Valencia vs Real Madrid - Competition: Spanish Primera División
Valencia team have taken maximum points in 6 of their last 8 Primera Division home games this season, utilizing an exciting attack to thrill the Mestalla Stadium spectators and club loyalists alike. Outside of 2 drab affairs against Athletic Club (0:0) and FC Barcelona (0:1), the hosts have scored at least 3 goals in their other 6 home games, and the club manager will be delighted with their midyear report. Sitting in 4th place and occupying the final UCL place, last season’s 8th-place finisher will have a good chance to return to Europe if they continue in their solid form. However, they have 3 teams hounding them at just 1 point adrift, and the pressure has been mounting on Los Che. While they will take confidence from the fact that Paco Alcacer is firing with 4 goals from their last 5 competitive matches, the fixture list won’t be kind to them as they are paid a visit from the hottest team in Europe right now.
Real Madrid team will look to extend their all-time best
22-match competitive win streak this weekend. While they did lose to AC
Milan in late December, that game was a club friendly and won’t be
registered to their competitive streak, and Los Blancos were hardly
utilized to their full strength in Dubai. The club has assembled a mass
array of star-studded talent, from Cristiano Ronaldo to Gareth Bale, and
they have smashed opponents with a shocking 55 goals through 15 league
games as a result. With a 1-point lead in 1st place with a game in hand
on their title-rivals, FC Barcelona, the visitors can do themselves a
massive favor by securing the road victory this weekend. Los Che should
be able to pose them a tough proposition at the Mestalla Stadium, but
the fact of the matter is Los Blancos look like the strongest team in
the world right now, and considering they have conquered the hosts in
their last 5 league trips to Valencia, their record-breaking streak
shouldn’t be ending this Sunday.
Match date: Sunday, January 4, 2015
Kick Off Time: 5:00 PM
Venue: Estadio Mestalla, Valencia, Spain
Kick Off Time: 5:00 PM
Venue: Estadio Mestalla, Valencia, Spain
