Time for the second game of Copa del Rey quaterfinal between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona. After winning 2:1 at Santiago Bernabeu Catalans are hot favorites to progress to the next round but with Gran Derbi you can’t be sure about the result.

Both teams easily won their weekends game in Primera Division. This means that Real still has 5 points advantage over their closest rivals. And for Jose Mourinho winning La Liga is priority. However it looks that not all is going so great for big Jose in Madrid. The rumor says that he is fed up with all the stars at Madrid and is missing UK football. With all that it’s quite likely he will quit Real after this season. And a great way to quit would be after winning the league.

With this all it’s not really likely that Real will fight to dead to get a win at Camp Nou.

Wouldn’t bet on this game but Ladbrokes is offering a money back if Cristiano Ronaldo scores at any time. Worth taking a bet on Messi to score at any time with 3.50 odds.

So the time has come for another Gran Derbi this year. Actually with the Copa del Rey quarterfinals we will see 2 of those with first one played at Santiago Bernabeu on 18/01/2012 with the rematch at Camp Nou on 25/01/2012.

It’s always hard to predict the winner of this clash of titans, but with the home advantage Real is small favorite of this first leg. Their last game ended with a 1:3 loss so they should be even more motivated to get something better. Still Mourinho can make some unpredictable surprises to shock Barca as their Primera Division campaign is priority. Mourinho already won Copa del Rey last year and he is surely focusing on league now. With this he can even play his second choice team just to make some impact on Barca morale.

With all this in mind and a second leg coming I’m not counting on many goals here.

Under 2,5 goals with 2.05 from Expekt