La Liga Betting Odds and Predictions (21st matchday, season 2020/21)
The hope of a slip by Atletico Madrid was not fulfilled for the pursuers last weekend either. Defending champions Real Madrid and FC Barcelona are still lagging behind the Colchoneros, who have so far been remarkably confident and who will certainly not have an unsolvable task to master on matchday 21 (January 29 to February 1, 2021) at Cadiz.
For city rivals Real, who are expecting Levante UD, and for Barca, who face Athletic Bilbao for the third time in a month, seven and ten points respectively behind Atletico mean a lot of pressure, especially since the front-runners also have a game of catch-up up their sleeve Has.
In view of this starting position, Real and Barca should not allow themselves any more mistakes for the time being if the championship is to remain a realistic goal. In addition, neither of them should ignore the view in the rear-view mirror, with Sevilla FC, Villarreal FC and Real Sociedad San Sebastian, some clubs that also want to enter the Champions League and could use weaknesses of the big ones for themselves.
Real Madrid vs Levante UD Betting Odds and Predictions
With the 4-1 win at Deportivo Alaves last weekend, Real Madrid quickly ended an interim low – not the first of this season. Previously, Los Blancos had lost their feathers in the league at CA Osasuna (0-0), lost the Supercopa semi-finals to Athletic Bilbao (1: 2) and embarrassed themselves in the Copa del Rey at third division CD Alcoyano (1: 2).
As in Alaves, a win is now also mandatory against UD Levante, with assistant coach David Bettoni again replacing the quarantined head coach Zinedine Zidane in a responsible position on the bench. In the meantime, it is possible that Sergio Ramos and Daniel Carvajal, who was recently beaten, will return to the team. Only Rodrygo and Fede Valverde are certainly not there.
Levante with a positive tendency
In the meantime, Levante is a clear outsider who has recently presented himself in strong form. After just eight points from the first ten games, coach Paco Lopez’s team recorded 15 points from the most recent nine games and was thus able to free themselves from the table cellar. Levante currently has three unbeaten league games in a row, although most recently it was only 2-2 at FC Cadiz and Real Valladolid. In these games, as in general in the previous season, the defence proved to be an Achilles’ heel.
Given Levante’s lack of defensive stability, we don’t believe in a surprise. Rather, we expect Real Madrid to take the next, rather lacklustre, victory.
Betting Prediction: Real Madrid
Betting Odds: 1.36
FC Barcelona vs Athletic Bilbao Betting Odds and Predictions
On January 6th, FC Barcelona won their league game in Bilbao 3-2, but then lost 3-2 in extra time in the Supercopa final against the Basques. Shortly before the end of the 120 minutes, superstar Lionel Messi saw red because of an assault but is back at the third meeting within a short time – and certainly highly motivated. Apart from the bankruptcy in the Supercopa, FC Barcelona is currently reasonably stable at a good level.
After a poor 14 points from the first ten games, the Catalans recorded a strong 23 points from the last nine games, although there was still a lot of room for improvement in terms of performance like last weekend in the 2-0 away win in Elche.
Change of coach in Bilbao with the hoped-for effect
Barca will likely have to improve when they see Bilbao again. Because Athletic has been on the rise since the coaching change from Gaizka Garitano to Marcelino at the beginning of January. Although the debut of the new coach went wrong in the 3-2 draw against Barcelona, the triumph in the Supercopa succeeded and last Monday Bilbao set another exclamation point in the league with a 5-1 against Getafe FC and made it clear that the international ones Place not yet written off.
Despite the positive trend at Bilbao, Barca is of course the favourite and will prevail if they manage to bring the superior quality onto the pitch.
Betting Prediction: FC Barcelona
Betting Odds: 1.43
