Real Madrid vs Valencia predictions, live stream for Saturday’s La Liga encounter at the Bernabeu. Will the hosts bounce back from a shock defeat to Getafe?
Real Madrid will be looking to return to winning ways in La Liga when they continue their campaign at home to Valencia on Saturday night.
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The Los Blancos have been the best team in the Spanish top flight this season by a country mile. They are at the top of the table with a five-point lead, and they have comfortably scored more goals than any other team in the whole competition.
Real Madrid: Courtois; Vazquez, Militao, Alaba, Mendy; Kroos, Casemiro, Modric; Rodrygo, Benzema, Vinicius
Valencia: Cillessen; Correia, Diakhaby, Alderete, Gaya; Soler, Guillamon, Wass, Cheryshev; Guedes, Gomez
Real Madrid vs Valencia
Spain – La Liga
Date: Saturday, 8 January 2022
Kick-off at 20:00 UK/ 21:00 CET
Venue: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu.
Real Madrid vs Valencia Head-to-head (h2h)
- The latest encounter had ended in a 1-2 win for Real Madrid.
- They had won four of the past five meetings.
- Real Madrid are unbeaten in 19 home league games, dating back to January 2021
- Valencia have not won at the Bernabeu in 15 visits since 2008
- 15 of the past 18 clashes had three or more goals.
- The hosts had won five of the former six match-ups at this ground.
Real Madrid vs Valencia Prediction & Analysis
Los Blancos are currently top of the table, five points clear of second-placed Sevilla, while Valencia occupy ninth position, boasting 28 points from their opening 19 matches of the season.
Carlo Ancelotti’s men did lose 1-0 the last match-day. But they were on the road, and it was only their second loss in the whole league campaign.
Real Madrid’s 1-0 reverse at Getafe last time out was their first La Liga defeat of the season, and they have not suffered back-to-back losses in the top flight since May 2019.