Following within the play-off spherical of the UEFA Champions League, Actual Madrid are set to return to motion in La Liga at the moment on Sunday with a match in opposition to Girona.
As was the case of their midweek UCL tie, the Merengues can not afford to lose any factors on this sport, as they can not afford to lose any extra factors following the defeat to Espanyol, and the attracts in opposition to Atletico Madrid and Osasuna of their final three league video games, all of which have been extremely controversial due to refereeing errors.
Each Barcelona and Atletico Madrid have already received their video games in matchday 25 of La Liga, and thus, are each forward of the Merengues on the league desk as issues stand. Thus, Los Blancos should get the complete three factors to stay toe-to-toe with these sides.
However they are going to be dealing with a stern check of their subsequent league tie, as Girona, though inferior to they had been final season, are nonetheless an excellent facet, and shall be significantly seeking to spring a shock in opposition to Actual Madrid to get better their morale after their 4 defeats within the final 5 league video games.
Retaining in view the standard of gamers in each side, the next three battles shall be significantly fascinating and may prove to find out the results of the sport:
Kylian Mbappe vs Ladislav Krejci
Following his hat-trick within the UCL match in opposition to Manchester Metropolis, the French ahead shall be in very excessive spirits when he takes to the pitch in opposition to Girona tonight.
Mbappe has been a key starter for Carlo Ancelotti ever since his arrival at Actual Madrid and is engaged in a private battle in opposition to Robert Lewandowski for the Pichichi title this season. Consequently, he shall be significantly eager so as to add extra objectives to his La Liga tally, which at the moment stands at 17.
Going through him on this sport would be the 25-year-old defender Ladislav Krejci, who is without doubt one of the starters for Michel, and performs in the midst of the line of defense. On this place, he would be the one tasked to cease the Frenchman from threatening the Girona objective.
His skill to chop out passes with well timed interceptions, averaging 1.2 interceptions per sport in accordance with , can become essential to maintain the likes of Vinicius, Rodrygo, and Mbappe from combining and placing a risk to the Girona objective.
Miguel Gutierrez vs Lucas Vazquez
Miguel Gutierrez will as soon as once more be the goal of consideration on this sport as he faces his former facet, Actual Madrid. With Girona, the fullback has been an everyday starter, having began 21 La Liga video games to date, and he significantly stands out together with his dribbling skill, profitable 50% of all of the dribbles he makes an attempt, in accordance with statistics.
Equally, his creativity may also be an issue for the Merengues to take care of, as he has already supplied 4 assists to date.
For this match, he shall be dealing with Lucas Vazquez, who is predicted to return to the beginning lineup for this sport after having missed the previous few video games on account of bodily issues.
Ancelotti has already hinted at his return to the right-back place for this match, as Federico Valverde has been enjoying numerous minutes and would want relaxation earlier than one other set of adverse video games within the Copa del Rey and UCL.
Donny van de Beek vs Aurelien Tchouameni
Donny van de Beek has been an everyday starter for Michel this season and his presence within the midfield has supplied a lot of the creativity for his workforce. The Dutch midfielder has 2 objectives and a couple of assists to his title to date, has created 3 large possibilities, and supplies 0.7 key passes on common in every sport, in accordance with .
Nevertheless, he isn’t coming into this sport at a really opportune time, as he shall be dealing with the French midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni, who has been placing in improved performances in the previous few weeks.
The French midfielder was as soon as once more key for Ancelotti within the UCL tie in opposition to Manchester Metropolis, as he held the damaging Metropolis attackers in test and saved them from threatening the Actual Madrid objective an excessive amount of. Within the sport in opposition to Girona, he shall be eager to maintain up his good performances.
