Match Mania Boosted Odds BIG Game Previews - 8 February 2025
betPawa offers exclusive boosted odds for the biggest football matches over the weekend. There are three exciting matches on offer featuring top teams from Europe. The Madrid derby takes centre stage, with the top two teams in Spain clashing at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium. In the Bundesliga, champions Bayer Leverkusen travel to Wolfsburg for a crunch clash. Finally, our final match sees Brighton and Hove Albion take on Chelsea in an all-Premier League affair in the FA Cup.
Real Madrid vs Atletico Madrid
Real Madrid will clash with bitter rivals Atletico Madrid for the 238th time, with Los Blancos leading Los Colchoneros by 1 point in the standings.
Historically, Real has fared well in this highly-charged match boasting an impressive H2H record of (W116, D62, L59). However, they tasted defeat last weekend against Espanyol away from home.
Real heads into Saturday night’s match at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium as favourites, as they haven’t lost to Atletico at home since February 2016. Diego Simeone’s side has only lost 2 matches all season incidentally both away from home.
With 4 wins in their last 5 matches, both teams are in solid league form. It could take a moment of brilliance from in-form Atleti midfielder Samuel Lino who has 2 goals in his last 2 league matches to settle matters between two of the capital’s biggest rivals.
Wolfsburg vs Bayer Leverkusen
There’s an intriguing encounter between reigning champions Bayer Leverkusen and midtable Wolfsburg.
Xabi Alonso’s team is in second place behind high-flying Bayern Munich and needs a win to keep on the heels of their rivals. If Leverkusen doesn’t lose against Wolfsburg, it will equal a record set 33 years ago of 27 away matches in the Bundesliga without a loss.
Incredibly, Leverkusen have only tasted 1 defeat in their last 54 matches, and have won 9 of their last 10 league matches. On the other hand, Wolfsburg are desperate for a win after 2 draws and 1 loss in as many matches.
Leverkusen have the upper hand in the H2H stats with 3 wins in their last 5 encounters in the Bundesliga.
Look out for the team's top scorers Mohamed Amoura (Wolfsburg) with 8 goals and Patrik Schick (Leverkusen) 14 goals, two players who are likely to get on the scoresheet.
Brighton vs Chelsea
Finally, we focus on the fourth round of the FA Cup, the world’s oldest football competition.
Brighton hosts Chelsea at the Amex with their poor home form under the spotlight. The Seagulls haven’t won at home in 5 matches in all competitions. Their last win came against Manchester City in early November.
On the contrary, their recent away form has been better with 3 wins in their last 5 matches, including a 4-0 third-round FA Cup win over Norwich. However, Fabian Hürzeler’s men are reeling from their huge 7-0 loss away to Nottingham Forest last weekend and will hope to bounce back in the cup.
Chelsea’s away form guide shows a team struggling to find the back of the net. The Blues have scored 2 goals in their last 4 away matches. Their last away win came in the middle of December in the UEFA Conference League against lowly FC Astana.
Chelsea ran out 2-1 winners the last time they visited the Amex. They had an easy tie in the previous FA Cup third round against Morecambe, winning 5-0. Enzo Maresca’s team has only lost once in their last 5 matches in all competitions and heads to the South Coast keen to stay in the competition.
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