Barcelona are in the driving seat to take the Spanish league title this season and they would dearly love to get one over their arch-rivals Real Madrid in the Copa del Rey final in Seville on Saturday, as they look to build on the 4-0 win they posted in the league against Carlo Ancelotti’s team in October.
Continue reading for the latest expert betting picks, predictions and odds for this Saturday's Copa del Rey final between Barcelona and Real Madrid.
The two giants of Spanish football will head to Seville on Saturday for the Copa del Rey final and La Liga leaders Barcelona can be expected to get the better of Real Madrid in the big showdown.
Barca enjoy a four-point advantage over their arch-rivals with five games of the season remaining, but all that will be put aside in the search of cup glory.
However, it is the league leaders who look set to claim the prize in a week when they look forward to a UEFA Champions League semi-final against Italian side Inter.
Hansi Flick’s side have not been beaten in a domestic fixture since December and have already humbled Real in the capital when they claimed a 4-0 league win at the Santiago Bernabeu in October.
And they are playing Madrid at the right time as they still come to terms with the UEFA Champions League humbling they experienced against Arsenal, when they were beaten 5-1 on aggregate in the quarter-final.
The clock looks to be ticking for coach Carlo Ancelotti and his team could be in for another disappointment.
Barcelona would have loved to have had Robert Lewandowski available for the big clash, but the Polish hitman, who has scored 25 goals in La Liga this season, will be missing with a hamstring injury.
However, that creates an opportunity for Ferran Torres and the former Manchester City forward looks capable of taking it.
Torres has claimed 10 La Liga goals this season despite starting only 11 contests and five goals in his last eight league appearances demonstrates the value he has been to Flick’s team as they battle it out to be the champions of Spain.
He has also been key in them reaching this final, scoring a hat-trick in the 5-0 quarter-final victory over Valencia and also the crucial goal in their 1-0 second-leg win over Atletico Madrid in the semi-finals after the pair had played out a 4-4 thriller, so expect him to get on the scoresheet once again.
It is hard to believe that Lamine Yamal has yet to reach his 18th birthday but the Barcelona forward looks set to shine on another big occasion.
The nerveless teenager looks a great bet in the shots market as he has had a whopping total of 114 efforts on goal in 30 La Liga appearances this term, which included 10 in his last game against Mallorca.
Yamal has had more than three efforts in eight of his last 10 league starts, 16 in his four games in the Copa Del Rey and a total of 38 in 11 UEFA Champions League matches.
He had four goes at goal when Barca won 4-0 in the capital against Real in October - he scored the third goal - and he is capable of firing in at least four efforts in Saturday’s Seville showdown.
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Barcelona | +120 |
Tie | +290 |
Real Madrid | +200 |
Kylian Mbappe (Real Madrid) | +110 |
Ferran Torres (Barcelona) | +125 |
Raphinha (Barcelona) | +160 |
Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid) | +200 |
Ansu Fati (Barcelona) | +200 |
Endrick (Real Madrid) | +200 |
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