Week 25 brings us a match on Mar 11th, where Real Madrid and Espanyol will play a match in Madrid in a La Liga match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. Real Madrid is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Real Betis. Neither Real Betis nor Real Madrid could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 8 and 15 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Real Madrid should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, Espanyol recorded a 1-2 loss against Real Valladolid. Iván Sánchez struck first for Real Valladolid in the 25th minute on a feed from Gonzalo Plata, then Álvaro Aguado added another in the 62nd minute on a feed from Gonzalo Plata. Espanyol is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on the 28th of August, Real Madrid took the match by a score of 3 to 1 in front of a crowd of almost 26000 spectators. Vinícius Júnior struck first for Real Madrid in the 12th minute, then Joselu tied it up for Espanyol in the 43rd minute.
Martin Braithwaite has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the attacker has scored four goals for Espanyol. For Real Madrid, their top scorers are Karim Benzema and Vinícius Júnior, each having 2 goals in their last five matches
Carlo Ancelotti’s Real Madrid squad will be without Rodrygo, Ferland Mendy and Luka Modrić, while Diego Martínez Penas’s squad will be without Joselu, Fernando Calero, Adrià Pedrosa, César Montes and Dani Gómez.