Real Madrid will host Real Betis in the La Liga matchday 32 on Saturday. The kick-off is at 21:00 CET.

Preview

Despite all their injury woes throughout the current campaign, Madrid are still in the race to keep the La Liga trophy at the Santiago Bernabeu for second consecutive season. Zinedine Zidane's men are now second in the league table, three points behind leaders Atletico Madrid. The scenario, however, could change in the following weeks as third-placed Barcelona are two points adrift of Real with a game in hand. Nevertheless, Los Blancos have enjoyed a great run of form in the past few months as they are on a 16-match unbeaten streak, including a 3-0 win over Cadiz on Wednesday, ahead of Betis' visit to the Spanish capital.

Los Verdiblancos, for their part, continue to battle with Real Sociedad and Villarreal for the Europa League places. As Manuel Pellegrini's side have drawn each of their previous four league games, they sit in sixth in the standings, level on points with the Yellow Submarine and one point behind fifth-placed Basques.

Team news

Lucas Vazquez, Ferland Mendy, Sergio Ramos, Eden Hazard, Luka Modric and Toni Kroos are all unavailable for the hosts through injury while Fede Valverde is still recovering from Covid-19. Nabil Fekir picked up a red card in Wednesday's narow draw with Athletic Bilbao and thus will sit out his side's trip to Madrid while Dani Martin and Victor Camarasa remain on the sidelines.

Prediction

Zidane's men were quite lucky to claim a 3-2 victory over Betis in their previous head-to-head meeting thanks to Sergio Ramos' late winner at the Benito Villamarin. The Madrid captain won't be here to save his side this time around as well as a number of other key players. Therefore, we'd say that the visitors are more than capable of harming Madrid's title hopes on the weekend.

Tip

Both teams to score at 1.8 with 1XBET.