of comfort there; they are under pressure of course but it looks like they’ve managed to stay in Serie A for another season at this stage. After four games unbeaten to give themselves that cushion, they’ve had back-to-back losses now. Verona have been exceptionally limited in attack this season – they have the third worst attacking figure in Serie A and they are scoring less than a goal a game on average. I’m happy to keep stakes small here but I do feel Inter will keep a clean sheet on their way to winning – Both Teams Not To Score is worth backing at 1.66 given how poor Verona have been going forward and Inter are conceding less than a goal a game on average this season.
The Ultra Says:
One point win Both Teams Not To Score at 1.66 with BETDAQ BETTING EXCHANGE.
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REAL VALLADOLID V BARCELONA
8pm We move over to La Liga to finish Saturday from Europe as Real Valladolid host Barcelona. Once again we have a red-hot favourite here – anything bar a comfortable Barcelona win would be a massive shock here! Barcelona come into the game as short as 1.19 with Real Valladolid 17.0 and the draw is 9.4 at the time of writing. As I said above, Barcelona are in a much stronger position in the La Liga title race compared to Inter Milan in the Serie A title race given they are four points clear with games ticking down, but at the same time they can’t afford any slip ups. They have a massive El Clasico coming up after this fixture, and it would be criminal to go into that not at least four points clear given Real Valladolid are sitting bottom of the table. This is going to be the start of a massive few days for Barcelona – win here, try get into the Champions League Final in Milan next week and then win El Clasico to effectively win the title. The treble could still be on, or they could be out of the Champions League and only one point ahead of Real Madrid with a nervy run-in.
Barcelona are away to Athletic Bilbao on the final day which is a tough fixture, and they play Villarreal too; they’ll be odds on to win that obviously but it’s not a straightforward fixture. With Real Valladolid well short of La Liga standard this season, and seemingly given up after seven straight losses now, from a Barcelona point of view the aim here should be to put the game to bed in the first half and then make some changes with a view to Inter Milan next week. Morale in the Valladolid camp must be at an all-time low, and they are conceding goals for fun now – they’ve conceded sixteen goals in their last four games. While we could easily see some changes for Barcelona here if they go ahead early or indeed maybe bigger names on the bench given the gulf in class between the sides, I still feel they will comfortably cover the handicap but I am going to reduce stakes given the situation. 2.05 -2.5 goals looks a very nice position though and I’m happy to back that.
The Ultra Says:
One point win Barcelona -2.5 goals to beat Real Valladolid at 2.05 with BETDAQ BETTING EXCHANGE.
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