Real Madrid will take on Celta Vigo in the La Liga matchday 4 at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday. The kick-off is at 20:00 CEST.

Preview

Following Zinedine Zidane's departure from Real Madrid for the second time in three years in May, the Whites decided to bring Carlo Ancelotti back to the Spanish capital in the summer. The start of the Italian's second stint in charge of the club has been a rather successful one as Madrid are now leading the La Liga standings with seven points taken from the opening three matchdays. First, the Whites defeated Alaves 4-1 before drawing Levante 3-3 and eventually returning to winning ways against Betis (1-0) before September's international break.

Celta, for their part, have only claimed one point in the 2021/22 campaign so far despite finishing eighth in the previous La Liga campaign as Eduardo Coudet's side drew Osasuna (0-0) in between their defeats at the hands of Atletico Madrid (2-1) and Athletic Bilbao (1-0) in August.

Team news

Dani Ceballos, Ferland Mendy and Toni Kroos are still unavailable for the hosts through injury while Kevin Vazquez won't help the Sky Blues on the weekend for the same reason.

Prediction

It'll be Madrid's first match at the Bernabeu after more than 18 months of renovation work and Ancelotti's men will definitely be eager to celebrate such an occasion with all three points in front of their fans. Luckily for the Whites, they'll welcome Celta to their newly-refurbished ground this time around and it would be fair to say that Coudet's crop are far from their best form right now, so let's stick with the hosts' confident victory in this one. What's more, Madrid remain unbeaten against their forthcoming opponents in 10 games on the bounce (7W, 3D).

Tip

Real Madrid to win to nil at 2.43 with 1XBET.