Real Madrid Vs Espanyol- Team News, Prediction & More

Real Madrid vs Espanyol

Real Madrid will welcome RCD Espanyol to the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday afternoon in a confrontation that could witness Los Blancos The crowning of the Spanish League champions.

The white team is only one point away from the Spanish League title with four games remaining. This will be their second consecutive La Liga title. Real Madrid will seek to continue its dominance in the Spanish League while arch-rivals Barcelona are still struggling to reform their squad.

Real Madrid were desperately looking to beat Espanyol, Barcelona’s city rival, and winning the La Liga title against them would make it even sweeter.

Los Blancos He participated in this competition after the 4-3 defeat against Manchester City in the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals. Just like Real Madrid, Espanyol also lost their last official match, which came against Rayo in the league.

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Real Madrid has obviously been the best team in Spain this season although they have been very lucky as well. They managed to collect 78 points in 33 matches, 15 points behind rivals Barcelona, ​​who are in second place.

Thus, it will be enough point for Real Madrid against Espanyol, which will be enough to confirm it Spanish league champion for the 35th time. If they can beat Espanyol, they can focus on the second leg of the Champions League semi-final.

Real Madrid will win the league regardless of the result against Espanyol. But Carlo Ancelotti hoped to do it in front of his fans. A win against Espanyol would also secure their place as the best home team in the league this season.

On the other hand, Espanyol will be looking to spoil the party for Real Madrid as a favor to cross rivals Barcelona. Although they have one of the worst away records in the league this season.

The 13th-placed team in La Liga at the moment will only serve to delay the inevitable. Espanyol have done well with a newly promoted team this season. It would take something miraculous and catastrophic for them to land now.

Victor Moreno’s team actually won the reverse match against Real Madrid as Espanyol won 2-1 in Catalonia. Something Ancelotti hopes to avoid.

Team news

Real Madrid will be wary of presenting their best squad for this match, with the second leg of the Champions League in mind.

Alaba and Casemiro are likely to rest after injury problems in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final. Ancelotti wants the experienced duo back for the match against Manchester City in Madrid. Benzema, Modric and Carvajal will also be rested.

Nacho and Militao were suspended with Real Madrid from the league due to the match against Espanyol. Hazard, Jovic and Mariano will also be absent due to injury.

Possible lineup (4-3-3) : T Courtois. L. Vasquez, Vallejo, Rafa-Marin, F. Mendy; E.Camavinga, D.Ceballos, T. Kroos; M Asensio, Rodrigo, Vinicius Jr.

Espanyol will be looking to spoil Real Madrid’s party, so Victor Moreno will play his best 11 matches and fortunately there will only be Kiddy Barry in midfield due to injury.

Possible lineup (4-3-3) : Dr. lopez; a. Vidal, Calero; Cabrera, Pedrosa; Y. Herrera, M. Morlanes, S.; Darder J. Puado, R. De Tomas, T. Vilhena

game changers

With Benzema rest likely, Vinicius Junior and Rodrygo will rise to the occasion. The Brazilian duo would love to secure the title for Real Madrid as Espanyol’s defense would break under pressure.

Vinicius has 25 goals this season and it is clear that he was the second best player in the team after Karim El Helm.

Raul de Tomas, was the standout player in the Espanyol team this season. He scored 15 goals and 3 assists.

De Tomas, who came from Real Madrid’s academy, will be looking forward to the hammer Los BlancosA parade that didn’t really give him a chance at the BernabΓ©u. Since his departure from Madrid, he has developed into a promising striker.

predictions

Even a draw will guarantee Real Madrid the title. We are sure they will play without fear and we look forward to securing it as quickly as possible. They are likely to win the La Liga title for the 35th time after this match.

we are in football I see this as an easy win for Real Madrid. They would end up crushing Espanyol 4-1, with De Thomas netting the visitors’ net.