Actual Madrid can transfer stage on factors with La Liga leaders Barcelona once they tackle Valencia within the Spanish capital on Saturday afternoon.
It has been a busy return to home motion for Carlo Ancelotti’s facet, whose two video games post-March worldwide break have mixed for 13 targets. After a Kylian Mbappe brace impressed Madrid’s 3-2 victory over Leganes final weekend, they performed out an exhilarating back-and-forth cup tie with Actual Sociedad in midweek.
Madrid relinquished their 1-0 lead from the primary leg, with Mikel Oyarzabal’s stoppage-time header, the seventh objective of the sport, forcing the competition to additional time. Nevertheless, Antonio Rudiger’s strike within the prolonged interval earned the hosts a 4-4 draw on the night time, seeing them by means of. They’re going to now face Barcelona within the Copa del Rey last later this month.
Valencia have been resurgent in La Liga over the previous few weeks, with a four-game unbeaten run steering them away from the drop zone. The grand Spanish membership as soon as regarded destined for the second tier, however Carlos Corberan has helped flip issues round on the Mestalla.
The guests head into Saturday’s recreation fifteenth within the desk and with a four-point buffer on the drop zone.
Right here is 90min’s information to the conflict.
Actual Madrid vs Valencia head-to-head file (final 5 video games)
Present type (all competitions)
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Actual Madrid |
Valencia |
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Actual Madrid 4-4 (AET) Actual Sociedad – 01/04/25 |
Valencia 1-0 Mallorca – 30/03/25 |
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Actual Madrid 3-2 Leganes – 29/03/25 |
Girona 1-1 Valencia – 15/03/25 |
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Villarreal 1-2 Actual Madrid – 15/03/25 |
Valencia 2-1 Actual Valladolid – 08/03/25 |
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Atletico Madrid 1-0 (2-4p) Actual Madrid – 12/03/25 |
Osasuna 3-3 Valencia – 02/03/25 |
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Actual Madrid 2-1 Rayo Vallecano – 09/03/25 |
Valencia 0-3 Atletico Madrid – 22/02/25 |
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Nation |
TV channel/dwell stream |
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United Kingdom |
Premier Sports activities Participant, LaLigaTV |
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United States |
ESPN+, fuboTV, ESPN App, ESPN Deportes |
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Canada |
TSN+ |
It will be attention-grabbing to see how robust Ancelotti goes on Saturday, provided that Madrid journey to the Emirates on Tuesday night time. There will probably be adjustments from the facet that scraped previous Actual Sociedad within the second leg of their Copa del Rey semi-final in midweek, nevertheless.
Kylian Mbappe and Fran Garcia are poised for remembers, whereas Jude Bellingham might earn some respite. Arda Guler and Brahim Diaz can be found and must be utilised from the outset.
Dani Ceballos and Ferland Mendy stay unavailable, however there’s hope the pair will journey to north London subsequent week. Thibaut Courtois can be anticipated to be match for the primary leg regardless of his thigh damage which is prone to hold him out of motion on Saturday. Andriy Lunin will proceed between the posts.
Dani Carvajal and Eder Militao are long-term absentees.
Actual Madrid predicted lineup vs Valencia (4-2-3-1): Lunin; Valverde, Asencio, Rudiger, Garcia; Modric, Tchouameni; Guler, Brahim, Rodrygo; Mbappe.
Dimitri Foulquier, Jose Gaya and Luis Rioja picked up their fifth yellow playing cards of the La Liga season final outing towards Mallorca, which means they’re going to serve one-match suspensions.
Thus, Corberan must make a number of adjustments from a successful XI, with Jesus Vazquez, Fran Perez and Yarek Gasiorowski probably incomes begins.
Cristian Rivero and Thierry Correia are out injured. Enzo Barrenechea is the person to regulate in the course of the park.
Valencia predicted lineup vs Actual Madrid (4-2-3-1): Mamardashvili; Vazquez, Tarrega, Mosquera, Gasiorowski; Guerra, Barrenechea; Perez, Almeida, Lopez; Sadiq.
Valencia are one in all La Liga’s type groups, and so they actually will not be happening beneath Corberan’s watch. Nevertheless, they’re but to win away from house this season and have the third-worst file within the division on their travels.
Madrid could also be flawed, however groups nonetheless discover it powerful to win on the Bernabeu. Very hardly ever do they give up factors on house soil, and they need to reap the benefits of Valencia’s suspensions to say a slender victory forward of Tuesday’s Champions League quarter-final first leg towards Arsenal.
Prediction: Actual Madrid 2-1 Valencia
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