Barcelona (13/10 La Liga Winner) are currently second in Spain’s top flight with a record of 12 wins, five draws and one defeat leaving them four points behind their fierce rivals after 18 rounds of fixtures. However, with the likes of Lionel Messi (9/4 first goalscorer), Andres Iniesta (12/5 anytime goalscorer) and Xavi (10/3 anytime goalscorer) in the squad they will be more than confident of catching Madrid, and they will have been boosted by the midweek cup win over Jose Mourinho’s men that took their unbeaten run in all competitions to 12 games. Barca will need Madrid to slip up in future, but first they must take care of their own results and Pep Guardiola’s side are unsurprisingly 2/7 favourites to take three points here.

Meanwhile, Malaga are chasing a European place and a record of seven wins, four draws and seven defeats has them just one point off the top six at the midway point of the season. They will be looking for a return to winning ways after taking just one point from their last three outings, but a game against the champions is hardly the ideal scenario. Malaga are 17/2 to pull off an upset, while the draw is priced 9/2.

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