Even with a quiet domestic football scene, European leagues offer exciting matchups on Friday. Real Madrid aims for La Liga dominance, Nice targets a Champions League push in Ligue 1, and several Copa del Rey and Primeira Liga matches provide thrilling opportunities for an accumulator bet.
Friday is a quiet day on the domestic football front but there is still plenty of action on the continent, with Real Madrid hoping they can push themselves back to the top of La Liga with a victory over Valencia. There are also Copa del Rey games in Spain, Porto and Sporting Lisbon are in action in Portugal’s Primeira Liga and Nice will go fourth in France’s Ligue 1 if they can win at home to Rennes.
Nice will anticipate that they can make a push for a Champions League place this season and a run of one defeat from their last 11 games should give them plenty of confidence for Friday’s Ligue 1 home clash against Rennes. They are unbeaten in seven home league games this term, beating Saint-Etienne 8-0 in September and winning their last two, against Strasbourg and Le Havre. Rennes have won their last two home games against strugglers Saint-Etienne and Angers and claimed a Coupe de France success at fourth-tier Bordeaux, but they have taken just one point from their last eight on the road, so they look vulnerable.Two games in Spain’s Copa del Rey and a couple of Portuguese fixtures can be combined for an acca that will pay out at 11/2 if it is successful. Real Mallorca are sixth in La Liga and have won five league away games this season, so they should get the better of fourth-tier Pontevedra. Meanwhile, Rayo Vallecano, who have won at Valencia and drawn at Villarreal and Real Betis in their last three La Liga away games can see off Segunda strugglers Racing Ferrol, who have conceded nine goals in their last two home matches. Then, in Portugal, Porto have conceded just one goal in their last five league games, so they should have too much for Nacional, who have won two in 12 and new Sporting Lisbon manager Rui Borges can steer his team to victory against his old club Vitoria Guimaraes, who have won two of 1
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