Real Madrid v Valencia, the remaining match of the 17th round of La Liga, will take place on Thursday, February 2 at 10:00pm at the Santiago Bernabeu and will be broadcast live on Digi Sport 1, Orange Sport 1 and Prima Sport 1.
Real Madrid and Valencia meet in a match that was postponed because both teams were competing that day in the Spanish Super Cup, which is played in the form of a final tournament in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
On January 11, these teams met in the semi-finals, and Real Madrid beat Valencia 1-1 after 90 and 120 minutes respectively, and 4-3 after penalties (the Whites would then lose the final to Barcelona, (1-3 score).
Real Madrid have 42 points after 18 games and are starting to lose ground to leaders Barcelona, especially since in 2023 they have only collected four points in three games, 1-2 with Villarreal (d), 2-0 with Athletic Bilbao (d ) and 0 -0 with Real Sociedad (a).
Carlo Ancelotti’s side avenged Villarreal in the Copa del Rey, 3-2 away from 2-0 down, then beat Atletico Madrid 3-1 at home after extra time to qualify for the semi-finals, where he will do the double. ” with the great rival “Barcelona”.
Karim Benzema, Ballon d’Or 2022, is 3rd-5th in La Liga’s scoring hierarchy with nine goals, behind Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona) on 14 and Joselu (Espanyol) on 11, level with Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo ) and Borja Iglesias (Betis Sevilla).
Valencia are in 14th place with 20 points after 18 games, just one distance above the red line, and have won just one point this year after 0-1 with Cádiz (a), 2-2 with Almeria (a) and 0-1 with Valladolid (d).
In addition, Valencia were also relegated from the Copa del Rey after 1-3 at home to Athletic Bilbao, so the Bats’ only aim now is to avoid relegation.
Two days before the match against Real, Gennaro Gattuso was released after seven months of cooperation, and the team will be led by “interim” Salvatore “Voro” Gonzalez.
In the previous La Liga season, Real Madrid won both legs against Valencia, 2-1 in the first leg at the Mestalla and 4-1 in the second leg at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Superbet offers odds of 1.45 on prediction 1: victory of the hosts in the match Real Madrid – Valencia.
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Source: Hot News
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