Real Madrid vs Athletic Bilbao Odds: Two picks for tonight's La Liga match

There's a crucial rearranged match in La Liga this Wednesday dating back from Gameweek 9. The original tie was postponed due to the extended CONMEBOL qualification period and Real Madrid will be hoping to use this extra fixture to their advantage and extend their lead over their city rivals Atlético Madrid to seven points. 

Real are the big favourites at around the 1/2 mark whilst Athletic Club are 13/2. The draw is generally available at 7/2.

We've analysed the markets and have picked out two selections that could be of interest.

Team News:

Real Madrid:  Gareth Bale and Dani Ceballos are both still unavilable through injury and Eden Hazard remains doubtful. 

Athletic Bilbao:  Yuri Berchiche, Asier Villalibre, Peru Nolaskoain and Dani Vivian are all injured whilst Íñigo Martínez is suspended.

First up we've got Bilbao central defender Yeray Álvarez who has been filling in for Dani Vivian in recent games. In his five appearances he's committed eight fouls of which three have led to cautions. Tonight he's up against the feared strike force of Karim Benzema and Vinícius Júnior and I'm expecting him to find his name in the Referee's book again here.

He's 11/4 to do so at William Hill.

Next up we've decided to look for the value in the shots on target markets. Obviously Benzema and Vinícius are massively odds on so we're looking at a defender to come up trumps. Brazilian centre-back Eder Militão is averaging almost a shot a game and he's managed to get 33% of those on target. 

He's priced at 11/5 at Paddy Power to hit the target here.