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Sky Bet's Tim Clement apologises for costing his company big this week, then attempts to cost his company big again.

Sky Bet's Tim Clement shares his betting fancies in La Liga this weekend.

Firstly, I should probably apologise to the Sky Bet football traders for throwing out a costly 3/1 on both Real Madrid and Barcelona with -2 handicaps last weekend. Both comfortably covered them with Madrid smashing Rayo Vallecano 6-2 and Barca banging five past Atletico Madrid without return. Secondly, I should probably apologise to the Sky Bet football traders for giving them an even bigger liability this weekend with a 5/1 price on both to win with a -2 handicaps. Barca travel to a Sporting Gijon side that have only a point to their name so far this season, while Madrid visit Espanyol, who they have beaten to nil in their last five clashes, including the most recent one which went in their favour despite being the Jose Mourinho's men being reduced to 10 men after just two minutes when Ikes Casillas saw red. That stat makes a punt on Real to win to nil at 10/11 look easy money, making them this fixture a value to your acca. Talking of accumulators, my personal fancies are Athletic Bilbao (beat PSG mid-week), Valencia (playing Granada), Atletico Madrid (looked great until Barca thumping) and Malaga (have won both home games to nil and face a side who lost both away games without scoring). Sky Bet have also put together several goal scorer accas, offering various combinations of the in-form players in La Liga so far including 45/1 for Falcao (five goals), Cristiano Ronaldo (seven goals) and Lionel Messi (eight goals) all to score first in their respective games. La Liga tipping seems to have come naturally to the Sky Bet team as their best bets, found at the bottom of each match preview, has so far accumulated a profit of £340.50 based on £10 bets on each, so well worth keeping an eye on!