The battle to reach the Premier League continues on Thursday when Leeds and Norwich play the second leg of their Championship semi-final, drawing 0-0.
In La Liga, the European positions and relegation places remain to be filled and three matches will take place throughout the evening, including Valencia’s trip to Real Sociedad.
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The bet of the day
Under 2.5 goals @ 9/10
The first leg of this Championship encounter ended in a goalless draw at Carrow Road and the action in goal is unlikely to intensify in a nervy second leg at Elland Road.
Leeds and Norwich may have scored freely in the regular season, scoring 81 and 79 times respectively, but the pressure of the play-offs certainly had an impact on the pair’s normal attacking fluidity.
With the Whites having home advantage, Elland Road will be full of anxious supporters, desperate to see Daniel Farke’s side continue their quest to return to the Premier League and that could be felt by the players.
The last two meetings have produced just one goal, while two of Leeds’ last three home matches have seen under 2.5 goals and the same bet has been made in Leeds’ last two away missions. Norwich.
Special of the day
Bet Builder: Sociedad will win, under 2.5 goals and Takefusa Kubo will have over 1 shots on target @ 4/1
Real Sociedad are still fighting for a European place and they can help their cause by accumulating a home win against Valencia, who have picked up just one point from the last 12 on offer.
Los Che hit the buffers at the wrong time in the campaign and have particularly struggled in the final third, failing to score in their last two matches against Alaves and Rayo Vallecano.
Under 2.5 goals have been scored in 11 of Valencia’s last 15 matches, while the same has been achieved in six of Sociedad’s last seven, and this should be added to the Bet Builder alongside a win guests.
To complete the Bet Builder, Takefusa Kubo must have at least one shot on target. The Japan international has scored seven goals in 28 La Liga appearances and will be able to test the keeper’s palms on Thursday.
Help of the day
Andreas Christensen will score first @ 18/1
Barcelona could rack up a few when they travel to bottom side Almeria, whose relegation has already been confirmed and an interesting bet is that Andreas Christensen scores first.
The Danish defender has been in good goal-scoring form for the Catalans of late, scoring three times in his last six appearances in all competitions, and he has scored the opening goal in Barca’s last two away missions.
With Barcelona still fighting hard to secure second place in the Spanish top flight, they will go all out for all three points and there could be plenty of scoring opportunities with Christensen set to score again.
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