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Murcia – Barcelona BETTING TIPS (24.10.2017)

Barcelona opens on Tuesday, October 24, their journey in an attempt to retain the title of the King of Spain Cup. Winner of the 2016/2017 edition of the competition, he makes his first participation in the 2017/2018 version against Murcia. The match, which counts for the fourth round of the tournament, will be held at the Nueva Condomina stadium in Murcia. The kickoff is scheduled for 17:30.
Unlike the great majority of the national cups of the Old Continent, the Spaniards use the round-trip system to define the ranks from the fourth stage. Using the away goal as a tiebreaker, the return match is scheduled for November 29.

The recent performance of Murcia

Murcia, who has already participated in the elite tournament of Spanish football, this season dispute the group 4 of the Second Division. Despite the name, the competition, in fact, is the Third Division, as it allows access to La Liga 2, the last stage before the Spanish Championship.
The start of the season of Murcia is not one of the most encouraging. On Sunday, October 22, the team was defeated by San Fernando, away from home, by 3 to 2, and entered the relegation zone. With 10 points (two wins, four draws and four losses), it occupies the sixteenth place.
In the Spanish Third Division, the teams are divided into brackets that take into account the geographical criteria for their formation. Group 4 has 20 teams. After 38 rounds, the top four placed remain in the fight for a place in La Liga 2 in the clash with the ranks of the other keys. The last four are relegated to the Fourth Division. The sixteenth place, position that the Murcia occupies at the moment, still offers the chance to dispute the recapture to try to avoid the fall.
Faced with this scenario, the expectation of a zebra and overcome Barcelona seems unimaginable even for the most optimistic fan of Murcia, who made his debut in the King’s Cup still in the first phase, whose definition happens in a unique game. Playing at home, they defeated Cacereno 3-1. Then, again in their dominions, passed by Ferrol scoring 4 to 1. The classification for the fourth phase was obtained with a victory, by 3 to 1, against Olot, also in Murcia.

The current form of Barcelona

Barça, by contrast, is leading the 2017/2018 edition of La Liga. On Saturday, October 21, although not doing much strength, confirmed his favoritism and, acting at home, defeated Málaga, lantern of the tournament, by 2 to 0. He achieved 25 points (eight wins and a draw) with four advantage in the comparison with Valencia, second place, and five ahead against Real Madrid, third place.
The good phase also extends to the Champions League, where the Catalan team have won their three initial commitments and lead Group D with nine points. He is very close to reaching his berth in the round of 16.
By regulating round-trip clashes from the fourth round of the King’s Cup, clubs with great potential for investment usually place teams almost entirely reserves in matches against smaller teams. After all, they still have the opportunity to work from home to reverse a possible bad outcome.
Thus, it is quite likely that coach Ernesto Valverde will use the match against Murcia on Tuesday to put on the field even Barcelona’s B-team athletes avoiding wearing down their main players, who are divided into other competitions. It will be up to the reserves to defend an undefeated series of 12 games (11 wins and a draw) started on August 20.

History of the matches

The teams had their paths crossed in just four chances. Barcelona was the winner in all of them. The most recent was in the 2007/2008 season of La Liga away from home by 5 to 3. Murcia were relegated to the Second Division that year and no longer returned to the elite division of Spanish football.

PREDICTION: Barcelona win @ 1.20

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