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Spain La Liga
11/30/2014

Atletico Madrid vs Deportio La Coruna

Home - Atletico Madrid
Last away matches - L-W-W-L-W-L

Atletico Madrid managed to win a couple of days ago home match against Olympiacos Piraeus in the UEFA Champions League (4:0), as a result Diego Simeone’s men have already reached promotion to the next stage of those competitions. Hero of that game was Mario Mandzukic, who scored a hattrick. Recently he was becoming criticized by some people, however with this great performance Mandzukic showed that he’s a top-class footballer. In total, he has now 11 goals scored for a team from Vicente Calderon. Also Raul Garcia scored a goal in the match against Olympiakos. It was a special game for him as he made his 66th appearance for Atletico in European competitions. By doing that he equaled record of Adelardo Rodriguez, one of club’s biggest legends. “I think Adelardo’s achievement was better than mine, at those times there weren’t so many games as nowadays. Most important thing is the team. We are now not thinking about anything else but win against Juventus. We want to top our group and we’ll go to Italy in order to win,” said Raul Garcia. “He reminds me in some way. I want him to play as many matches as possible. He deserves only the best things. Raul Garcia is a complete player, he can play on many different positions,” said Adelardo Rodriguez. Captain Gabi is suspended for the match against Deportivo, whereas Miranda and Tiago are injured.

Away - Deportio La Coruna
Last away matches - D-D-L-L-W-L

Deportivo La Coruna are struggling and now comes a tough match for them at Vicente Calderon. “As always, we are aiming for a win. They are very aggressive and competitive,” said coach Victor Fernandez. “There is a pressure since the beginning of the season. Our aim is to avoid relegation. We must be very focused in a game against Atletico. It’s a very strong side, with quality midfield and very good defense. Simeone makes their players being concentrated for entire match. I want to play, I feel well with 4 defenders as well as with 5,” said goalkeeper Fabricio. Visitors have some absences as Lopo is suspended, whereas Lucas Perez and Luis Farina injured. Deportivo will play probably very defensively. Last weekend, against Real Sociedad, they did better after the break when offensive midfielder Juan Dominguez was replaced by defensive midfielder Cezary Wilk. Deportivo may use formation with 3 central defenders in this game.

Asian Handicap
Home - (-1.75)
Away - (+1.75)
Pick - Deportio La Coruna (+1.75)
Odds - 2.19
Stakes - 10/10
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Spain La Liga
11/30/2014

Sevilla vs Granada

Home - Sevilla
Last away matches - L-L-W-L-W-D

Sevilla doesn’t play as it used to and it is now clear, because they played three matches and haven’t won, while they won just once in the last five matches. They started well and even shared the first places, while in the Europa League had kept the situation under control. The situation now is a bit different, although they the situation under control when the place in the knockout phase is in question. It is a question is this crisis or a reality, given that several important players have left Sevilla and it wasn’t expected to be so good in La Liga.Besides, they played away matches in Bilbao and Barcelona and it was no wonder that they lost, so the only problem remains the draw at home with Levante. They lost an away match of the Europa League on Thursday to Feyenoord and now must stay undefeated in the last round against Rijeka. It shouldn’t be a problem, but before that they should win this match in order to break with the negative series. They have no bigger problems with absenteeism and only Coke is missing because of yellow cards while Iborra is injured.

Away - Granada
Last away matches - D-D-L-L-W-D

There is no doubt in Granada that are in a crisis because this team play poorly for a long time, so can be happy that are not already in the relegation zone. They are particularly bad at home, but are not much better when play away. The last time they won was more than two months ago and it happened in Bilbao when no one expected it. After that they hosted Levante and it was supposed to be a continuation of good series but instead they lost and since then only occasionally succeed to draw. The only one worth mentioning is the one in Vigo with Celta and without goals, because if Granada footballers concede one then they usually lose.The reason is chronic inefficiency, so the team on average score one at every second match. They are by far the most inefficient team in the entire league, which is quite odd given the individual quality of this team. In the last round they drew with Almeria 0-0, although they had a player more on the pitch for almost the complete second half. On top of it, midfielder Rochina has injured and he will skip this match, while stopper Murillo is questionable.

Asian Handicap
Home - (+1.50)
Away - (-1.50)
Pick - Sevilla (-1.50)
Odds - 2.36
Stakes - 8/10