Real Madrid will seek to continue their good run of form as they host an inform Valencia themselves. During the midweek Madrid proved that their loss to Eibar was just a blip as they went away and beat Roma 0-2 with a good performance meanwhile Valencia got eliminated from CL but despite that they’ve played good football winning games in La Liga these past few weeks. This shapes up to be a very interesting game between two big Spanish clubs. Madrid are big favourites but Valencia are no pushover that’s for sure!
Key Facts
Real Madrid have won 5 of 6 games under Solari scoring 17 goals, conceding 5 and keeping 4 clean sheets! Good form.
5 of Madrid’s last 6 games did not have both teams scoring.
Real Madrid have been solid at the Bernabeu this season with 6W 1D 1L.
Karin Benzema has contributed for 6 goals in 6 games under Solari (4G 2A). Man in form.
On average there are 3 goals scored in Real Madrid’s La Liga games.
Valencia have only lost 2 out of their 11 away games this season. 4W 5D.
On average there are just 1.5 goals scored in Valencia’s La Liga games this season. Just 2 of 13 had over 2.5 goals.
Valencia have only lost 1 of their last 11 league games. 3W 7D.
Santi Mina has scored 6 goals in his last 5 apps for Valencia
Valencia have the tied best defensive record in the league with 9 goals conceded in 13 games.
Real Madrid have not lost a game at home against Valencia since March 2008 in all competitions. 7W 5D 0L since that loss.
The past 9 meetings each had over 2.5 goals between these clubs with both teams scoring.
On average there are 4.4 goals scored between Real and Valencia in the last 9 meetings.
The past 5 meetings between the clubs have seen a total of 32 bookings. (6.4 per game).
Team News
Real Madrid: Real Madrid are still a little short defensively as Nacho and Odriozola out however they do have their first choice back line healthy so these three would probably have came off the bench at best. Furthermore, Casemiro is still injured however Marcos Llorente put in a great shift in his absence and is expected to continue to start in midfield. Elsewhere, star men Marcelo and Kroos are both listed as out as per report this morning so Madrid will once again will have to make rotations.
Valencia: Valencia are still without Cheryshev who probably wouldn’t feature anyway meanwhile Rodrigo is an injury doubt and Batshuayi or Gameiro will look to start instead. Valencia have been boosted with the news that Garay is likely to return from injury and feature here. Elsewhere there’s no other fresh team News.
Betting Tips and Predictions
This is a tough game to predict because historically these teams tend to put on a show but this season they haven’t been quite as over-ish, well at least Valencia aren’t. Both teams are showing good form and recently the games between these clubs tend to be close, intense and high scoring. We do believe that Valencia will make it tough on Madrid for sure and the first pick is Valencia +1 AH at 2.08. If they lose by 1 money’s back, we definitely don’t see this being a 2+ goal margin game because Valencia are a tough competitive side and there are still some definite suspicions with Real especially in La Liga plus they’ve been hit with injuries again. Next up it’s over 4.5 cards. Both teams will want to keep winning and since we expect an intense game it should lead to quite a few bookings which tends to happen in these games between these clubs often normally anyway. In terms of over/under, under 3 goals seems a good pick here despite historic H2H because this season these clubs haven’t been that over ish, Madrid have had 4 of 6 unders at home while Valencia have had 11 in 13 in general an have one of the best defenses in La Liga so In our eyes game will likely end 1-1/2-1. If it ends with 3 goals then money’s back so the risk isn’t as high as a 2.5 under.
Match Odds (Unibet)
Real Madrid Win – 1.50
Draw – 4.60
Valencia Win – 6.50
KICK OFF – 1st December 2018 – 7:45pm UK Time
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