Last weekend’s 2-1 victory over Real Betis came at the perfect time, then, with Madrid claiming a first league triumph of 2019 to move back into a Champions League qualification spot and level on points with their next opponents.Real Madrid have also shipped 24 goals this season – a return bettered by 11 other sides – and have scored an underwhelming 28 goals at the other end of the field, with Gareth Bale and Karim Benzema the only players to break into double figures for the campaign.
Quite simply, the 2016-17 champions are not doing enough to keep out opposition sides, with 100% of the goals they have conceded coming from inside the box.It was from close range that Martin Braithwaite scored the only goal of the game in midweek, too, as Madrid lost 1-0 to Levante in the last 16 of the Copa del Rey, though Los Blancos still progressed through courtesy of a three-goal lead from the first leg.Solari admitted after the match that his side were “weak”, with his rejigged formation not having the desired effect, and the pressure really will grow on both the manager and his underperforming group of players should Sevilla leave the Spanish capital with all three points on Saturday.
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Real Madrid possible starting lineup:
Navas; Carvajal, Varane, Ramos, Reguilon; Modric, Casemiro, Ceballos; Vazquez, Benzema, Vinicius
Sevilla possible starting lineup:
Vaclik; Carrico, Kjaer, Gomez; Navas, Banega, Vazquez, Escudero; Sarabia; Yedder, Andre Silva
