Betting Preview: Valencia – Real Madrid (3/January/2016)

– I can say that Valencia had a disastrous trend lately. The team coached by Gary Neville reached a series of six consecutive matches without a win in Primera Division and fell to 11th place in the hierarchy. “Bats” also ended weak 2015, as Villarreal won away by 1-0. They are extremely unlikely to get through the Champions League, but certainly did not give up even to rank in the top 5. The main problems of today’s meeting hosts seem to appear in the front line. Valencia has one of the strongest defense in the league, but gave only player in offensive efficiency is Paco Alcacer expected, Spaniard who scored seven times this season.

– Real comes after two convincing victories obtained in the matches against Rayo Vallecano and Real Sociedad. Madrilenii have scored no less than 13 goals in those two meetings, managing to create havoc in the opposition’s box. However, the band prepared Benitez is still ranked last step of the podium and a win would equaled FC Barcelona at the number of points obtained. In the current edition of the championship, I can not say that visitors had constancy in development. I would not be surprised after two matches so successful, they are confounded by an opponent totally out of shape. It can be seen that madrilenii won only two of five previous journeys made in La Liga, and every time they encountered quite a few problems in the defense department.

As mentioned above, the last five direct meetings ended with goals in both gates. I believe that this time we will see a very interesting duel. Sure, Valencia did not show much in terms of offense, but we must not forget that Real experiencing enough problems when playing away from home. A couple of appeals consists of Alcacer and Negredo may at any time issue, so I would not be surprised if “bats” to score even once. On the other hand, Real showed offensive force in the last two games, and now comes the Mestalla with only think of victory. Bale, Benzema and Ronaldo are 100% fit for the game and I expect to put in great danger goal. Thus we have all the prerequisites of a duel hell, which I think will end with goals in both gates.