In a weekend match on Saturday Jan 8th, in week 20, Real Madrid hosts Valencia in a clash of these two mismatched La Liga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 4 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Real Madrid sits at 1st place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Getafe. Enes Ünal struck first for Getafe in the 9th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Real Madrid couldn’t manage to score, and Getafe took the shutout win. Real Madrid looks to continue their winning ways, having 8 wins in their last 10 matches, while valencia is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Espanyol. Omar Alderete struck first for Valencia in the 51st minute, but Raúl de Tomás got the equalizer for Espanyol in the 83rd minute But luckily in the 88th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Javi Puado. Valencia is looking for direction having 4 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches.
On Sep 19th, Valencia hosted Real Madrid at the Estadio De Mestalla in their last match together. Real Madrid took the match by a score of 2 to 1 in front of almost 27000 spectators. Hugo Duro struck first for Valencia in the 66th minute, but Vinícius Júnior got the equalizer for Real Madrid in the 86th minute But luckily in the 88th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Karim Benzema.
Valencia’s top weapon lately has been Gonçalo Guedes, who has three goals in the last five matches. Karim Benzema has been the most prolific scorer on Real Madrid in the last 5 matches with three goals
Luka Jović, Rodrygo, Marcelo, Luka Modrić, Isco, Carvajal, Asensio and Andriy Lunin are unavailable to play for Real Madrid, while Gayá, Mouctar Diakhaby, Gabriel Paulista, Dimitri Foulquier and Toni Lato are unavailable to play for José Bordalás Jiménez’s team.