Real Madrid has won 20 of its 27 games when listed as a moneyline favorite this season (74.1%). Elche CF has won one, or 4.8%, of the 21 games it has played as an underdog this season. Real Madrid has gone 10-0-1 when playing as a moneyline favorite with odds of -306 or shorter (90.9%).
I fancy Chelsea. I think it could be 0-0. I think it will be a draw or a Chelsea win. Arsenal only won the second leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final because Chelsea needed a goal late on and it opened up.
Barcelona will head into the La Liga match against Levante this weekend on the back of a 2-1 defeat to Girona away from home in the league. It came after a 4-0 defeat at the hands of Atletico Madrid away from home in the first leg of the Copa del Rey tie, which followed a 3-0 victory over Real Mallorca at Spotify Camp Nou.
Aston Villa are likely to line up in a 4-2-3-1 formation against Newcastle United. Emiliano Martinez will be in goal for the Villans. Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings and Lucas Digne will be the two defenders. Amadou Onana and Douglas Luiz will be the two holding midfielders. Jadon Sancho, Morgan Rogers and Emiliano Buendia will be deployed in attacking midfield. Ollie Watkins will lead the line for Villa.
