Table-toppers Atletico Madrid will look to keep their noses ahead of reigning La Liga champions Real Madrid when they travel to Real Sociedad on Tuesday night.
Atletico look like serious title contenders this season and a trip to the Basque Country will be another good test for Diego Simeone’s side.
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Atleti To Buck The Trend At Anoeta
The Anoeta Stadium has not been a happy hunting ground for Atletico Madrid over the years, with the capital outfit losing on three of their last four visits to the ground.
However, they head to San Sebastian with former frontrunners Sociedad in their worst form of the campaign so far.
The White and Blues have now gone eight games without a win in all competitions and have dropped down to third place in the table following back-to-back defeat to Barcelona and Levante.
Atleti will fancy their chances of adding insult to injury, with the visitors 13/10 to pick up the three points at the Anoeta.
Barca To Bounce Back
After a frustrating 2-2 draw with Valencia last time out, Barcelona should get back to winning ways at Real Valladolid on Tuesday night.
Barca boss Ronald Koeman is already under pressure at the Camp Nou, with the Blaugrana currently down in fifth place in the La Liga standings.
Barcelona have a strong record against Valladolid, winning all of the last four meetings between the teams in La Liga.
The Catalan giants have also limited Valladolid in attack, with the White and Violets only scoring once in those last four encounters.
With that in mind, Barcelona look capable of another shutout and are 7/5 to win to nil at Estadio Jose Zorrilla.
Los Blancos To Cause Granada Real Problems
Real Madrid will look to land their 11th consecutive win over Granada when the two teams meet at the Nuevo Los Cármenes Stadium on Wednesday night.
In those 11 meetings, Real have managed to find the back of the net on 35 occasions, with one match ending in a 9-1 victory of Los Blancos back in 2015.
The signs certainly don’t look good for Granada but they have secured wins in their last two La Liga games against Elche and Real Betis.
Of course Zinedine Zidane’s side will be a different proposition at home and goals can certainly be expected.
In three of the last four meetings, Real Madrid have scored four goals or more and the hosts are 16/5 to score over 3.5 goals.
When it comes to this fixture, Karim Benzema has to be mentioned, with the Frenchman scoring in nine of the last 10 games against Granada.
The one game the experienced forward did not manage to score in, he was on the bench for the majority of.
Benzema is 5/8 to score anytime on Wednesday night and 12/5 to score the opening goal of the game.
*All odds correct at time of writing.