Betting Guide [SOCCER – Asian Handicap]: La Liga 2012-13 Rayo Vallecano vs. Real Madrid

Match Date: September 25, 2012 (Tuesday)
Match Time: 2:00 am (+08:00 GMT)
Venue: Estadio Del Rayo Vallecano (HOME: Rayo Vallecano)

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON (Last Five Matches)
2011-12 La Liga (February 26, 2012)
Rayo Vallecano	0-1	Real Madrid
2011-12 La Liga (September 29, 2011)
Rayo Vallecano	2-6	Real Madrid
2002-03 La Liga (April 5, 2003)
Rayo Vallecano	1-3	Real Madrid
2002-03 La Liga (November 9, 2002)
Rayo Vallecano	2-3	Real Madrid
2001-02 La Liga (April 6, 2002)
Rayo Vallecano	1-3	Real Madrid

Rayo Vallecano will host their prominent city rivals Real Madrid on Tuesday, September 25. Madrid won all of their last five matches, with the last two fought during Vallecano’s return to La Liga.

12BET Asian Handicap: 1.5 for Rayo Vallecano

Rayo Vallecano has a handicap of 1.5 at 12BET.com, since they are playign against tough oponnent Real Madrid. They have never beaten their stronger capital rivals in their last five matches, therefore making this fixture a great challenge for them if they are aiming for a win. Check the betting guide tables below before you make your bet.

EXAMPLE 1: BET MYR 100 ON RAYO VALLECANO

REAL GAME RESULT	RESULT WITH HANDICAP	HOME (Rayo Vallecano)	AWAY (Real Madrid)	COMMENTS:
HEADSTART	HEADSTART	1.5	0	Rayo Vallecano has a 1.5-goal handicap
0-0, 1-1, 2-2 (ALL DRAWS)	1.5-0, 2.5-1, 3.5-2 (+1.5 for HOME)	+100%	-100%	Rayo Vallecano “wins” by 1. 5 goals, WIN MYR 229.00
1-0	2.5-0	+100%	-100%	Rayo Vallecano “wins” by 1. 5 goals, WIN MYR 229.00
0-1	1.5-1	+100%	-100%	Rayo Vallecano “wins” by 0. 5 goals, WIN MYR 229.00
0-2	1.5-2	-100%	+100%	Real Madrid “wins” by 0. 5 goals, LOSE MYR 100.00
1-3	2.5-3	-100%	+100%	Real Madrid “wins” by 0. 5 goals, LOSE MYR 100.00

EXAMPLE 2: BET MYR 100 ON REAL MADRID

REAL GAME RESULT	RESULT WITH HANDICAP	HOME (Rayo Vallecano)	AWAY (Real Madrid)	COMMENTS:
HEADSTART	HEADSTART	1.5	0	Rayo Vallecano has a 1.5-goal handicap
0-0, 1-1, 2-2 (ALL DRAWS)	1.5-0, 2.5-1, 3.5-2 (+1.5 for HOME)	+100%	-100%	Rayo Vallecano “wins” by 1. 5 goals, LOSE MYR 100.00
1-0	2.5-0	+100%	-100%	Rayo Vallecano “wins” by 1. 5 goals, LOSE MYR 100.00
0-1	1.5-1	+100%	-100%	Rayo Vallecano “wins” by 0. 5 goals, LOSE MYR 100.00
0-2	1.5-2	-100%	+100%	Real Madrid “wins” by 0. 5 goals, WIN MYR 171.00
1-3	2.5-3	-100%	+100%	Real Madrid “wins” by 0. 5 goals, WIN MYR 171.00

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Ashley Cole produces late Chelsea winner vs. Stoke

LONDON (AP) — Ashley Cole produced a late Chelsea winner against Stoke by scoring his first goal in two years on Saturday, and Southampton collected its first points of the season with a victory at Aston Villa.

With Chelsea facing a second consecutive scoreless stalemate, Cole lifted the ball over Asmir Begovic in the 85th minute to secure a 1-0 victory at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea has a three-point lead at the top of the league over Everton, which won 3-0 at Swansea, and West Bromwich Albion, which beat Reading 1-0.

Photo: AP Wigan's Ryo Miyaichi, right, keeps the ball from Fulham's Hugo Rodallega during their English Premier League soccer match at The DW Stadium, Wigan, England, Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012.

Southampton climbed off the bottom by coming from behind to beat Aston Villa 4-1, while Fulham won 2-1 at Wigan, and West Ham drew 1-1 with Sunderland. The glamorous fixtures of the weekend come on Sunday when Manchester United visits Liverpool and champion Manchester City hosts Arsenal.

But it will be Chelsea ending the weekend at the summit after being rescued by its left back. Cole hadn't scored since May 2010 until he connected with Juan Mata's back-heel and beat Begovic from close range after 85 minutes of dogged Stoke defending.


 
"You have a game plan and you need to be patient and you need to find solutions to break them down ... it is very difficult," Chelsea manager Roberto Di Matteo said. "(Cole is) an unexpected goal scorer but we seem to have our full backs in very advanced positions these days."
Southampton had endured four straight losses since gaining promotion back to the Premier League and the south-coast side conceded its 15th goal of the season when Darren Bent put Villa ahead in the 36th.

But Southampton turned on the style in the second half after Rickie Lambert lashed in a leveler in the 58th. Southampton went in front five minutes later when defender Nathaniel Clyne slotted the ball past goalkeeper Brad Guzan from close range, and Jason Puncheon extended the lead with a strike from the edge of the six-yard box that deflected off Ciaran Clark before landing in the net.

After setting up Puncheon's goal, Lambert was on the scoresheet again with a 90th-minute penalty after Guzan brought down Emmanuel Mayuka. "We've been desperate to get some points on the board," Lambert said. "Today is everything we believed we could do and it came to fruition. At half time (manager) Nigel Adkins told us certain things were unacceptable ... but we still believed we could win the game and we managed to do it."

That was rarely in doubt for Everton at Swansea, with Victor Anichebe and Kevin Mirallas scoring before the break and Marouane Fellaini heading in a late third after the hosts had Nathan Dyer sent off early in the second half.

West Brom is only behind second-place Everton on goal difference after Romelu Lukaku netted a second-half winner that sent Reading to the bottom of the standings. "The players have been successful in the past and they will be again," Reading manager Brian McDermott said. "I know they are better than they are showing at the moment."

At Wigan, Hugo Rodallega headed in his first goal for Fulham against his former club and Damien Duff struck into the top left corner of the net for the London side. Arouna Kone pulled one back for the hosts in injury time.

"I knew Rodallega would be very eager and motivated to do something nice, to score his goal and that was exactly what he did," Fulham manager Martin Jol said. At West Ham, Steven Fletcher scored his fourth goal in three matches for Sunderland after connecting with Sebastian Larsson's cross in the 9th, but Kevin Nolan volleyed in an equalizer in stoppage time.

"I thought from the start to finish we were the dominant side and created far more chances," West Ham manager Sam Allardyce said. "Because we didn't capitalize by having enough players showing a clinical finish we have ended up having to be satisfied with a draw."

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David Luiz signs new 5-year contract with Chelsea

LONDON (AP) — Chelsea defender David Luiz has signed a new five-year deal with the European champions.

Photo: AP Chelsea's David Luiz laughs during a training session at the Stamford Bridge stadium, London, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012. Chelsea will face Juventus in a Champions League group E soccer match at the Stamford Bridge stadium, London, Wednesday.

The Brazil international's contract was signed after Saturday's 1-0 victory over Stoke despite having almost four years remaining on his existing deal. The 25-year-old Luiz joined Chelsea from Benfica in January 2011, and says "I look forward to winning more trophies here."

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United beats Liverpool as City is held by Arsenal

LONDON (AP) — Robin van Persie ended Manchester United's five-year wait for a win at Liverpool on Sunday, and Arsenal maintained its unbeaten start to the Premier League season with a draw at Manchester City.

Van Persie converted a late penalty kick to clinch a 2-1 victory at Anfield after both teams had paid tribute to the victims of the 1989 Hillsborough disaster before the game. United was a man up from the 39th minute when Jonjo Shelvey was sent off, but Steven Gerrard managed to give Liverpool the lead with a volley at the start of the second half — only for Rafael da Silva to equalize.

Photo: AP Liverpool's Steven Gerrard, left, celebrates scoring against Manchester United during their English Premier League soccer match at Anfield in Liverpool, England, Sunday Sept. 23, 2012.

 And Van Persie's winner prolonged Liverpool's worst start to a season in more than a century, while lifting United to second. City is three points further back after Joleon Lescott headed the champions ahead in the first half, but then failed to clear a late corner, allowing Laurent Koscielny to recover a 1-1 draw for Arsenal.

Also Sunday, Jermain Defoe's winner gave Tottenham a 2-1 win against Queens Park Rangers and Demba Ba gave Newcastle a 1-0 victory over Norwich. The day's action began with an emotionally charged meeting of English football's fiercest rivals as Liverpool played at Anfield for the first time since the release of a report into the Hillsborough tragedy that exposed the police cover-up and exonerated Reds fans.

In a show of unity before kickoff, Liverpool and United players wore tracksuit tops featuring the number 96 — the amount of Reds fans crushed to death 23 years ago. Luis Suarez even shook hands with Patrick Evra, with no repeat of the snub that followed the Liverpool striker being banned for racially abusing the United defender in the Anfield fixture last October.

But by the end of the game there had been chants from a small number of Liverpool fans about the 1958 Munich disaster which killed eight United players. And, despite pre-match appeals from manager Alex Ferguson, there were taunts from United fans directed at the home support.

The usual hostilities had started to rage after Shelvey was sent off for launching himself at Jonny Evans, who Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers felt should also have been dismissed. "I think both players' feet are off the floor," he said.

There was also a heated exchange of words between Shelvey and Ferguson, who later said: "He was trying to blame me." There was an apology — of sorts — from Shelvey later. "I have also apologised to sir Alex, just where I come from people don't grass people up to get someone sent off," Shelvey wrote on Twitter.

Gerrard put Liverpool in front within 50 seconds of the second half, after smoothly bringing the ball down with his chest before volleying into the net. But within five minutes, Shinji Kagawa fed Rafael to curl the ball beyond goalkeeper Pepe Reina.

And with 10 minutes to go, United winger Antonio Valencia was brought down by Glen Johnson in the penalty area, and Van Persie netted despite Reina getting a touch to the spot kick. "With the occasion and the emotions involved, we just wanted to come here, get the job done and get out with the three points," Ferguson said. "We have done that so we are well pleased. You can get really involved and sometimes the emotion of the occasion can affect you."

At City, David Silva's corner was headed past goalkeeper Vito Mannone, playing in place of the injured Wojciech Szczesny, five minutes before halftime by Lescott. Santi Cazorla had only just given City goalkeeper Joe Hart his first meaningful save to make when he took the corner that Lescott diverted to Koscielny, who blasted in the leveler in the 82nd.

"I don't know if we lost our concentration but it's strange," City manager Roberto Mancini said. "We had the game under control." At White Hart Lane, former Tottenham striker Bobby Zamora gave QPR a halftime lead, but Alejandro Faurlin's own goal on the hour handed the initiative to the hosts.

Inside a minute, Defoe tapped in eighth-place Tottenham's winner. Tottenham is level on points with Newcastle, which relied on Ba's third goal in two games to ensure Norwich is still yet to win this season.

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Celtic, Benfica scoreless in Champs League opener

GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Celtic returned to the Champions League after a four-year absence with a lackluster 0-0 draw at home to Benfica on Wednesday.

In a Group G match of few clear-cut chances at Parkhead, the Portuguese visitors had the better of them with Celtic goalkeeper Fraser Forster producing great saves to deny Rodrigo and Ezequiel Garay. The Scottish champions failed to muster a decent chance but at least proved hard to break down, giving them some hope of qualifying from a group that is set to be dominated by competition favorite Barcelona.

Photo: AP Celtic's Victor Wanyama, center, vies for the ball with Benfica's Eduardo Salvio, right, and Nemanja Matic during their Champions League Group G soccer match at Celtic Park, Glasgow, Scotland, Wednesday Sept. 19, 2012.

"I think Benfica went into the game heavy favourites but I don't think you could call the game tonight," Celtic manager Neil Lennon said. "I think a draw was probably a fair result. "It shows that we have a bit of depth to the squad and can compete at this level."

Celtic's domestic form has been dire by its standards, slumping to fifth place in the defense of its Scottish league title after winning just two of its opening five matches. Benfica, quarterfinalist last season and a two-time European champion in the 1960s, would therefore have fancied its chances of grabbing an early away win but opportunities were hard to come by.

"Celtic are a hard team who play very aggressive football with high balls, but defensively we were very good and victory would have been deserved," Benfica coach Jorge Jesus said. No goalkeeper had to make a save until the 32nd minute — when Forster blocked Rodrigo's shot — and the match continued in a similar vein after the break, with Benfica's technically gifted midfielders finding little space.

Nicolas Gaitan's goalbound shot was blocked before Garay saw his header from a corner well saved by Forster. "We were committed and played with real zest and no fear against a class side," Lennon said. "There were 10 guys out there making their Champions League debut against a very experienced Champions League side so I am very proud of them."

Second place is seemingly all that is on offer in the group, even though Barcelona needed two late goals to win 3-2 at home Spartak Moscow on Wednesday.

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