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Rayo Vallecano v Granada: Profit by foul means at 5/1

Andy Schooler
15 May 2024
1:30 min read

Spanish referee Isidro Diaz de Mera Escuderos — Isidro Diaz de Mera Escuderos likes to give a foul or three

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Rayo Vallecano v Granada
Wednesday 15 May, 18:30
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It's straight off to the fouls market in this fixture.

Why, I hear you ask. Well, here's why...

First of all, we've got two of the top three most-fouled teams in La Liga on show.

The pair are also fourth and eighth respectively when it comes to committing said fouls.

And then there's referee Isidro Diaz de Mera Escuderos, who has the second-highest fouls-per-game figure in the Spanish top flight - he's averaging 28.63, well above the Primera Division average of 26.1.

The one bad thing is that Granada no longer have anything to play for - they are already guaranteed to be playing their football in the Segunda Division next season. However, Rayo are still battling against the drop.

A win here virtually guarantees safety so they will be keen to end a run which has seen them fail to score in five of their last six games.

Leg 1: Gerard Gumbau 2+ fouls

So, which players to back?

Let's start with Granada midfielder Gerard Gumbau, who sits 12th overall for fouls committed in La Liga this season.

He's committed at least two in five of his last six games, landing the 3+ bet in four of them.

I'll take the safer option here - one he landed in the reverse fixture - which is offered at a more-than-reasonable 8/131.61.

Leg 2: Carlos Neva 1+ foul

Team-mate Carlos Neva is added for 1+ foul.

The Granada captain and left-back has nailed this in three of his last four but, most importantly, looks likely to be up against Izi Palazon here.

Palazon loves to run at defenders and that has led to him being the fifth most-fouled player in La Liga in terms of total fouls.

Spanish La Liga - Top 5 Fouls Won

Player	Team	Apps	Fouls Won	Fouls Won/90*
Vinícius Júnior	Real Madrid	29	70	2.8
Takefusa Kubo	Real Sociedad	34	67	2.7
Christantus Uche	Getafe	30	65	2.6
Yangel Herrera	Girona	27	64	2.7
Jude Bellingham	Real Madrid	30	63	2.4
Giovani Lo Celso	Betis	23	61	4.1
Aimar Oroz	Osasuna	34	60	2
Pape Gueye	Villarreal	32	59	2.5
Samú Costa	Mallorca	30	59	2.1
Jofre Carreras	Espanyol	34	58	2.5
Carlos Vicente	Alavés	35	56	1.7
Kike García	Alavés	33	56	2.1
Lamine Yamal	Barcelona	32	56	1.9
Dodi Lukébakio	Sevilla	36	55	1.6
Ilaix Moriba	Celta Vigo	31	54	2.5
Dani Raba	Leganés	27	54	2.7
Diego Rico	Getafe	30	52	1.8
Mauro Arambarri	Getafe	32	50	1.9
Yvan Neyou	Leganés	30	50	1.9
Hugo Duro	Valencia	29	50	2.1
Pedri	Barcelona	34	49	1.6
Thierno Barry	Villarreal	33	48	2
Isi Palazón	Vallecano	32	47	2.2
Luis Milla	Getafe	31	46	1.5
Iván Sánchez	Valladolid	31	45	3
Álex Baena	Villarreal	30	45	1.6
Enzo Barrenechea	Valencia	28	44	2
Nahuel Tenaglia	Alavés	32	43	1.4
Sandro Ramírez	Las Palmas	31	43	1.9
Brais Méndez	Real Sociedad	25	43	2.6
Fábio Silva	Las Palmas	24	43	2.1
José Ángel Carmona	Sevilla	33	42	1.3
Mario Martín	Valladolid	29	42	2.2
Anuar Tuhami	Valladolid	24	42	2.3
Jon Aramburu	Real Sociedad	33	41	1.6
Giuliano Simeone	Atlético	30	41	2.1
Romain Perraud	Betis	26	41	1.9
Alberto Moleiro	Las Palmas	34	40	1.4
Rodrigo De Paul	Atlético	31	40	1.9
Bryan Gil	Girona	25	40	2.1
Dani Rodríguez	Mallorca	35	39	1.7
Juan Iglesias	Getafe	34	39	1.3
Iñaki Williams	Athletic Club	33	39	1.3
Ayoze Pérez	Villarreal	29	39	1.8
Isco	Betis	19	39	2.6
Luis Rioja	Alavés	35	38	1.2
Conor Gallagher	Atlético	29	38	2.2
Djibril Sow	Sevilla	28	38	1.8
Jesús Rodriguez	Betis	19	38	3.3
Sergi Darder	Mallorca	36	37	1.3
Lucas Torró	Osasuna	32	37	1.2
Kylian Mbappé	Real Madrid	32	37	1.2
Mikel Jauregizar	Athletic Club	31	37	1.6
Isaac Romero	Sevilla	30	37	1.5
Rodrygo	Real Madrid	30	37	1.7
Abde Ezzalzouli	Betis	29	37	1.8
Arnau Martínez	Girona	30	36	1.3
Pablo Maffeo	Mallorca	29	36	1.4
Vedat Muriqi	Mallorca	27	36	1.7
Marc Casadó	Barcelona	23	36	2
Raphinha	Barcelona	33	35	1.2
Alejandro Balde	Barcelona	29	35	1.5
Nico Williams	Athletic Club	28	35	1.6
André Almeida	Valencia	32	34	1.7
Robert Lewandowski	Barcelona	31	34	1.2
Miguel Gutiérrez	Girona	29	34	1.2
Javi Galán	Atlético	23	34	1.8
Munir El Haddadi	Leganés	23	34	4
Borja Iglesias	Celta Vigo	35	33	1.6
Ante Budimir	Osasuna	35	33	1.1
Dani Parejo	Villarreal	34	33	1.3
Sergi Altimira	Betis	30	33	1.6
Brahim Díaz	Real Madrid	30	33	2.2
Juanmi Latasa	Valladolid	26	33	2.4
Carles Aleñá	Getafe	22	33	2.1
Diego López	Valencia	36	32	1.1
Renato Tapia	Leganés	32	32	1.3
Abel Bretones	Osasuna	32	32	1.4
Lucas Vázquez	Real Madrid	30	32	1.4
Abdel Abqar	Alavés	29	32	1.2
Bryan Zaragoza	Osasuna	24	32	1.8
Dimitri Foulquier	Valencia	32	31	1.2
Cyle Larin	Mallorca	30	31	1.6
Iago Aspas	Celta Vigo	28	31	1.7
Viti Rozada	Las Palmas	28	31	1.4
Mamadou Sylla	Valladolid	28	31	1.8
Eduardo Camavinga	Real Madrid	19	31	2.5
Rubén García	Osasuna	34	30	1.2
Miguel de la Fuente	Leganés	32	30	1.6
Óscar Valentín	Vallecano	32	30	1.5
Manu Fuster	Las Palmas	26	30	3.3
Arda Güler	Real Madrid	26	30	2.5
Dário Essugo	Las Palmas	25	30	1.5
Alfon González	Celta Vigo	24	30	2.1
Vitor Roque	Betis	22	30	2.2
Alex Berenguer	Athletic Club	33	29	1.3
Jorge de Frutos	Vallecano	33	29	1.2
Marash Kumbulla	Espanyol	33	29	0.9
Alejo Véliz	Espanyol	25	29	2.5
Dani Ceballos	Real Madrid	21	29	2.3
Omar El Hilali	Espanyol	33	28	0.9
Yeremy Pino	Villarreal	32	28	1.4
Carlos Martín	Alavés	25	28	1.9
Marcos André	Valladolid	22	28	2.1
Javi Guerra	Valencia	34	27	1
Santi Comesaña	Villarreal	34	27	1
Williot Swedberg	Celta Vigo	30	27	1.9
Pablo Barrios	Atlético	29	27	1.1
Marcos Alonso	Celta Vigo	29	27	1
Javi López	Real Sociedad	28	27	1.3
Samuel Lino	Atlético	28	27	1.8
Iñigo Martínez	Barcelona	27	27	1
Pablo Ibáñez	Osasuna	25	27	2.2
Viktor Tsygankov	Girona	25	27	1.4
Walid Cheddira	Espanyol	21	27	3.9
Tasos Douvikas	Celta Vigo	20	27	3.5
Javi Muñoz	Las Palmas	35	26	0.9
Sergi Cardona	Villarreal	34	26	0.8
Óscar Mingueza	Celta Vigo	32	26	0.9
Johnny Cardoso	Betis	26	26	1.2
Peque Fernández	Sevilla	24	26	2.1
Selim Amallah	Valladolid	23	26	1.7
Álex Sola	Getafe	19	26	2.3
Javi Puado	Espanyol	32	25	0.8
Adrià Alti	Leganés	20	25	1.5
Antoine Griezmann	Atlético	35	24	0.9
Antonio Blanco	Alavés	33	24	0.8
Seydouba Cissé	Leganés	32	24	0.9
Pep Chavarría	Vallecano	31	24	0.9
Djené Dakonam	Getafe	30	24	0.9
Pathé Ciss	Vallecano	30	24	1.1
Marcos Llorente	Atlético	30	24	1
Luis Pérez	Valladolid	29	24	0.9
Moussa Diarra	Alavés	26	24	1.2
Arthur	Girona	13	24	2.6
Cristhian Mosquera	Valencia	35	23	0.7
Johan Mojica	Mallorca	34	23	0.8
Diego Llorente	Betis	30	23	0.8
Óscar Rodríguez	Leganés	28	23	1.6
Santiago Mouriño	Alavés	24	23	1.2
Roberto Fernández	Espanyol	16	23	1.6
Maroan Sannadi	Athletic Club	13	23	3.5
Alex Král	Espanyol	35	22	0.7
Aurélien Tchouaméni	Real Madrid	30	22	0.8
Nicolas Pépé	Villarreal	26	22	1.4
Robin Le Normand	Atlético	25	22	1
Yáser Asprilla	Girona	25	22	1.6
Ramon Terrats	Villarreal	23	22	1.8
Dani Olmo	Barcelona	22	22	1.8
Beñat Turrientes	Real Sociedad	19	22	2.3
Antony	Betis	14	22	1.7
Gorka Guruzeta	Athletic Club	34	21	1.1
Adri Embarba	Vallecano	33	21	1.2
Álex Suárez	Las Palmas	30	21	0.8
Diego García	Leganés	26	21	1.8
Robert Navarro	Mallorca	23	21	1.5
Albert Sambi Lokonga	Sevilla	21	21	1.3
Kike Pérez	Valladolid	19	21	1.6
Ilias Akhomach	Villarreal	11	21	3.2
Javi Rodríguez	Celta Vigo	34	20	0.8
Mikel Oyarzabal	Real Sociedad	33	20	0.8
Juan Cruz	Leganés	32	20	0.9
Fran García	Real Madrid	29	20	0.9
José Campaña	Las Palmas	25	20	1.5
Antoniu Roca	Espanyol	24	20	2
Gavi	Barcelona	23	20	2
Martín Zubimendi	Real Sociedad	34	19	0.6
Pepelu	Valencia	33	19	1
Jules Koundé	Barcelona	32	19	0.7
Manu Sánchez	Alavés	31	19	0.7
Álvaro Tejero	Espanyol	27	19	1.4
Oihan Sancet	Athletic Club	26	19	1.1
Abdón Prats	Mallorca	24	19	3.9
Raúl Asencio	Real Madrid	22	19	1.1
Lucas Rosa	Valladolid	21	19	0.9
Clément Lenglet	Atlético	21	19	1
Nayef Aguerd	Real Sociedad	21	19	1
Álvaro Rodríguez	Getafe	20	19	2.2
Adnan Januzaj	Las Palmas	16	19	3.2
Florian Lejeune	Vallecano	34	18	0.5
Luka Modric	Real Madrid	33	18	1
Álvaro García	Vallecano	33	18	0.7
Ander Guevara	Alavés	32	18	0.9
Oliver McBurnie	Las Palmas	32	18	0.9
Valentin Rosier	Leganés	32	18	0.6
Unai López	Vallecano	29	18	1
Yuri Berchiche	Athletic Club	27	18	0.9
Kirian Rodríguez	Las Palmas	21	18	0.9
Aritz Elustondo	Real Sociedad	21	18	1.2
Chimy Ávila	Betis	19	18	2.4
Reinildo	Atlético	19	18	1.7
Edu Expósito	Espanyol	16	18	2
Jesús Areso	Osasuna	33	17	0.5
Andrei Ratiu	Vallecano	32	17	0.5
Dani Vivian	Athletic Club	29	17	0.6
Unai Gómez	Athletic Club	29	17	1.4
Adrià Pedrosa	Sevilla	29	17	0.7
Arnaut Danjuma	Villarreal	27	17	1
Aitor Ruibal	Betis	26	17	1.4
Pablo Durán	Celta Vigo	25	17	1.2
Juanmi	Betis	23	17	1.7
Bertug Yildirim	Getafe	20	17	1.4
Jonathan Bamba	Celta Vigo	12	17	1.9
Raúl Moro	Valladolid	31	16	0.7
Ferran Torres	Barcelona	27	16	1.3
Ladislav Krejcí	Girona	26	16	0.6
Hugo Álvarez	Celta Vigo	25	16	0.9
Fermín López	Barcelona	25	16	1.4
Chidera Ejuke	Sevilla	24	16	1.5
Frenkie de Jong	Barcelona	23	16	1.5
Stoichkov	Alavés	16	16	2.1
Sergio Gómez	Real Sociedad	35	15	0.5
Federico Valverde	Real Madrid	34	15	0.5
Carlos Romero	Espanyol	31	15	0.6
David López	Girona	29	15	0.6
Javi Hernández	Leganés	29	15	0.6
Antonio Rüdiger	Real Madrid	29	15	0.6
Beñat Prados	Athletic Club	28	15	0.8
Luka Sucic	Real Sociedad	27	15	0.8
Randy Nteka	Vallecano	24	15	1.2
Eray Cömert	Valladolid	24	15	0.8
Oriol Romeu	Girona	23	15	1
Íñigo Ruíz de Galarreta	Athletic Club	23	15	1
Sheraldo Becker	Real Sociedad	22	15	1.4
Marvin Park	Las Palmas	21	15	1.6
Pablo Marín	Real Sociedad	21	15	1.2
Takuma Asano	Mallorca	21	15	1.3
Yeray Álvarez	Athletic Club	20	15	0.8
Tajon Buchanan	Villarreal	11	15	4.3
César Tárrega	Valencia	32	14	0.4
Jon Guridi	Alavés	31	14	0.6
Iván Martín	Girona	30	14	0.6
Nemanja Gudelj	Sevilla	29	14	0.5
Kike Salas	Sevilla	29	14	0.6
Darko Brasanac	Leganés	29	14	0.8
Pol Lozano	Espanyol	27	14	0.7
José Gayà	Valencia	22	14	0.7
Umar Sadiq	Real Sociedad	21	14	1.4
Jorge Sáenz	Leganés	21	14	0.8
Darwin Machís	Valladolid	18	14	2
Álvaro Djaló	Athletic Club	17	14	1.9
Alejandro Francés	Girona	16	14	1.2
Stefan Bajcetic	Las Palmas	14	14	1.3
Adam Aznou	Valladolid	12	14	1.6
Thierry Correia	Valencia	11	14	1.6
Daley Blind	Girona	32	13	0.5
Alexander Sørloth	Atlético	32	13	0.8
Omar Mascarell	Mallorca	30	13	0.6
Koke	Atlético	29	13	0.7
Ander Barrenetxea	Real Sociedad	28	13	1
Kiko Femenía	Villarreal	28	13	0.5
Toni Martínez	Alavés	27	13	1.2
Copete	Mallorca	25	13	0.8
Marc Bartra	Betis	23	13	0.6
Abel Ruiz	Girona	21	13	0.9
Manu Morlanes	Mallorca	21	13	0.9
Borja Mayoral	Getafe	21	13	1.3
Domingos Duarte	Getafe	19	13	0.7
Yan Diomande	Leganés	8	13	2.9
Alejandro Catena	Osasuna	32	12	0.4
Raúl García	Osasuna	29	12	1.6
Jaime Mata	Las Palmas	28	12	2
José María Giménez	Atlético	26	12	0.6
Abdul Mumin	Vallecano	24	12	0.5
Pablo Fornals	Betis	23	12	0.7
Iván Balliu	Vallecano	22	12	1.1
Youssouf Sabaly	Betis	21	12	0.7
Álex Muñoz	Las Palmas	20	12	0.8
Aihen Muñoz	Real Sociedad	20	12	1.1
Pau Cabanes	Villarreal	16	12	3.2
Alfonso Espino	Vallecano	14	12	1.4
Suso	Sevilla	14	12	2.5
Duk	Leganés	8	12	7.6
Fran Beltrán	Celta Vigo	32	11	0.4
Antonio Sánchez	Mallorca	31	11	0.8
Juanlu Sánchez	Sevilla	30	11	0.6
Martin Valjent	Mallorca	30	11	0.4
Carl Starfelt	Celta Vigo	28	11	0.4
Ángel Correa	Atlético	28	11	1.4
Natan	Betis	28	11	0.5
Carles Pérez	Getafe	27	11	0.7
Igor Zubeldia	Real Sociedad	27	11	0.5
Saúl Ñíguez	Sevilla	24	11	0.6
Joan Jordán	Alavés	24	11	0.7
Fran Pérez	Valencia	24	11	2
Tomás Conechny	Alavés	20	11	1.2
Iker Muñoz	Osasuna	20	11	2
Gerard Gumbau	Vallecano	20	11	1.3
Bojan Miovski	Girona	17	11	1.1
Óscar Trejo	Vallecano	16	11	2.1
Urko González	Real Sociedad	15	11	0.8
Florian Grillitsch	Valladolid	12	11	1.7
Sergio González	Leganés	34	10	0.3
Omar Alderete	Getafe	32	10	0.3
Loïc Badé	Sevilla	31	10	0.3
Sergio Camello	Vallecano	23	10	0.8
Jesús Vázquez	Valencia	18	10	1.1
Chuki	Valladolid	18	10	1.2
Pere Milla	Espanyol	17	10	2.8
Peter Federico	Getafe	16	10	2
Gerard Moreno	Villarreal	15	10	1.3
Antonio Raíllo	Mallorca	34	9	0.3
Jon Moncayola	Osasuna	30	9	0.4
Stanko Juric	Valladolid	26	9	0.5
Portu	Girona	25	9	1.2
Hugo Sotelo	Celta Vigo	23	9	0.6
Endrick	Real Madrid	21	9	2.7
Carlos Domínguez	Celta Vigo	17	9	0.7
Damián Rodríguez	Celta Vigo	17	9	0.9
Coba da Costa	Getafe	17	9	0.9
Mateu Morey	Mallorca	14	9	1.4
Cucho Hernández	Betis	12	9	0.8
Marcão	Sevilla	11	9	1.8
Rubén Vargas	Sevilla	11	9	1.2
Henrique	Valladolid	4	9	3.1
Julián Alvarez	Atlético	34	8	0.3
Pau Cubarsí	Barcelona	32	8	0.3
Leandro Cabrera	Espanyol	31	8	0.3
Mika Mármol	Las Palmas	29	8	0.3
Scott McKenna	Las Palmas	27	8	0.3
Donny van de Beek	Girona	26	8	0.5
Gerard Martín	Barcelona	25	8	0.8
Juan Bernat	Villarreal	23	8	0.8
Adama Boiro	Athletic Club	16	8	0.7
Irvin Cardona	Espanyol	16	8	1.2
Rodrigo Riquelme	Atlético	16	8	1.4
Pau Navarro	Villarreal	15	8	0.9
Dani Gómez	Valencia	14	8	1.4
Éder Militão	Real Madrid	12	8	0.8
Pablo Torre	Barcelona	10	8	2.3
José Gragera	Espanyol	10	8	1.3
Chiquinho	Mallorca	8	8	5.1
Iván Jaime	Valencia	7	8	3.1
Joan García	Espanyol	35	7	0.2
Enzo Boyomo	Valladolid	34	7	0.2
Nahuel Molina	Atlético	27	7	0.4
Eric García	Barcelona	26	7	0.5
Rubén Peña	Osasuna	24	7	0.9
Sergio Carreira	Celta Vigo	22	7	0.4
Jon Olasagasti	Real Sociedad	21	7	0.8
Rafa Mir	Valencia	18	7	0.9
Juan Herzog	Las Palmas	17	7	0.6
Asier Villalibre	Alavés	16	7	2
Álvaro Aguado	Espanyol	15	7	1.5
Sergi Guardiola	Vallecano	15	7	1.8
Fernando López	Celta Vigo	15	7	1.1
Stanis Idumbo	Sevilla	14	7	2.3
Ferland Mendy	Real Madrid	14	7	0.6
Aridane Hernández	Vallecano	12	7	0.7
Tamás Nikitscher	Valladolid	11	7	0.9
Yoel Lago	Celta Vigo	7	7	1.3
Nabil Fekir	Betis	2	7	3.5
Álex Remiro	Real Sociedad	35	6	0.2
Lucien Agoumé	Sevilla	33	6	0.3
Giorgi Mamardashvili	Valencia	32	6	0.2
Marko Dmitrovic	Leganés	30	6	0.2
Augusto Batalla	Vallecano	29	6	0.2
Moi Gómez	Osasuna	25	6	0.7
Matija Nastasic	Leganés	25	6	0.3
Pedro Díaz	Vallecano	23	6	0.5
Orri Óskarsson	Real Sociedad	23	6	0.6
Cédric Bakambu	Betis	22	6	0.9
Denis Suárez	Villarreal	20	6	1
Yellu Santiago	Getafe	17	6	1.7
Benito Ramírez	Las Palmas	17	6	1.4
Brian Oliván	Espanyol	17	6	0.5
Sergi Canós	Valencia	17	6	1.5
Allan Nyom	Getafe	17	6	0.8
Ricardo Rodríguez	Betis	16	6	0.5
Carlos Benavídez	Alavés	16	6	1.4
Luiz Júnior	Villarreal	16	6	0.4
Raúl Albiol	Villarreal	15	6	0.5
Enric Franquesa	Leganés	12	6	0.9
Juma Bah	Valladolid	12	6	0.6
Antonio Candela	Valladolid	10	6	0.7
Dani Carvajal	Real Madrid	8	6	0.9
Abde Rebbach	Alavés	8	6	1.4
Nabil Aberdin	Getafe	7	6	2.1
Ángel Ortiz	Betis	4	6	1.6
Vicente Guaita	Celta Vigo	32	5	0.2
Cristhian Stuani	Girona	30	5	0.5
Antonio Sivera	Alavés	30	5	0.2
Jasper Cillessen	Las Palmas	27	5	0.2
Óscar De Marcos	Athletic Club	24	5	0.3
Aitor Paredes	Athletic Club	21	5	0.3
Fernando Calero	Espanyol	18	5	0.9
Jhon Solís	Girona	17	5	1
Enzo Loiodice	Las Palmas	15	5	0.9
Marc Roca	Betis	14	5	0.5
Víctor Meseguer	Valladolid	14	5	1.1
José Arnáiz	Osasuna	14	5	4
Jon Pacheco	Real Sociedad	13	5	0.6
César Azpilicueta	Atlético	12	5	0.6
Amath Ndiaye	Valladolid	11	5	1.3
Gabriel Misehouy	Girona	9	5	1.8
Aleksandar Sedlar	Alavés	8	5	0.9
Unai Núñez	Athletic Club	8	5	0.8
Sébastien Haller	Leganés	8	5	1.1
Valentín Barco	Sevilla	7	5	1.6
Tanguy Nianzou	Sevilla	6	5	0.9
García Pascual	Sevilla	6	5	1.5
Sergio Herrera	Osasuna	34	4	0.1
Andoni Gorosabel	Athletic Club	19	4	0.3
Adrián	Betis	16	4	0.3
Jesús Navas	Sevilla	15	4	0.9
Jailson	Celta Vigo	13	4	0.6
Kike Barja	Osasuna	13	4	1.4
Hugo Guillamón	Valencia	12	4	1
Assane Diao	Betis	10	4	1.3
Germán Valera	Valencia	8	4	2.5
Papa Dame Ba	Girona	1	4	7.7
Paulo Gazzaniga	Girona	36	3	0.1
Logan Costa	Villarreal	30	3	0.1
Dominik Greif	Mallorca	29	3	0.1
Javi Sánchez	Valladolid	25	3	0.1
Mikel Vesga	Athletic Club	23	3	0.3
Pau Víctor	Barcelona	19	3	0.9
David Torres	Valladolid	18	3	0.2
Unai Simón	Athletic Club	18	3	0.2
Juan Foyth	Villarreal	18	3	0.2
Julián Chicco	Leganés	13	3	0.9
Roberto López	Leganés	13	3	0.7
Axel Witsel	Atlético	12	3	0.4
William Carvalho	Betis	11	3	0.6
Marc Cardona	Las Palmas	11	3	2.2
Hamari Traoré	Real Sociedad	10	3	0.4
Ronald Araujo	Barcelona	10	3	0.4
Ander Herrera	Athletic Club	8	3	1
Adrián Pica	Alavés	8	3	0.6
Manu Bueno	Sevilla	7	3	2.5
Luka Romero	Alavés	6	3	1.4
Juan Soriano	Leganés	6	3	0.5
Andy Pelmard	Las Palmas	4	3	1.3
Marc Bernal	Barcelona	3	3	1.1
Adrián Rodríguez	Alavés	2	3	2.2
Unai García	Osasuna	2	3	4.2
Jan Oblak	Atlético	34	2	0.1
Thibaut Courtois	Real Madrid	30	2	0.1
Ørjan Nyland	Sevilla	29	2	0.1
Karl Hein	Valladolid	29	2	0.1
Iker Losada	Betis	22	2	0.3
Juan Cruz	Osasuna	22	2	0.1
Jorge Herrando	Osasuna	18	2	0.1
Rui Silva	Betis	15	2	0.1
Yarek Gasiorowski	Valencia	15	2	0.2
Íñigo Lekue	Athletic Club	14	2	0.3
Toni Lato	Mallorca	13	2	0.3
Juanpe	Girona	11	2	0.3
Mouctar Diakhaby	Valencia	11	2	0.4
Alfonso Pedraza	Villarreal	11	2	0.5
Mihailo Ristic	Celta Vigo	8	2	0.5
Joseph Aidoo	Celta Vigo	8	2	0.3
Álvaro Fernández	Sevilla	8	2	0.3
Peio Canales	Athletic Club	8	2	0.7
Facundo Garcés	Alavés	8	2	0.4
Marc-André ter Stegen	Barcelona	7	2	0.3
Arkaitz Mariezkurrena	Real Sociedad	7	2	1.2
Jesús Owono	Alavés	6	2	0.4
Ansu Fati	Barcelona	6	2	0.8
Alberto Risco	Getafe	5	2	2.8
Thomas Lemar	Atlético	5	2	2.3
Justin Smith	Espanyol	5	2	0.9
Fran Vieites	Betis	4	2	0.5
Nico Serrano	Athletic Club	4	2	1.6
John Patrick	Getafe	4	2	4
Rodri	Betis	3	2	1.5
Jan Salas	Mallorca	3	2	8.6
Max Aarons	Valencia	3	2	1.6
Lucas Ocampos	Sevilla	2	2	1
Raúl de Tomás	Vallecano	2	2	9
Daley Sinkgraven	Las Palmas	2	2	2
Diego Conde	Villarreal	21	1	0
Juan Berrocal	Getafe	17	1	0.1
Valery Fernández	Mallorca	17	1	0.3
Héctor Fort	Barcelona	15	1	0.2
Julen Agirrezabala	Athletic Club	14	1	0.1
Wojciech Szczesny	Barcelona	14	1	0.1
Eric Bailly	Villarreal	12	1	0.1
Sergi Gómez	Espanyol	11	1	0.1
Javier Manquillo	Celta Vigo	10	1	0.2
Kelechi Iheanacho	Sevilla	9	1	0.2
Leo Román	Mallorca	7	1	0.1
Franco Cervi	Celta Vigo	7	1	0.3
Gonzalo Montiel	Sevilla	6	1	0.8
Dani Cárdenas	Vallecano	6	1	0.2
James Rodríguez	Vallecano	6	1	0.7
Mateo Flores	Betis	6	1	0.6
Alejandro Padilla	Athletic Club	5	1	0.3
Hugo Novoa	Alavés	5	1	0.4
Nacho Vidal	Osasuna	5	1	0.8
Andrii Lunin	Real Madrid	5	1	0.2
Martín Tejón	Valencia	4	1	2
Ramón Martínez	Sevilla	4	1	0.4
Etta Eyong	Villarreal	3	1	5
Kim Min-Su	Girona	3	1	4.5
Ismael Bekhoucha	Getafe	3	1	3.1
Iker Almena	Girona	2	1	2
Iker Benito	Osasuna	2	1	2.6
Daniel Luna	Mallorca	2	1	5
Naci Ünüvar	Espanyol	2	1	3.1
Álvaro Odriozola	Real Sociedad	2	1	2.2
Pau López	Girona	1	1	2
Juan Musso	Atlético	1	1	1
Gorka Rivera	Getafe	1	1	4.7
Javi Llabrés	Mallorca	1	1	1.6
Israel Domínguez	Sevilla	1	1	5.3
Diego Hormigo	Sevilla	1	1	2.4
Iago Parente	Valladolid	1	1	1.3
Ibrahim Alani	Valladolid	1	1	3.8
David Soria	Getafe	35	0	0
Willy Kambwala	Villarreal	17	0	0
Iñaki Peña	Barcelona	15	0	0
Jon Martín	Real Sociedad	12	0	0
Dinko Horkas	Las Palmas	11	0	0
Héctor Bellerín	Betis	9	0	0
Cenk Özkacar	Valencia	9	0	0
Marc Domenech	Mallorca	8	0	0
David Alaba	Real Madrid	7	0	0
André Ferreira	Valladolid	6	0	0
Rafael Bauza	Espanyol	5	0	0
Iván Villar	Celta Vigo	4	0	0
Stole Dimitrievski	Valencia	4	0	0
Selvi Clua	Girona	4	0	0
Akor Adams	Sevilla	4	0	0
Javier Martón	Athletic Club	3	0	0
Andreas Christensen	Barcelona	3	0	0
Sergi Domínguez	Barcelona	3	0	0
Abdoulaye Keita	Getafe	3	0	0
Arsen Zakharyan	Real Sociedad	3	0	0
Pablo García	Betis	3	0	0
Carlos Guirao	Leganés	2	0	0
Aritz Arambarri	Leganés	2	0	0
Pelayo Fernández	Vallecano	2	0	0
Etienne Eto'o Pineda	Vallecano	2	0	0
Siebe Van der Heyden	Mallorca	2	0	0
Jacobo Ramón	Real Madrid	2	0	0
Jesús Vallejo	Real Madrid	2	0	0
Raúl Chasco	Valladolid	2	0	0
Iker Córdoba	Valencia	2	0	0
Fabio González	Las Palmas	2	0	0
Leandro Antonetti	Sevilla	2	0	0
Adu Ares	Athletic Club	1	0	0
Aitor Fernández	Osasuna	1	0	0
Rodrigo Abajas	Valencia	1	0	0
David Otorbi	Valencia	1	0	0
Unai Marrero	Real Sociedad	1	0	0
Fran González	Real Madrid	1	0	0
Arnau Rafús	Valladolid	1	0	0
Arnau Solà	Villarreal	1	0	0
Maximiliano Caufriez	Valencia	1	0	0
Mario Maroto	Valladolid	1	0	0
Pejiño	Las Palmas	1	0	0
Ferrán Ruiz	Girona	1	0	0
Gonzalo García	Real Madrid	1	0	0
Adrián Niño	Atlético	1	0	0
Sergio Arribas	Betis	1	0	0
David López	Mallorca	1	0	0
Aingeru Olabarrieta	Athletic Club	1	0	0
Dani Rodríguez	Barcelona	1	0	0

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Admittedly, he was only a substitute last week but with a win needed here, I'd expect him to be back in starting XI, especially given he came on at half time during that 0-0 draw at Valencia.

Leg 3: Alfonso Espino 2+ fouls

Finally, let's add Rayo left-back Alfonso Espino for 2+ fouls.

This is the riskiest element of the Bet Builder, one which has 'only' landed in four of his last eight starts, although it has delivered more often than not this season.

However, throw in the situation, including that whistle-happy referee, and I'm prepared to take a chance here.

The three-legged Bet Builder pays just under 5/16.00.

Recommended Bet

Back Gumbau & Espino 2+ fouls each and Neva 1+ foul

SBK5/1

Recommended bets

Back Gerard Gumbau 2+ fouls, Alfonso Espino 2+ fouls & Carlos Neva 1+ foul @ around 5/16.00

Column P/L 2023/24

Staked: 254pts
Returned: 274.58pts
P/L: +20.58pts

2022/23 P/L: +68.69pts

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