{"id":345658,"date":"2025-05-10T15:30:20","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T19:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=345658"},"modified":"2025-05-10T16:06:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T20:06:31","slug":"barcelona-vs-real-madrid-picks-may-11-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/barcelona-vs-real-madrid-picks-may-11-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona vs. Real Madrid picks and predictions May 11: Bet on Lewandowski in Sunday&#8217;s El Clasico"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The fourth and final El Clasico this season headlines Sunday&#8217;s La Liga action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> Barcelona is coming off a heartbreaking loss in the Champions League semifinal, but needs to refocus on the job at hand: winning La Liga. Four points separate Barca from Madrid in the table with four games to play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out the best Barcelona vs. Real Madrid picks featuring Raphinha for the match on May 11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Barcelona vs. Real Madrid picks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Best Bet: Barcelona to win (+100)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barcelona has won all three meetings between these historic rivals this season:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>October 4 (La Liga):<\/strong> 4-0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>January 11 (Spanish Supercopa final):<\/strong> 5-2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>April 25 (Copa del Rey final):<\/strong> 3-2 AET<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The last victory required extra time, but Barcelona largely dominated play. It held 60% possession, out-shot Real Madrid 22-15 (9-7 SOT), and generated 1.85 xG to Madrid&#8217;s 0.918. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Given the previous two results \u2014 and the fact that this is being played in Barcelona \u2014 I&#8217;m happy to back the hosts to win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hansi Flick&#8217;s side just crashed out of the Champions League after losing a nail-biting 7-6 tie to Inter Milan, but the team&#8217;s offence showed plenty of promise without Robert Lewandowski.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Polish striker was subbed on late in the second leg, which is a promising sign that he&#8217;ll be ready to play big minutes against Madrid. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for Madrid, it is dealing with a few key injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Defensive midfielder Eduardo Camavinga and centre back Antonio Rudiger are both out. Madrid has struggled to keep the ball out of its net this season, especially in this fixture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key stat:<\/strong> Madrid has conceded multiple goals in seven of its last 10 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Go to full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/event\/1021043875\">La Liga betting markets<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quick pick<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lewandowski to score (+120)<\/strong>: There is some risk here given Lewandowski&#8217;s fitness, but Rotowire projects the Polish striker to be in Barcelona&#8217;s starting XI on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And when Lewandowski&#8217;s on the pitch, he&#8217;s been unstoppable:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>He has 40 goals for Barcelona across all competitions, scoring in both matches against Real Madrid (three total goals).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lewandowski leads La Liga in goals (24), expected goals (24.2), goals per 90 (0.92), and big chances missed (20), according to FotMob.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The best goalscorer of this generation being priced at plus money in a game like this is too good for me to ignore. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><em>Barcelona vs. Real Madrid picks made at 3:12 p.m. on 05\/10\/25.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fourth and final El Clasico this season headlines Sunday&#8217;s La Liga action. The pregame narrative: Barcelona is coming off a heartbreaking loss in the Champions League semifinal, but needs to refocus on the job at hand: winning La Liga. Four points separate Barca from Madrid in the table with four games to play. Check [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":345716,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[229],"class_list":["post-345658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-soccer"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Barcelona vs. Real Madrid picks: May 11 La Liga predictions | NSB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our Barcelona vs. Real Madrid picks. 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