Evaluating Real chances
Real Madrid is simply amazing in the championship – the team won five victories in the last seven rounds.
Before a short pause, they dealt with the Basques from Bilbao (2-0), before that they beat Osasuna on the road (4-2), and destroyed Celta at home (4-0).
It would seem that Girona was just recently competing for the championship with Carlo Ancelotti’s team for the leadership and going head to head with them, but already now the Catalans, who are in second place in La Liga, are 8 points behind the capital’s giants. Read all football predictions about La Liga games on the site Raitingbet.com.
With an eight-point lead over arch-rivals Barcelona, Real Madrid look set to reclaim the title but will have to refocus after Tuesday’s epic 3-3 Champions League draw against Manchester City.
The chaotic match saw three goals scored in the opening 15 minutes, a period during which no team has scored more in La Liga this season than Carlo Ancelotti’s side (eight) after the final day of play.
That trend could continue as Los Blancos have scored in the first 15 minutes of three of their last four away league matches, especially if there is any fatigue after Mallorca’s draining Cup final.
However they started, the Whites have only lost one away game all season, with three of the wins coming after they conceded first.
Alaba and Courtois, who has a knee injury, are out.
Barcelona’s condition
Barcelona also scored after the break in a thrilling 3-2 narrow victory over PSG on Wednesday in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-finals. It was the fifth consecutive victory for the Catalans in official competitions, although this result remains balanced.
That makes their upcoming second leg a decider and means they could be forgiven for favoring Europe over La Liga as a result, where they are eight points behind leaders Real Madrid.
Despite their predicament, Barca should be confident they can extend their nine-game unbeaten run in the league, including five straight clean sheets. The chance of posting six clean sheets in a row for the first time since October 2022 beckons.
Match prediction
To be honest, we don’t want to talk about any banal things here: both will score or the total is more than 2.5, on which the overwhelming number of betting fans will probably bet with bookmakers.
Moreover, in the head-to-head match at the Bernabeu the year before last, the opponents managed to break through the hosts’ rear three times (3:4).
So we would venture to assume success here for the betting option in the form of a total over 1 (1.5), for truly worthwhile and bright odds.
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