La Liga match preview: Real Valladolid believed to be the weaker party when Real Madrid pays a visit

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sat 20.February
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal José Zorrilla (27846 seats)

Struggling Real Valladolid will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Real Madrid in the upcoming league round. It’s 18th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • Real Valladolid has the most conceded goals (19) at home in La Liga
  • Real Madrid have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

Real Valladolid and Real Madrid should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Real Valladolid form and stats

With 2 La Liga wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, Real Valladolid, who have the most conceded goals (19) at home in La Liga, are certainly not brimming with confidence.

Real Valladolid drew their last game, 1-1 away at Eibar (placed 17th). Heartbreak before that as Valladolid lost 0-1 at Deportivo Alaves's place.

The Valladolid fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 11 matches. Valladolid have conceded 19 from these games.

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Real Madrid form and stats

Real Madrid have an excellent away record in the La Liga so far with 7-4-1 from 12 games. Madrid are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.

The Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 222 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Madrid had fun at their own home (Estadio Municipal José Zorrilla) last time out, beating Valencia 2-0. Toni Kroos and Karim Benzema scored. That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Getafe.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Champions League trip to Atalanta.

Madrid has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 21 goals from 12 games. 12 goals have been conceded by Real Madrid in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Real Madrid - Real Valladolid 1-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's zero Real Valladolid victories, two draws and eight Real Madrid wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Real MadridK. Benzema
K. Benzema
12 goals
Real MadridC. Casimiro
C. Casimiro
4 goals
Real ValladolidS. Weissman
S. Weissman
3 goals

Real Valladolid missing players

Real Madrid missing players

Real Valladolid Real Madrid
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 11 2 Played P 4 12 23
4 2 0 Won W 3 7 15
9 4 1 Drew D 1 4 4
10 5 1 Lost L 0 1 4
22 12 1 Scored S 10 21 41
34 19 4 Conceded C 4 12 19
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 91%
78% 91% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 78%
39% 55% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 50% 43%
26% 27% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 42% 30%
4% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 25% 17%
57% 73% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 52%
9% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 43%
39% 27% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 13%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 2.2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.7
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.3 10 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 13 13.1 13.4
3.2 3.8 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 4.9 4.6
30% 29% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 36% 39%
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Real Madrid have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Real Madrid have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Real Valladolid has the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in La Liga
  • Real Valladolid has the most conceded goals (19) at home in La Liga
  • Real Valladolid have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Real Valladolid have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Real Valladolid haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atlético Madrid 21 17 3 1 44 13 11 9 2 0 26 5 10 8 1 1 18 8 31 54
2 Real Madrid 23 15 4 4 41 19 11 8 0 3 20 7 12 7 4 1 21 12 22 49
3 Barcelona 22 14 4 4 49 21 11 7 3 1 28 12 11 7 1 3 21 9 28 46
4 Sevilla 22 14 3 5 32 16 11 8 1 2 19 7 11 6 2 3 13 9 16 45
5 Real Sociedad 23 10 8 5 37 20 11 4 5 2 18 10 12 6 3 3 19 10 17 38
6 Villarreal 23 8 12 3 32 24 12 5 6 1 18 12 11 3 6 2 14 12 8 36
7 Real Betis 23 10 3 10 31 38 11 5 2 4 15 15 12 5 1 6 16 23 -7 33
8 Granada 23 8 6 9 27 38 12 6 3 3 17 15 11 2 3 6 10 23 -11 30
9 Celta de Vigo 23 7 8 8 29 34 11 6 1 4 18 18 12 1 7 4 11 16 -5 29
10 Levante 22 6 9 7 31 32 11 4 5 2 18 15 11 2 4 5 13 17 -1 27
11 Athletic Club 21 7 4 10 28 26 11 6 1 4 19 10 10 1 3 6 9 16 2 25
12 Osasuna 23 6 7 10 22 31 11 4 3 4 13 15 12 2 4 6 9 16 -9 25
13 Valencia 23 5 9 9 28 32 11 3 5 3 16 14 12 2 4 6 12 18 -4 24
14 Getafe 23 6 6 11 17 29 12 4 3 5 9 9 11 2 3 6 8 20 -12 24
15 Cadiz 22 6 6 10 20 35 11 2 4 5 11 17 11 4 2 5 9 18 -15 24
16 Deportivo Alaves 23 5 7 11 20 34 12 3 4 5 10 15 11 2 3 6 10 19 -14 22
17 Eibar 23 4 9 10 19 26 12 1 5 6 6 13 11 3 4 4 13 13 -7 21
18 Real Valladolid 23 4 9 10 22 34 11 2 4 5 12 19 12 2 5 5 10 15 -12 21
19 Elche 21 3 9 9 19 31 11 1 6 4 10 17 10 2 3 5 9 14 -12 18
20 Huesca 23 2 10 11 18 33 11 1 5 5 6 12 12 1 5 6 12 21 -15 16

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La Liga is the top professional level of the Spanish football league system. Is is often referred to as the Primera División and is considered one of the absolute top leagues of Europe and the world. 20 teams play 380 fixtures from August to May to create a final league table.