Welcome back to another Fantasy La Liga Five Tips for Gameweek 16 article. Callum Read has returned with his top five tips ahead of Gameweek 16.
It's Kon'nichiwa to all those Barcelona fans out there as Luis Enrique's side are over in Japan trying to win their third Club World Cup Championship meaning no La Liga action for them or Sporting Gijon this weekend. Last week saw Deportivo come from 2-0 down to salvage a point from the Camp Nou for the second time this year, elsewhere Real Madrid fell to a 1-0 defeat to Villarreal leading to even more talk of a Rafa Benitez departure. We also said goodbye to Sergio who was sacked from Espanyol following a string of poor results.
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FantasyBet (FB) Here are five tips for Gameweek 16 of La Liga.
Fixtures
Saturday 19th December
Valencia v Getafe
Espanyol v Las Palmas
Real Betis v Sevilla
Deportio v Eibar
Sunday 20th December
Real Madrid v Rayo Vallecano
Athletic Club Bilbao v Levante
Granada v Celta Vigo
Real Sociedad v Villarreal
Malaga v Atletico Madrid
Clean Sheet Potential
1. Athletic Club Bilbao
2. Atletico Madrid
3. Real Madrid
4. Valencia
5. Deportivo & Espanyol
Clean Sheet Potential
1. Real Madrid
2. Athletic Club Bilbao
3. Sevilla & Valencia
4. Atletico Madrid
5. Espanyol
TIP #1 � REAL BETIS v SEVILLA WILL BE FULL OF BOOKINGS.
This weekend see's one of the biggest derby matches in the whole of Europe take place. The atmosphere is guaranteed to be hostile with the Sevilla fans itching to taunt their city rivals. Betis haven't won a derby game at Estadio Benito Villamarin for 10 years. If one thing is guaranteed in this game it's bookings and not just the yellow variety � in the last seven games between the two there has been seven red cards. We'd say avoid this game in general, the atmosphere is going to be hostile and the emotions on the pitch will be running high.
TIP #2 � ATLETI TO WIN, GRIEZMANN TO SCORE.
One thing is for sure
Antoine Griezmann (MO:11.0m, FB:12.5m) is hitting a spell of goal scoring form, his goal against Athletic Club last week was spectacular and showed the Frenchman has all sorts of goal inside his locker. His La Liga total sits at eight for the season with the Atleti man scoring in his last three league games. He will need help at some point this season, he seems to be Atleti's only goal scorer but for now back him to score each and every .A win puts Diego Simeone's side top of the league for Christmas, the incentive is certainly there for them to win and they are without doubt good enough to do so. Atleti have only lost once away from home this season, scoring 11 and Malaga are pretty poor in front of their own fans � get Griezmann in your Daily Fantasy Football sides.
TIP #3 � GARY NEVILLE'S SIDE TO SCORE GOALS.
Gary Neville took charge of his first La Liga game last weekend and should be happy to come away from Eibar with a point. It's a tough place to go and the stadium is very enclosed and the pitch, well it's not looked after much. This weekend will be his first taste of a league game at the Mestalla Stadium when his Valencia side play hosts to Getafe. Fran Esbribá was born in Valencia and spent the early days of his playing career at his boyhood club before spending four years with Los Che as a coach, despite this his side do have the worst away form in the league conceding 18 goals in just seven away games and they are without a win in their last five. Valencia will now be used to Neville's tactics and style of play if all goes to plan it should click this weekend. The likes of
Rodrigo de Paul (MO:5.9m, FB:6.5m), and
Paco Alcacer (MO:8.0m, FB:10.0m) will all be keen to impress their new boss. Valencia kick off at 3pm on Saturday meaning you can check the starting lineups
here to see what forwards Gary Neville has opted for.
TIP #4 � AGIRRETXE AGAIN.
Imanol Agirretxe (MO:12.7m, FB:8.0m) just can't stop scoring his tally for the season now sits at 12 goals in just 12 games (that's not including his one substitute appearance) all eyes will be on the Spanish striker to continue his form against Villarreal this weekend. A tough game for the number 9, Marcelino's side sit fifth in the league and their confidence will be through the roof after beating Real Madrid last weekend. Agirretxe is proving that no matter whom the opposition are he can score against them, so stick with the form of the Sociedad man, after all he is in front of his own fans.
TIP #5 - LUCAS PEREZ TO CONTINUE SCORING.
Another Spanish striker who is constantly finding the back of the net is Depor's
Lucas Perez (MO:13.3m, FB:8.5m). His goal against Barcelona last weekend means he sits on 11 goals for the La Liga season. His dramatic improvement in form is highly commendable, last season the striker only scored six goals across 21 games and a lot of people were unsure if he would stay at Deportivo. Luckily for the fans he has and he is repaying them tenfold. Similar to Agirretxe, Lucas is proving himself to be fixture proof. He comes up against Eibar this weekend in an attempt to extend his run of scoring in consecutive games to seven matches.
Thanks for reading, good luck this weekend make sure you join us next week for another round of La Liga Daily Fantasy Football Tips.
