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Real Madrid and Villarreal will face off in the La Liga matchday 7 at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday. The kick-off is at 21:00 CEST.
Preview
There were plenty of those who didn't expect Carlo Ancelotti to succeed at Madrid following his comeback to the Bernabeu dugout this summer but the Italian manager continues to prove his critics wrong. The Whites have only shared points with Levante (3-3) in the matchday 2 while winning the other five league matches this season, including a 6-1 thrashing of Mallorca on Wednesday. As a result, Real are now at the very top of the La Liga table, two points ahead of runners-up Atletico. Moreover, Madrid also defeated Inter Milan 1-0 in their Champions League group stage opener last week.
Villarreal, on the contrary, have managed their first victory across all competitions only in mid-week as Unai Emery claimed a 4-1 win over Elche on Wednesday. Before that, the Yellow Submarine had drawn each of their opening four matches in the 2021/22 Spanish top flight campaign to end up in 12th spot in the standings before their trip to Madrid. As for their CL group stage opener, the current Europa League winners also drew Atalanta 2-2 last week.
Team news
Ferland Mendy, Dani Carvajal, Dani Ceballos and Gareth Bale won't help Madrid on Saturday due to respective injury woes while Toni Kroos remains doubtful for the same reason. Samuel Chukwueze, in turn, is the only injury absentee in Villarreal's squad.
Prediction
Madrid remain unbeaten against their forthcoming opponents in seven head-to-head meetings on the bounce and it doesn't seem likely that struggling Emery's side are capable of putting an end to Real's current five-game winning streak at the Bernabeu. Still, Villarreal have already taken points away from current La Liga champions Atletico (2-2) this term while almost beating Atalanta in the CL. Thus, we wouldn't be surprised to see a quite entertaining clash between the two sides on the weekend, especially with Madrid defence seemingly missing Sergio Ramos and Raphael Varane, who moved to PSG and Manchester United last month, this season so far.
Tip
Total over 3 at 1.94 with 1XBET.
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