📏 Form Guide

Real Madrid

WWLWWD

Real Madrid enter this game coming off the back of a 4-4 Copa del Rey drawn result against Real Sociedad.

In that game, Real Madrid had 59% possession and 26 shots at goal with 10 of them on target. For Real Madrid, the scorers were Endrick (30'), David Alaba (72' Own goal), Jude Bellingham (82'), Aurélien Tchouaméni (86') and Antonio Rüdiger (115'). Real Sociedad got 11 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Barrenetxea (16') and Mikel Oyarzabal (80', 90') scored for Real Sociedad. The match went to extra time and was won by Real Sociedad.

At least three goals per game were recorded in 5 of the last 6 fixtures where Real Madrid have taken part. Opposing sides scored 8 times in this period while Real Madrid managed to get a total of 10.

Looking at their past form shows that Real Madrid:

• are unbeaten in the league by Valencia in their last 3 games.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 8 home league matches. A very good run at home.

Valencia

DLDWDW

Valencia will go into the match after a 1-0 La Liga win with the defeat of Mallorca in their most recent fixture.

In that match, Valencia had 44% possession and 8 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. The scorer for Valencia was Diego López (50'). Mallorca got 8 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target.

The numbers tell their own story, and Valencia have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing their opponents hit 9 goals overall. At the back, Valencia have clearly had some problems. We will just have to see whether or not that trend can be sustained in this game.

A look at their previous results shows us that Valencia:

• have not won against Real Madrid when they have played them away from home in the previous 16 league games. An unbelievably poor away record.
• are unbeaten in their previous 3 league matches away from home.
• have not won away from home in their last 17 league games. They must be getting so desperate.

↔️ Head to head

Inspecting their most recent head-to-head clashes stretching back to 11/01/2023 shows that Real Madrid have won 3 of them & Valencia 1, with the tally of draws standing at 2.

In all, 18 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 12 of them from Los Blancos and 6 belonging to Los Che. That’s an average goals per game of 3.

The last league encounter featuring these clubs was La Liga match day 12 on 03/01/2025 which finished with the scoreline of Valencia 1-2 Real Madrid.

On that day, Valencia managed 38% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Their only player to score was Hugo Duro (27').

For their opponents, Real Madrid got 17 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Luka Modrić (85') and Jude Bellingham (95') scored.

The referee was César Soto Grado.

🗞️ Team News: Real Madrid

Ferland Mendy (Muscle injury), Dani Ceballos (Muscle injury), Éder Militão (Cruciate ligament tear) and Daniel Carvajal (Cruciate ligament tear) are not available for Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti.

It’s our opinion that Los Blancos could go for a 4-2-3-1 system this time, beginning the first half with Fran Gonzalez, Lucas Vazquez, Aurelien Tchouameni, Antonio Ruediger, Francisco Garcia, Federico Valverde, Luka Modric, Brahim Diaz, Jude Bellingham, Vinicius Junior and Kylian Mbappe.

📰 Team News: Valencia

Out of a mainly healthy squad, there is just a single fitness issue for the Valencia manager Carlos Corberán to be concerned with. Thierry Correia (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be in action.

There’s a good chance that Los Che seem likely to elect for a 5-3-2 formation, starting the game with Giorgi Mamardashvili, Cristhian Mosquera, Mouctar Diakhaby, Cesar Tarrega, Max Aarons, Jesus Vazquez, Javier Guerra, Enzo Barrenechea, Pepelu, Andre Almeida and Umar Sadiq.

🔮 Prediction

In this game, Valencia won’t find it easy at all to be getting goals against a Real Madrid side who will most probably really boss this match.

We are anticipating a very comfortable 3-0 winning margin for Real Madrid after 90 minutes.

Peter Guest, 14:02 05/04/2025