Real Madrid and Villareal meet in a match of the 36th round of La Liga. Confrontation will be played on Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday, at 15:15.
The match disputed this season has brought a real show. The final score of that confrontation was 2-2, being for the third time in a row when four or more goals scored, with at least two goals on both sides, in a direct duel on Estadio de la Ceramica.
39 times the two bands have met up to now (Spain’s La Liga and Cup), Real has 23 wins, while Villareal has won 4 times. On Santiago Bernabeu, the balance is 13 wins in the hosts’ favor, 5 draws and one success for the guests. However, during the last two visits on this field, Villareal left unbeaten, winning a 2016 draw (0-0) and a success in 2018 (1-0).
After the injury of Sergio Ramos, another Real Team piece was “broken”. This time it is about the offensive compartment, namely, the scorer of the team of this season of La Liga, Karim Benzema (21 goals), his place in attack to be taken by Mariano.
In the previous stage, Zinedine Zidane’s band continued their series of victories without winning from the takeover, through a 0-1 score failure on the Rayo Vallecano field. On the other side, Villareal is unbeaten in the last 4 stages of the championship, 3 of which are victories at a single goal difference.
If Sergio Ramos and Karim Benzema are the main host absences, Javier Calleja Revilla, guest technician Javier Calleja Revilla will not be able to rely on Bruno Soriano, Miguelon, Daniele Bonera (injured), Karl Toko Ekambi and Santiago Caseres suspended).
Probable teams
Real Madrid: Courtois – Carvajal, Varane, Nacho, Marcelo – Modric, Casemiro, Kroos – Bale, Mariano, Asensio;
Villareal: Fernandez – Gaspar, Gonzalez, Mori, Quintilla – Cazorla, Iborra – Chukwueze, Fornals, Pedraza – Moreno;
Taking into account the latest direct results (less than 2.5 goals in 3 of the last direct duels on Santiago Bernabeu), but also the absence of a goal in the host camp, we anticipate a balanced game in which we do not attend a show from the point of view offensive, at least not from Real Madrid.
PREDICTION: Real Madrid to win @ 1,68
