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Valencia vs Real Madrid

Competition – Spanish Primera Liga

Stadium: Mestalla

Date: 3rd January 2025

Kick-off time – 20:00 GMT

After a brief hiatus, the 2024/25 La Liga season resumes this Friday with current defending champions Real Madrid travelling to the Estadio de Mestalla to face struggling Valencia.

Both sides sit at extreme ends of the table with the hosts sitting second from bottom while Madrid are currently second from the top, one point behind Atletico Madrid.

Valencia come into this tie with one win in eleven La Liga games (D5, L5). This poor form led to the club sacking Rubén Baraja and Carlos Corberan duly replaced him as head coach.

Corberan has his job cut out for him. The Bats are four points from safety and the threat of relegation to Spain’s second tier for the first time since the mid-1980s looms large. The new manager promised fans that he’s “a Valencianista who is going to work with great responsibility.”

But it could be a baptism by fire for him as Valencia face Real Madrid, a side against whom they have suffered the most defeats in La Liga (W47, D38, L93). However, playing at the Mestalla could be a positive, as the hosts have picked up points in a hugely impressive eight of their last ten home H2Hs (W5, D3).

Meanwhile, Real Madrid moved to within a point of city rivals Atletico Madrid after a 4-2 win over Sevilla just before the winter break. That win saw them earn a fourth victory in five games across all competitions (D1).

During that run, Carlo Ancelotti guided his side to Intercontinental Cup glory, becoming the most decorated manager in the club’s history with 15 trophies.

His Los Blancos side will look to win here and move to the top of La Liga, albeit temporarily. However, a closer look at their recent away form will suggest that victory isn’t guaranteed here. The visitors’ record across their last three league games on the road is balanced (W1, D1, L1). The five goals conceded in that sequence is a matter of concern as Madrid chase their first clean sheet at the Mestalla since 2013.

Other fixtures taking place this week in the Spanish Primera Liga:

April 4, 2025
Rayo Vallecano 20:00 Espanyol
April 5, 2025
Girona 13:00 Alaves
Real Madrid 15:15 Valencia
Mallorca 17:30 Celta Vigo
Barcelona 20:00 Real Betis
April 6, 2025
Las Palmas 13:00 Real Sociedad
Sevilla 15:15 Atlético de Madrid
Real Valladolid 17:30 Getafe
Villarreal 20:00 Athletic Bilbao
April 7, 2025
Leganes 20:00 Osasuna
April 11, 2025
Valencia 20:00 Sevilla
April 12, 2025
Real Sociedad 13:00 Mallorca
Getafe 15:15 Las Palmas
Celta Vigo 17:30 Espanyol
Leganes 20:00 Barcelona
April 13, 2025
Osasuna 13:00 Girona
Alaves 15:15 Real Madrid
Real Betis 17:30 Villarreal
Athletic Bilbao 20:00 Rayo Vallecano
April 14, 2025
Atlético de Madrid 20:00 Real Valladolid

Spanish Primera Liga Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Barcelona 29 21 3 5 82 28 +54 66
2 Real Madrid 29 19 6 4 62 29 +33 63
3 Atlético de Madrid 29 16 9 4 47 23 +24 57
4 Athletic Bilbao 29 14 11 4 46 24 +22 53
5 Villarreal 28 13 8 7 51 39 +12 47
6 Real Betis 29 13 8 8 40 36 +4 47
7 Rayo Vallecano 29 10 10 9 33 31 +2 40
8 Celta Vigo 29 11 7 11 42 42 +0 40
9 Mallorca 29 11 7 11 28 35 -7 40
10 Real Sociedad 29 11 5 13 27 31 -4 38
11 Sevilla 29 9 9 11 33 39 -6 36
12 Getafe 29 9 9 11 26 25 +1 36
13 Girona 29 9 7 13 37 45 -8 34
14 Osasuna 29 7 13 9 33 42 -9 34
15 Valencia 29 7 10 12 32 46 -14 31
16 Espanyol 28 7 8 13 27 40 -13 29
17 Alaves 29 6 9 14 32 44 -12 27
18 Leganes 29 6 9 14 28 46 -18 27
19 Las Palmas 29 6 8 15 33 48 -15 26
20 Real Valladolid 29 4 4 21 19 65 -46 16

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