An enormous conflict with penalties at each ends of the La Liga desk is brewing as Girona struggle to climb out of the relegation zone whereas Actual Madrid look to guard their slender lead on the high. Regardless of enduring their hardest 13-game begin to a top-flight season, Girona’s spirited 1-1 draw at Actual Betis hinted that there’s nonetheless loads of perception in Míchel’s facet.
They’ve dropped 9 extra factors than at this stage of their final relegation marketing campaign, however current kind hasn’t been all doom; they’ve misplaced simply as soon as in 4 league outings (W1, D2), and their once-leaky defence appears to be tightening up eventually.
Actual Madrid enter the weekend sitting high by a single level, although their momentum has been slowed by consecutive away attracts.
In preparation for the encounter Actual Madrid uploaded a video of the group within the fitness center by way of their official X account.
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Xabi Alonso’s males did rebuild confidence with a chaotic however morale-boosting 4-3 win over Olympiacos within the Champions League, and so they’re at present on tempo for his or her joint-best La Liga factors tally at this stage since 2016/17. Nonetheless, their current away kind is a priority, with all seven of their dropped factors coming of their final 4 highway video games (W1, D2, L1).
Historical past hasn’t been sort to Girona on this matchup both. They’re on their longest scoreless dropping run in opposition to any top-flight opponent, 4 straight defeats to Madrid with out scoring. And Los Blancos love this floor too, scoring 13 occasions of their final 5 visits.
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Girona have disciplinary points to fret about, having already collected a league-high 5 crimson playing cards this season. They’ve additionally been shaky at defending leads, drawing three of the 5 matches by which they opened the scoring. Daley Blind and Portu are doubts, which doesn’t assist their defensive stability.
For Madrid, the development is the other; they’ve received each single league sport by which they scored first (W9). Nonetheless, their defence tends to slide after the break, conceding seven of their 9 away objectives in second halves.
They continue to be with out long-term absentees Éder Militão and Thibaut Courtois, whereas Dean Huijsen can be a attainable absentee, nonetheless Head coach Xabi Alonso up to date Madrid followers earlier at the moment, as revealed by Softfootball, that Mastantuono, Rüdiger and Militão have returned to full coaching, which is a large increase for the Madrid-based membership.
Attainable Lineups
Girona (4-3-3):
Gazzaniga; Rincon, Martinez, Reis, Moreno; Martin, Witsel; Tsygankov, Ounahi, Gil; Vanat
Actual Madrid (4-3-3):
Courtois; Alexander-Arnold, Militao, Tchouameni, Carreras; Guler, Camavinga, Valverde; Bellingham; Mbappe, Vinicius
Madrid’s high quality in assault, particularly with Mbappé in terrifying kind after scoring all 4 in midweek, most likely provides them the sting right here, even when their away inconsistency makes this trickier than it needs to be. Girona’s improved defending and robust dwelling kind would possibly maintain issues tight for some time, nevertheless it’s exhausting to disregard the hole in firepower.
Prediction: Girona 1–3 Actual Madrid
