Valladolid hosts Real Madrid in round 24 of Spanish LaLiga. The match will be played on Saturday, February 20th at Estadio José Zorrilla (Valladolid)
Valladolid is a modest team that nevertheless manages to stay in La Liga from year to year. It does this not through the investments of its owners (although there is such a legend as the Brazilian Ronaldo among them) but mainly through the good work of Sergio Gonzalez Soriano. He prepared the team well. Yes, it shows a pragmatic and even boring game but gains its points. More precisely, it used to score them - this season is frankly not the best. On Saturday, having opened the scoring quickly, Valladolid allowed Eibar to equalize and was limited to 1-1. On the one hand, even that draw allowed Pucela not to let the competitor break away. And it became the first positive result after three defeats in a row. But Valladolid has not gained victories since January 2 (already six games in a row), and it is not surprising that the team takes a place in the relegation zone at the end of winter.
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Real Madrid suffers from injuries. There have always been enough of them, but now it's time to talk about an epidemic. In total, as experts calculated, there were already four dozen injuries among 20 players - only Lunin, who did not play in LaLiga, as well as Mendy, Vinicius, and Casemiro did not get into the infirmary. Right now, Zidane cannot count on Carvajal, Valverde, Militao, Odriozola, Rodrigo, Marcelo, and Eden Hazard. And Sergio Ramos will not be able to play for about two more months. It is not surprising that Real Madrid regularly loses points - older players do not get rest due to the minimum possible rotation. Recently there was a segment with two wins in seven games, and the Whites were consistently eliminated from the Super Cup and Copa del Rey. Now they seem to have gained shape and won three times in a row. However, the schedule is too tight, and don’t forget that Real Madrid will go to Bergamo next week (for the Champions League match against Atalanta).
Valladolid has not managed to beat the grandee since 2002. But it has gained two draws in the last six head-to-head meetings. And both of Real Madrid's recent victories turned out to be minimal (1-0 each). Valladolid will only benefit from fighting back and defending. But Real also needs to hold a meeting in economy mode. We think that the upcoming match won’t please us with a large number of goals scored.
Prediction for the match: Under 3.0 goals scored
