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November 21, 2020. 5:15 PM. Villarreal. “Estadio de la Ceramica”.
The league. Round 10
Villarreal – Real Madrid (Madrid)
Where to look: MEGOGO
Disqualified: No
Injured: Alberto Moreno – Sergio Ramos, Alvaro Odriosola, Federico Valverde, Karim Benzema
COVID-19: Luka Jovic (Real Madrid)
Villarreal – Real Madrid: bookmaker odds
If the loss of points completely unnecessary in the home game of the 1st round against Huesca, then Villarreal could have gone to a November break in the condition of one of the two championship leaders, but so far the Yellow Submarine it is second, two points behind. of the Royal Society. It should be noted that the “Submariners” have improved significantly in the last month, having achieved four victories in a row.
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Unai Emery’s team took the maximum points in the first match of the Europa League group stage, without any problems beating the strongest Sivasspor (5: 3), Qarabag (3: 1) and Maccabi de Tel Aviv (4: 0). Villarreal’s core team can still focus on La Liga matches, while the reservists will remain in shape at UEL.
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As for the performances of the “Submariners” in the Spanish Championship, after the fiasco at the “Camp Nou” (0: 4 of the “Barcelona”) they have been six days in a row without losing. Emery’s team played 0: 0 away games against Atlético and Cádiz, in the other four they won. At first, the “Yellow Submarine” won exclusively at home, where they fought “Alavés” (3: 1), “Valencia” (2: 1) and “Valladolid” (2: 0), but before the break for the national team matches, “Amarillos” won with confidence. Absent “Getafe” – 3: 1 (Alcacer, Trigueros and Gerard scored on goal) – and for a couple of hours he led the La Liga standings.
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The “Real” is only two points behind his future rival and has a game in hand, but there is not much to praise the “Whites”. Perhaps due to the El Clásico victory at the Camp Nou, the character shown in Mönchengladbach and, perhaps, the nervous victory over Inter. But there are probably many reasons to scold Zinedine Zidane’s team and himself. Something, of course, can be attributed to the constant personnel problems, but it is unlikely that just because of them, Madrid sometimes play so disgusting and mediocre on defense. And in attack, the team increasingly plays with the highest class of individual players, and such a game can hardly be called spectacular and convincing.
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After two inglorious home losses to Cádiz and Shakhtar, Madrid seemed to think a bit that Zidane had found the right words and was able to properly motivate the team. The “Real” looked very good at the “Camp Nou” and deservedly won at El Clásico. Then there was the aforementioned draw with Borussia Gladbakh in the Champions League, a great victory in Huesca (4: 1) and a minimal victory over Inter (3: 2), and then there was a total failure at Mestalla in a duel against a very mediocre “Valencia”.
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“The Bats” won 4: 1, conceding first, but at the same time they played enough for one goal. Everything for the rival was done by the “white” defense. Marcelo, Lucas Vázquez and Sergio Ramos got a stupid penalty and Varane scored in his own goal in a not very dangerous situation. At the same time, having conceded the third goal, Madrid completely abandoned the game and at least tried, if not recovered, at least to reduce the difference on the scoreboard. Zidane took the blame, but is it just him? I remember that Zizu was supposedly given two games (in Barcelona and Mönchengladbach), which could affect his future fate. Maybe we shouldn’t forget it. Real Madrid have six very difficult games ahead, four of them away, in Villarreal, Milan, Kiev and Seville, while at home the Whites will play against Borussia and the Madrid Derby with Atlético.
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Villarreal – Real Madrid: indicative compositions
At Villarreal, at least until spring, winger Alberto Moreno is out of the game and the participation in the match of main striker Paco Alcácer, who has not been involved in the general group, is questionable. In addition, Purvis Estupignan returned late from the location of the Ecuadorian team (the full-back lost his passport and spent a day searching). But during the break, winger Jaume Costa and Argentine central Juan Foyt managed to recover. Alcacer in the “start” will be replaced by Carlos Bacca, or Emery will send Gerard to the center forward position, and Chukvuese will play on the right in attack.
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Real Madrid continues to have serious staffing problems, and now, perhaps, even more abruptly than before. First, Los Blancos captain Sergio Ramos returned from the Spanish team with an injury. In second place, Fede Valverde and Karim Benzema were injured in the match against Valencia, and for the last two weeks the Uruguayan and French did not have time to recover. Furthermore, for medical reasons, Zidane did not include Casemiro and Eder Militao in the request for the next match (both Brazilians only started training after quarantine a few days ago), Álvaro Odriosol’s side is not yet available and forward Luka Jovic collected the Covid-19.
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However, there is good news: Dani Carvajal and the Nacho wagon have recovered, and Eden Hazard has also returned to the cage from self-isolation. There is a good chance that the Belgian will replace Benzema at the “start” (alternative: Mariano Díaz). There is no alternative to the Varan-Nacho pairing in the center of defense, and most likely Martin Edegor will be the company of Kroos and Modric in the midfield.
List of Real Madrid players: Thibaut Courtois, Andrei Lunin, Diego Altube – Dani Carvajal, Rafael Varane, Nacho, Marcelo, Ferlan Mendy, Victor Chust – Tony Kroos, Luca Modric, Martin Edegor, Isco, Oscar Aranda – Eden Hazard, Marco Asensio, Lucas Vasquez, Vi, Mariano Díaz, Rodrigo.
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Villarreal – Real Madrid: author’s forecast
The last three meetings of Villarreal and Real Madrid at the Estadio de la Cerámica ended in a 2: 2 draw. It is very likely that the next match will please us with a high performance. Unai Emery’s team scores a lot at home, but at the same time concedes a lot. Zinedine Zidane’s team is now not only marked by the lazy or the unlucky, and without Sergio Ramos on defense, the whites run the risk of losing a full wallet, but Madrid are always capable of scoring a goal or two. With regard to actually foresight, I think the “Yellow Submarine” is even capable of at least not losing to such a “Real”. In addition, the Whites have the most important Champions League game against Inter in Milan …
Frequent questions
🥇 What time does the game start?
The match will start at 17:15
🥇 What is the best place to bet?
It is best to place a bet on the Parimatch website with odds 1.95
